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Beginner's Guide to Self Sufficiency Projects for the Home

Grow Edibles, Raise Animals, Live Off The Grid & DIY
Brief Description
Build a self-sufficient life with these 40+ 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... Read More
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Beginner's Guide to Self Sufficiency Projects for the Home, an abridged and edited version of the bestselling Step-by-Step Projects for Self-Sufficiency, teaches DIY-ers how to be self-sufficient across multiple interest areas, from gardening and raising animals to storage and alternative energy. Β 

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Build a self-sufficient life with these 40+ 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, this new and affordable edition, adapted from the best-selling Step-by-Step Projects for Self-Sufficiency, guides your way with clear plan drawings, precise instructions, and detailed photos.

Beginner's Guide to Self-Sufficiency Projects for the Home is organized into the categories Chickens & Other Creatures, Nourishing Your Garden, Garden Projects, Food Preparation & Preservation, Homestead Amenities, and Outbuildings & Fences. The projects 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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780760391006

Publisher: New Shoe Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 December 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: New Shoe Press

Illustration: color photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 454g

Pages: 144

About the Author

The Editors of Cool Springs Press have produced the highest qualityΒ DIY homeΒ improvement books for more than 30 years. In conjunction with the experts at BLACK+DECKERβ„’ they have combined resources to create more than 200 home improvement titles thatΒ provide consumers and weekend DIYers with the information they need to get the job done right. Their books have set the standard for do-it-yourself publishing, featuring clear, professional photography and concise step-by-step instructions that get straight to the point.Β View our full catalog at quarto.com.

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