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Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Gehringś books on country living have sold more than 500,000 copies. In this book, Gehring offers a guide to country living skills that is as charming as it is practical. Full of sweet illustrations and gorgeous photographs, step-by-step instructions for essential skills such as building a chicken coop are interspersed with country lore and old-fashioned tips and tricks. Readers will learn how to: Raise chickens, Make candles, Churn butter, Grow...
4) 40 projects for building your backyard homestead: a hands-on, step-by-step sustainable-living guide
Author
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Provides details on how to build more than 40 projects--sheds, feeders, fences, and other structures--to enhance readers' sustainable living.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Packed with step-by-step instructions, useful tips, time-honored wisdom, and both illustrations and photographs, this might just be the most comprehensive guide to back to basics living ever published. Fans of Back to Basics, Homesteading, and Self-Sufficiency have been asking for a one-stop resource for all the subjects covered in that successful series. In response, Gehring has compiled a massive, beautifully presented, single volume that covers...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Perfect for anyone working with or raising kids, this book will teach readers how to involve children in dozens of homesteading projects. Learn how to: forage for wild foods, stock an herbal medicine cabinet, craft beeswax candles, make yogurt, grow veggies from table scraps, raise chickens, tie basic knots, and so much more!" --
Author
Pub. Date
1989.
Description
How to take care of home and family, farm and livestock. How to fix what's broken and forecast the weather. Includes recipes for potted partridge and pickled oysters, how to preserve gooseberries and dry herbs, distill whiskey, gin or rum, cure poison ivy or the seven year itch, remove stains, make your own soap and glue, and much, much more.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Homesteading From Scratch is for people who want to do things differently--the type of people who want to eat real food, grow herbs, make cheese, raise baby animals, hunt mushrooms, pick blackberries, unschool their children, can jelly, ferment kraut, farm organically, connect to nature, live intentionally, and more. Guiding readers from desire to full-blown off-the-grid living--and everything in between--this book covers farming, animal husbandry,...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
'Backyard Homesteading' addresses the needs of many people who want to take control of the food they eat and the products they use--even if they live in an urban or suburban house on a typical-size lot. It shows homeowners how to turn their yard into a productive and wholesome 'homestead' that allows them to grow their own fruits and vegetables and raise farm animals.
Description
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...