Build a self-sufficient life with these 60+ 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, Step-by-step Projects for
Self Sufficiency guides your way with clear plan drawings,
precise instructions, and detailed photos.
Organized into the categories Chickens & Other Creatures, Nourishing
Your Garden, Garden Projects, Food Preparation & Preservation, Homestead
Amenities, and Outbuildings & Fences, projects in this volume
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.