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Uses the latest methods to teach crafts and old-fashioned domestic skills and contains projects ranging from planting a kitchen garden to building a hot tub.

Wherever you live - farm, suburb, or even city - The Homesteading Handbook will show you how to embrace a more self-sufficient lifestyle. Learn to plan, plant, and harvest your own organic garden. Enjoy fruits and vegetables year-round by canning, drying, and freezing. Build and install alternate energy devices such as solar panels or geothermal heat pumps. Who doesn't want to shrink their carbon footprint, save money, and eat fresh, homegrown...

Packed with facts, advice and projects; this beautifully illustrated book is an indispensable guide to the art of country living. It puts decades' worth of hands-on homesteading savvy at your fingertips. Whether you're planning a rural retreat or have been living in the country for years, this unique guide tells you everything you need to know to make your life in the country more rewarding.