The Ultimate Self-Sufficiency Handbook: A Complete Guide to Baking, Crafts, Gardening, Preserving Your Harvest, Raising Animals,

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Ultimate Self-Sufficiency Handbook: A Complete Guide to Baking, Crafts, Gardening, Preserving Your Harvest, Raising Animals,
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Abigail Gehring
SeriesSelf-Sufficiency Series
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178
Category/GenreSelf-sufficiency
ISBN/Barcode 9781616087104
ClassificationsDewey:640
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Skyhorse Publishing
Imprint Skyhorse Publishing
Publication Date 19 July 2012
Publication Country United States

Description

This compact guide provides advice, tips, and step-by-step instructions for hundreds of projects, offering the entire family the tools they need to make the shift toward self-sufficient living. Readers will learn to dip candles, bake bread, make maple syrup, start a vineyard, and much more. With special features for young homesteaders, this is an essential family guide to self-sufficient living. - Bake Pies, Cakes, and Bread - Grow Vegetables yy Raise Chickens - Keep Bees - Preserve Your Harvest - Cure Meats - Build a Treehouse - Spin Wool - Make a Toboggan - And Much More!

Author Biography

Abigail R. Gehring is the author or editor of more than a dozen books including Back to Basics, Homesteading, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Living, and Classic Candy. She enjoys writing, gardening, experimenting in the kitchen, and spending time with family. She lives with her husband and two children in an 1800s farmstead they are restoring in Marlboro, Vermont.