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Author(s): Abigail Gehring
ISBN(s): 9781602392335, 1602392331
Edition: 3rd
File Details: PDF, 60.63 MB
Year: 2008
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1602392331

ISBN 13: 9781602392335 

Author: Abigail Gehring 

Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills—the kind employed by our forefathers—and adapt them for a better life in the twenty-first century need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide. Countless readers have turned to Back to Basics for inspiration and instruction, escaping to an era before power saws and fast food restaurants and rediscovering the pleasures and challenges of a healthier, greener, and more self-sufficient lifestyle.

Now newly updated, the hundreds of projects, step-by-step sequences, photographs, charts, and illustrations in Back to Basics will help you dye your own wool with plant pigments, graft trees, raise chickens, craft a hutch table with hand tools, and make treats such as blueberry peach jam and cheddar cheese. The truly ambitious will find instructions on how to build a log cabin or an adobe brick homestead.

More than just practical advice, this is also a book for dreamers—even if you live in a city apartment you will find your imagination sparked, and there’s no reason why you can’t, for example, make a loom and weave a rag rug. Complete with tips for old-fashioned fun (square dancing calls, homemade toys, and kayaking tips), this may be the most thorough book on voluntary simplicity available. 2,000 color photos and 200 black-and-white illustrations.

Table of contents:

PART ONE — LAND: BUYING IT – BUILDING ON IT

Chapter 1. Buying Country Property
Chapter 2. Planning Your Home
Chapter 3. Preparing the Site
Chapter 4. Converting Trees Into Lumber
Chapter 5. Building a Log Cabin
Chapter 6. Building With Adobe
Chapter 7. Building a Stone House
Chapter 8. Raising a Barn
Chapter 9. Developing a Water Supply
Chapter 10. Saunas and Hot Tubs
Chapter 11. Sanitation
Chapter 12. Fireplace Construction and Design
Chapter 13. Stone Walls and Brick Pavements
Chapter 14. Fences

PART TWO — ENERGY FROM WOOD, WATER, WIND, AND SUN

Chapter 15. Making Your House Energy Efficient
Chapter 16. Wood as a Fuel
Chapter 17. Heating With Wood
Chapter 18. Waterpower
Chapter 19. Wind Power
Chapter 20. Solar Energy
Chapter 21. Other Energy Sources

PART THREE — RAISING YOUR OWN VEGETABLES, FRUIT, AND LIVESTOCK

Chapter 22. The Kitchen Garden
Chapter 23. Gardening in Limited Space
Chapter 24. Herb Gardens
Chapter 25. Fruits and Nuts
Chapter 26. Pest Control
Chapter 27. Grains and Grasses
Chapter 28. Beekeeping
Chapter 29. Fish Farming
Chapter 30. Raising Livestock

PART FOUR — ENJOYING YOUR HARVEST THE YEAR ROUND

Chapter 31. Preserving Produce
Chapter 32. Preserving Meat and Fish
Chapter 33. Making Your Own Dairy Products
Chapter 34. Maple Sugaring
Chapter 35. Homemade Beverages
Chapter 36. Baking Bread
Chapter 37. Regional Cooking
Chapter 38. Cooking With Wood

PART FIVE — SKILLS AND CRAFTS FOR HOUSE AND HOMESTEAD

Chapter 39. Natural Dyes
Chapter 40. Spinning
Chapter 41. Weaving
Chapter 42. Hooked Rugs
Chapter 43. Braided Rugs
Chapter 44. Patchwork Quilting
Chapter 45. Rope and Twine
Chapter 46. Tanning and Leatherwork
Chapter 47. Woodworking
Chapter 48. Broommaking
Chapter 49. Scrimshaw
Chapter 50. Household Recipes
Chapter 51. Metalworking
Chapter 52. Stenciling
Chapter 53. Flower Drying and Pressed Flowers
Chapter 54. Gourd Craft
Chapter 55. Soapmaking
Chapter 56. Candlemaking
Chapter 57. Basketry

PART SIX — RECREATION AT HOME AND IN THE WILD

Chapter 58. Old-time Good Times
Chapter 59. Crafting a Mountain Dulcimer
Chapter 60. Celebrating Holidays
Chapter 61. Canoeing and Kayaking
Chapter 62. Wilderness Camping
Chapter 63. Outdoors in Winter
Chapter 64. Fishing
Chapter 65. Living With Nature

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