| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (456 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Land: Buying it, building on it: Buying country property -- Planning your home -- Preparing the site -- Converting trees into lumber -- Building a log cabin -- Building with adobe -- Building a stone house -- Raising a barn -- Developing a water supply -- Saunas and hot tubs -- Sanitation -- Fireplace construction and design -- Stone walls and brick pavements -- Fences -- Energy from wood, water, wind and sun: Making your house energy efficient -- Wood as a fuel -- Heating with wood -- Waterpower -- Wind power -- Solar energy -- Other energy sources -- Raising your own vegetables, fruit, and livestock: Kitchen garden -- Gardening in limited space -- Herb gardens -- Fruits and nuts -- Pest control -- Grains and grasses -- Beekeeping -- Fish farming -- Raising livestock -- Enjoying your harvest the year round: Preserving produce -- Preserving meat and fish -- Making your own dairy products -- Maple sugaring -- Homemade beverages -- Baking bread -- Regional cooking -- Cooking with wood -- Skills and crafts for house and homestead: Natural dyes -- Spinning -- Weaving -- Hooked rugs -- Braided rugs -- Patchwork quilting -- Rope and twine -- Tanning and leather work -- Woodworking -- Broommaking -- Scrimshaw -- Household recipes -- Metalworking -- Stenciling -- Flower drying and pressed flowers -- Gourd craft -- Soapmaking -- Candlemaking -- Basketry -- Recreation at home and in the wild: Old-time good times -- Crafting a dulcimer -- Celebrating holidays -- Canoeing and kayaking -- Wilderness camping -- Outdoors in winter -- Fishing -- Living with nature -- Appendix: Organized assistance: Extension service and other groups -- Index. |
| Summary |
A complete guide to traditional skills: Buying and working land, generating your own energy, raising livestock, enjoying your harvest, household skills and crafts. |
| Subject |
Home economics -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Sustainable living -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Handicraft -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Life skills -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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HOUSE & HOME -- Cleaning & Caretaking.
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Handicraft. (OCoLC)fst00950959
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Home economics. (OCoLC)fst00959173
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Life skills. (OCoLC)fst00998359
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Sustainable living. (OCoLC)fst01742265
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals. (OCoLC)fst01423877
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| Added Author |
Gehring, Abigail R.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Back to basics. 3rd ed. New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub., ©2008 9781602392335 (DLC) 2007037522 (OCoLC)171152539 |
| ISBN |
9781628738087 (electronic bk.) |
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1628738081 (electronic bk.) |
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9781602391680 |
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1602391688 |
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