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by Philip Garlington
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
After being fired from his last two corporate jobs, the author wonders if, instead of donning somebody's livery again, he can be a modern pioneer on ten worthless acres of desert he purchased at a tax auction for $325. He's broke, and his parcel of land is forbidding, arid and remote. He...
by Charles M. Horton
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Some great review from readers:
This is a good read if you are a young guy looking to get into the engineering feild, or a a current engineering student. The Authors views are very very similar to my own. I strongly agree with many of the statements and descriptions that the author makes...
Household Cleaning
Self-Sufficiency
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Most conventional store-bought cleaning products are packed full of chemicals, many of which are harmful to the environment and your health, let alone your wallet. You’ll be pleasantly surprised to discover that your kitchen cupboard already stocks the alternative supplies you’ll need to transform...
Mini Farming Guide to Vegetable Gardening
Self-Sufficiency from Asparagus to Zucchini
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Make the most of your vegetable garden with Brett Markham, author Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on ¼ Acre. This comprehensive new handbook covers everything you need to know about maximizing and harvesting the best vegetables you can possibly produce. With each chapter addressing a different vegetable,...
Homesteading
A Backyard Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
The companion to the bestseller Back to Basics for country, urban, and suburban folks-now fully updated!
Who doesn’t want to shrink their carbon footprint, save money, and eat homegrown food whenever possible? Even readers who are very much on the grid will embrace this large, fully illustrated...
Mini Farming
Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family’s food on just a quarter acre—and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require. Even if you have never been...
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Living
Beekeeping, Canning and Preserving, Cheese Making, Disaster Preparedness, Fermenting, Growing Vegetables, Keeping Chickens, Raising Livestock, Soap Making, and more!
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Packed with step-by-step instructions, useful tips, time-honored wisdom, and both illustrations and photographs, this might just be the most comprehensive guide to back to basics living ever published. Fans of Back to Basics, Homesteading, and Self-Sufficiency have been asking for a one-stop resource...
Building or Renovating a Small Barn for Your Horse
Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-238
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 1999
Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
by Marc Kushner
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
The founder of Architizer.com and practicing architect draws on his unique position at the crossroads of architecture and social media to highlight 100 important buildings that embody the future of architecture.
We’re asking more of architecture than ever before; the response will define...
Building Bat Houses
Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-178
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 1997
Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
Shipping Container Homes: Amazing Ideas on How to Declutter, Organize and Decorate Your Small Living Space!
Live Mortgage Free
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
So you want to downsize? Building and living in your own shipping container or other type of small home can be fraught with challenges and pitfalls for the unwary. Small homes have so many advantages to recommend them but it is easy to be put off by the potential problems living in a smaller space...
The Prepper’s Guide To Survival Pantry : Emergency Food and Water Storage for Disaster Survival
Survival Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
This book contains proven strategies and techniques to plan, organize and maintain your survival pantry during emergency situations like natural or economic disasters.
Here is a sneak preview of what you will discover:
- Food and Water Management Strategies for Disaster Survival
-...
by Editors of Fine Homebuilding
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
So long McMansions and rambling square footage…small homes are in! Easier to maintain and more affordable in hard economic times, small houses are gaining popularity in the housing market after nearly 60 years of trending up in size. Small Houses capitalizes on this shift with an all-new collection...