The self-sufficient life and how to live it : the complete back-to-basics guide / John Seymour with Will Sutherland.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., c2009.Edition: [6th ed.]Description: 408 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 0756654505
- 9780756654504
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 630 S521 | Checked out | 05/28/2024 | 33111005597568 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It is the only book that teaches all the skills needed to live independently in harmony with the land harnessing natural forms of energy, raising crops and keeping livestock, preserving foodstuffs, making beer and wine, basketry, carpentry, weaving, and much more. Our 2003 edition included 150 new full-color illustrations and a special section in which John Seymour, the father of the back to basics movement, explains the philosophy of self-sufficiency and its power to transform lives and create communities. More relevant than ever in our high-tech world, The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It is the ultimate practical guide for realists and dreamers alike.
"All material in this book is taken from "The Self-Sufficient life and how to live it", first published in 1976, and the "The New self-sufficient gardener" first published in 1978".--Verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-399) and index.
The meaning of self-sufficiency -- Food from the garden -- Food from animals -- Food from the fields -- Food from the wild -- In the dairy -- In the kitchen -- Brewing & wine-making -- Energy & waste -- Crafts & skills -- Things you need to know.