{"product_id":"homesteading-a-backyard-guide-to-growing-your-own-food-canning-keeping-chickens-generating-your-own-energy-crafting-herbal-medicine-and-more-u-back-to-basics-guides-2nd-ed","title":"Homesteading: A Backyard Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More (U (Back to Basics Guides) (2ND ed.)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAbigail R. Gehring\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than a dozen books, including \n\u003ci\u003eThe Homesteading Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Living\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York City and Windham, Vermont.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 505-509) and index.;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 food whenever possible? Even readers who are very much on the grid will embrace this fully-illustrated guide on the basics of living the good, clean life. From beekeeping to basket weaving to baking, this handy guide has everything you need to experience the satisfaction that comes with self-sufficiency, as well as the assurance that you have done your part to help keep our planet green.--COVER.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOver 100,000 sold--a national bestseller!\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhether you want to live off the grid as part of the modern back to nature movement, or simply learn new skills that will make your home more comfortable and your garden grow, this companion to the bestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBack to Basics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e, is for you!\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho doesn't want to shrink their carbon footprint, save money, and eat homegrown food whenever possible? Even readers who are very much \n\u003ci\u003eon\u003c\/i\u003e the grid will embrace this large, fully illustrated guide on the basics of living the good, clean life. It's written with country lovers in mind--even those who currently live in the city. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether you live in the city, the suburbs, or in the wide-open spaces, there is plenty you can do to improve your life from a green perspective: \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStart container gardening. With a few plants, fresh tomato sauce is a real option with your own homegrown fresh tomatoes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReduce electricity use by eating dinner by candlelight (using homemade candles, of course)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn to use rainwater to augment water supplies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMake your own soap and hand lotion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsider keeping chickens for the eggs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eFrom what to eat, to supporting sustainable restaurants, to avoiding dry cleaning, this book offers information on anything a homesteader needs--and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eGehring, Abigail\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAbigail R. 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