by Abigail Gehring (Author)
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
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.
Readers will learn how to:
- Container garden
- Raise chickens
- Churn butter
- Grow vegetables
- Can tomatoes
- Brew kombucha
- Make shampoo
- Repel garden pests
- Milk a goat
- Improve garden soil
- Make strawberry-rhubarb jelly
- Ferment vegetables
- Make yogurt
- Sprout grains
- And more
The Essential Guide to Self-Sufficient Living combines the know-how of
Back to Basics with the charm of
The Farmer's Almanac. This is the perfect gift for anyone interested in a more self-sufficient, greener, country lifestyle.
Author Biography
Abigail R. Gehring is the author or editor of more than a dozen books including Back to Basics, Homesteading, and The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Living. She's practiced living self-sufficiently since her childhood in Vermont, being home-schooled, home-canning jams and jellies, and enjoying natural crafts. She lives with her husband, two kids, and Siberian husky in an 1800s farmstead in southern Vermont.
Number of Pages: 176
Dimensions: 0.8 x 9 x 7.5 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: April 06, 2021
