Editors of Cool Springs Press

Beginner's Guide to Self Sufficiency Projects for the Home (eBook, ePUB)

Grow Edibles, Raise Animals, Live Off The Grid & DIY

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Build a self-sufficient life with these 40+ photo-illustrated projects for growing and preserving your own food, keeping animals, harnessing alternative energy, and more. Learning to do more things yourself is healthy, rewarding, and fulfilling, and benefits the environment. Whether you live in the suburbs or have 80 acres in the mountains, this new and affordable edition adapted from the best-selling Step-by-Step Projects for Self-Sufficiency guides your way with clear plan drawings, precise instructions, and detailed photos. Beginner's Guide to Self-Sufficiency Projects for the Home is organized into the categories Chickens & Other Creatures, Nourishing Your Garden, Garden Projects, Food Preparation & Preservation, Homestead Amenities, and Outbuildings & Fences, with projects that include:

• A portable chicken ark
• Two types of beehives
• Solar cookers
• Firewood storage
• A potato-growing box
• Hoophouses and greenhouses
• Raised planting beds
• Rain barrels
• A cider press
• Compost bins
• Drying racks
• And more

With these easy-to-follow projects, make progress, step by step, toward your goal of more independent living.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Shoe Press
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780760391013
• Artikelnr.: 70127047

Autorenporträt

The Editors of Cool Springs Press have produced the highest quality DIY home improvement books for more than 30 years. In conjunction with the experts at BLACK+DECKER(TM) they have combined resources to create more than 200 home improvement titles that provide consumers and weekend DIYers with the information they need to get the job done right. Their books have set the standard for do-it-yourself publishing, featuring clear, professional photography and concise step-by-step instructions that get straight to the point. View our full catalog at quarto.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Building A Self-Sufficient Life 
SECTION 1: CHICKENS AND OTHER CREATURES 
01 Chicken Coop 
02 Brooder Box 
03 Large Farm Animals 
04 Top-Bar Beehive 
SECTION 2: NOURISHING YOUR GARDEN 
05 Compost Bin 
06 Two-Bin Composter 
07 Collecting Rainwater 
08 Channeling Rainwater 
SECTION 3: GARDEN PROJECTS 
09 Starting and Transplanting Seedlings 
10 Clothesline Trellis 
11 Pallet Planter 
12 Raised Beds 
13 Cold Frame 
14 Planting Trees 
SECTION 4: FOOD PREPARATION AND PRESERVATION 
15 Preserving Your Bounty 
16 Solar Dryer 
17 Root Vegetable Rack 
SECTION 5: HOMESTEAD AMENITIES 
18 Solar Oven 
19 Frame Loom 
20 Manual Laundry Washer 
Resources 
Credits 
Index