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Author:

Gehring, Abigail R.

Title:

The ultimate self-sufficiency handbook : a complete guide to baking, crafts, gardening, preserving your harvest, raising animals, and more / Abigail R. Gehring.

Publisher:

Skyhorse Pub.,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

vi, 262 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Sustainable living--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Home economics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Handicraft--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Country life--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Self-reliant living--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [254]-258) and index.

Contents:

The family garden -- The country kitchen -- Country crafts -- The barnyard.

Summary:

Includes simple instructions for hundreds of self-sufficiency projects, including making dip candles, baking bread and desserts, making maple syrup, starting a vineyard, growing vegetables, raising chickens, keeping bees, preserving produce, curing meats, building a treehouse, making an old-fashioned toboggan and much more.

ISBN:

1616087102 (pbk.)
9781616087104 (pbk.)

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SWPB124 -- Dumont Community Library (Dumont)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola)