Self-Sufficiency on a Shoestring Recipes for a New, Fun and Free Lifestyle

Name: Self-Sufficiency on a Shoestring Recipes for a New, Fun and Free Lifestyle
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ISBN: 9781440318757

ISBN-10: 1440318751

ISBN-13: 9781440318757

Edition: 2012

Authors: Alan Bridgewater, Gill Bridgewater

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This title shows how to get started - with little or no money - and how to expand your self-sufficiency ideals.

Book details

List price: $20.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: F&W Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/24/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English




Introduction



Discussion Points


Varieties of sustainable living


Arrangements and special exceptions


The recession


Saving the planet


Food


Quality of life



Adventure


Your options


Urban self-sufficiency


Town and village self-sufficiency


Isolated off-grid self-sufficiency


The ultimate self-sufficiency scenario


An autonomous house


Extreme shoestring self-sufficiency



Food


No-dig self-sufficiency


The no-dig method


Vegetable-growing basics


Sowing, potting, and planting


How to deal with pests and diseases


Brassicas


Salad leaves


Stalks and shoots


Pods and seeds


Onions and relatives


Roots and tubers


Fruiting vegetables


Herbs


Soft fruit and tree fruit


Storing and preserving food


Homemade wine


Beekeeping


Keeping chickens


Keeping pigs


Keeping goats



Recipts


Vegetarian meals from the garden


Winter meals from the garden


Making chutney


Making jam



Power


Shoestring insulation


Shoestring photovoltaic panels


Solar water heaters


Shoestring wind turbines


Passive solar gain



Lifestyle


Working from home


Trading and gifting


Reduce, reuse, recycle


Make-do-and-mend


One last thought



Resources



Index