A fantastic reference for anyone off-the-grid or simply looking for alternative ways of life! Photographs, charts, easy-to-read headings, and well-organized chapters cover the basics, shelter, the comforts of life (tools, fiber arts), health & family, and food, field, and garden. Simple, with just enough information to quickly give you what you need to know, but incredible comprehensive, this is a thorough reference to your questions as well as an education and inspiration!

Learn about stocking food, inspecting houses, determining wind chill factor, getting water, creating energy-saving heat, building a tipi or yurt, building a house from available materials, breeding & killing animals, horse care, dairy cows, beekeeping, chickens & eggs, making tools and farm equipment, making brooms, creating pottery, making candles, soap, spin flax, use a drop spindle, make clothes, bake bread, cream butter, harvest maple syrup, natural remedies for common illnesses, homeschool, plant a garden, can your harvest, and more! 584 pages, softcover.

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