Making it : radical home ec for a post-consumer world /

Coyne, Kelly.

Making it : radical home ec for a post-consumer world / Radical home ec for a post-consumer world Kelly Coyne & Erik Knutzen. - [Emmaus, Pa.] : Rodale, 2010. - ix, 310 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-299) and index.

Introduction -- The five principles of making it -- Day to day -- Week to week. Weekly cooking ; Cleaning, washing, and mending -- Month to month. The transformational power of salt ; Indoor gardening ; Herbal medicine and beauty -- Season to season. Projects for the garden ; The magic of fermentation -- Infrastructure. How to compost ; Backward [sic] beekeeping.

The essential guide to becoming a producer instead of a consumer, this book is full of simple, ingenious projects for your home, your garden, and even your fire escape.

1605294624 (pbk.) 9781605294629 (pbk.)

2010023680


Consumer education.
Home economics.
Simplicity.
Sustainable living.

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