ISBN: 1680997114 9781680997118

Category: Family & Relationships / General

Page count: 176

<b>Grow your own vegetables and herbs, indoors in containers or outside in a garden. Raise chickens or goats. Build a beehive. Make your own nontoxic cleaning sprays. And more!</b><br><br> Gehring’s books on country living have sold more than 500,000 copies. In this book, she offers a guide to homesteading skills that is as charming as it is practical. Full of sweet illustrations and gorgeous photographs, step-by-step instructions for essential skills such as building a chicken coop are interspersed with country lore and old-fashioned tips and tricks.<br><br> Readers will learn how to:<br><ul><li>Container garden</li><li>Raise chickens</li><li>Churn butter</li><li>Grow vegetables</li><li>Can tomatoes</li><li>Brew kombucha</li><li>Make shampoo</li><li>Repel garden pests</li><li>Milk a goat</li><li>Improve garden soil</li><li>Make strawberry-rhubarb jelly</li><li>Ferment vegetables</li><li>Make yogurt</li><li>Sprout grains</li><li>And more!</li></ul><i>The Essential Guide to Self-Sufficient Living</i> combines the know-how of <i>Back to Basics</i> with the charm of <i>The Farmer’s Almanac</i>. This is the perfect gift for anyone interested in a more self-sufficient, greener, country lifestyle.