| Description |
256 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index (pages 250-255) |
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Previously published as Country skills: a practical guide to self-sufficiency. |
| Contents |
Starting out -- Calendar of season tasks -- Growing vegetables -- Growing fruit -- Directory of pests and diseases -- Keeping animals -- Food from nature -- Preserving your produce -- Water and energy conservation. |
| Summary |
Absolutely all you need to know to provide you and your family with homegrown food throughout the year. Offers easy to follow advice on planning, establishing, and maintaining a small-acre farm, an allotment, or a backyard garden. Includes step-by-step instructions, photographs, and illustrations, this book is a practical and comprehensive guide to living off the land. |
| Subject |
Subsistence farming -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Self-reliant living -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Sustainable agriculture.
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Renewable energy sources.
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Subsistence farm. (OCoLC)fst01746153
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Self-reliant living. (OCoLC)fst01736333
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks, manuals, etc. (OCoLC)fst01423877
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| ISBN |
9781423656784 (hardcover) |
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1423656784 (hardcover) |
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