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Urban homesteading : heirloom skills for sustainable living / Rachel Kaplan with K. Ruby Blume.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Skyhorse Pub., c2011.Description: x, 292 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 161608054X (pbk.)
  • 9781616080549 (pbk.)
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Contents:
Start where you are -- Gardening and growing -- Eating close to the ground -- The house -- Self-care, city-care.
Summary: City-dwellers across the country are finding creative new ways to live, and urban farmers are reclaiming heirloom agrarian practices as strategies for responsible living. Get to know real people who are changing their lives and the lives of their neighbors through the urban homesteading movement.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 640 K17 Checked out 03/20/2024 33111006737593
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The urban homesteading movement is spreading rapidly across the nation. Urban Homesteading is the perfect "back-to-the-land" guide for urbanites who want to reduce their impact on the environment. Full of practical information, as well as inspiring stories from people already living the urban homesteading life, this colorful guide is an approachable guide to learning to live more ecologically in the city. The book embraces the core concepts of localization (providing our basic needs close to where we live), self-reliance (re-learning that food comes from the ground, not the grocery store; learning to do things ourselves), and sustainability (giving back at least as much as we take). Readers will find concise how-to information that they can immediately set into practice, from making solar cookers to growing tomatoes in a barrel to raising chickens in small spaces to maintaining mental serenity in the fast-paced city environment. Full of beautiful full-color photographs and illustrations, and plenty of step-by-step instructions, this is a must-have handbook for city folk with a passion for the simple life.nbsp;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-291).

Start where you are -- Gardening and growing -- Eating close to the ground -- The house -- Self-care, city-care.

City-dwellers across the country are finding creative new ways to live, and urban farmers are reclaiming heirloom agrarian practices as strategies for responsible living. Get to know real people who are changing their lives and the lives of their neighbors through the urban homesteading movement.

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