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How to survive off the grid / Tim MacWelch and the editors of Outdoor Life ; illustrations by Tim McDonagh and Conor Buckley.
Record details
- ISBN: 1681881527 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781681881522 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 215 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Weldon Owen, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| General Note: | At head of title: Outdoor life. "From backyard homesteads to bunkers (and everything in between)"--Cover. Includes index. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 32.00 |
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| Subject: | Sustainable living. Self-reliant living. Alternative lifestyles. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 640.286 Mac | 31681020035051 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
- Simon and Schuster
For anyone who has ever dreamed of leaving it all behind and heading for the hills, survival expert and three-time New York Times bestselling author, Tim MacWelch, makes that a reality with How to Survive Off the Grid. Concrete, useful hints cover everything from raising chickens in your urban backyard to going totally off the grid in your all-solar log cabin.
A guide for the modern homesteader this covers energy efficiency, finding and pumping your own water, keeping chickens, goats, bees, and other critters, and much more from a practical hands-on perspective.
GET THERE Decide how far off the grid you want to get, choose your spot, and take the plunge (or adapt these hints to a more suburban or even urban lifestyle)
Stake Your Claim
Gimme Shelter
Water or Life
The Heat Is On
Power Up
LIVE THERE  Ensure you have enough to eat on a daily basis, and all year round.
More than Meals
Veggies for All
Fruits and Nuts
Amber Waves of Grain
Backyard Critters
Get Your Goat
Have a Cow, Man
Fish &Â Bugs
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SURVIVE THERE Eat nature's bounty, build a safe house and nurse yourself back to healthÂ
The Long Haul
Hunt & Fish
Level Up
Safe as Houses
Be Your own DoctorÂ
Bug Out!Â
Into the Wild
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With high-quality design, amazing illustrations, and a durable, wipe-clean flexicover with metallic corner-guardsâthis comprehensive lifestyle book is the perfect gift!
