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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Abigail Gehring |
ISBN: | 9780785830252 0785830251 |
OCLC Number: | 857217683 |
Description: | 262 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 27 cm |
Contents: | pt. 1. The family garden. Planning a garden -- Improving your soil -- Planting your garden -- Start your own vegetable garden -- Growing fruit bushes and trees -- Growing and threshing grains -- Container gardening -- Raised beds -- Pest and disease management -- Harvesting your garden -- pt. 2. The country kitchen. Baking bread -- Maple sugaring -- Making sausage -- The home dairy -- Canning -- Drying and freezing -- pt. 3. Country crafts. Spring -- Summer -- Autumn -- Winter -- pt. 4. The barnyard. Chickens -- Ducks -- Turkeys -- Rabbits -- Beekeeping -- Goats -- Sheep -- Llamas -- Cows -- Pigs -- Butchering. |
Responsibility: | Abigail R. Gehring. |
Abstract:
A guide to simpler, greener, and more sustainable living, this book 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. It helps readers learn to dip candles, bake bread, make maple syrup, start a vineyard, and much more.
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