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Step-by-step projects for self-sufficiency  Cover Image Book Book

Step-by-step projects for self-sufficiency / edition editor, Eric Smith.

Smith, Eric (Editor) (Added Author). Cool Springs Press. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 159186688X
  • ISBN: 9781591866886
  • Physical Description: 352 pages : color illustrations
  • Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Cool Springs Press, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes Internet addresses and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Chickens and other creatures -- Compost, fertilizer & water -- Garden projects -- Food preparation & preservation -- Homestead amenities -- Outbuildings & fences.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 39.00
Subject: Agriculture > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Self-reliant living > Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Cookstown Branch 635 Ste 31681020046256 NONFIC Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    Presents a guide to improving self-sufficiency and off-the-grid living, offering over forty-seven projects including gardening, raising animals, alternative energy, and storage and preservation.
  • Grand Central Pub

    Get ready to be self-sufficient. Whether tackling the garden, raising animals, learning more about alternative energy, or bettering your storage and preservation, Step-by-Step Projects for Self-Sufficiency is the perfect starting point.

    Step-by-step instructions and photos will guide you through how to make over 60 complete projects. After all, DIY projects are more fun (and generally easier) when you approach them with helpful aides and tools you made yourself.

    Projects in this new volume include:

    -A portable chicken ark

    -Two types of beehives

    -Solar cookers

    -Firewood storage

    -A potato growing box

    -Hoophouses and greenhouses

    -Raised planting beds

    -Rainbarrels

    -A cider press

    -Compost bins

    -Drying racks
     

    With its clear plan drawings, precise instructions and detailed photos, Step-by-step Projects for Self Sufficiency makes DIY easier than ever.

  • Grand Central Pub

    Build a self-sufficient life with these 60+ photo-illustrated projects for growing and preserving your own food, keeping animals, harnessing alternative energy, and more.

    Learning to do more things yourself is healthy, rewarding, and fulfilling, and benefits the environment. Whether you live in the suburbs or have 80 acres in the mountains, Step-by-step Projects for Self Sufficiency guides your way with clear plan drawings, precise instructions, and detailed photos.

    Organized into the categories Chickens & Other Creatures, Nourishing Your Garden, Garden Projects, Food Preparation & Preservation, Homestead Amenities, and Outbuildings & Fences, projects in this volume include:
     

    • A portable chicken ark
    • Two types of beehives
    • Solar cookers
    • Firewood storage
    • A potato-growing box
    • Hoophouses and greenhouses
    • Raised planting beds
    • Rain barrels
    • A cider press
    • Compost bins
    • Drying racks
    • And more
       

    With these easy-to-follow projects, make progress, step by step, toward your goal of more independent living.

  • Grand Central Pub

    DIY-ers can learn how to be self-sufficient across multiple interest areas, including: gardening, raising animals, alternative energy, storage and preservation, and much more.


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