Author: Tessa ZundelPublisher:
ISBN: 9780997671506
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Languages : en
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Book Description
Do you lie awake at night, wondering how to make your family more self-sufficient in an uncertain world? Are you wondering how to expand your homesteading efforts while still maintaining the rest of your life? Maybe you?ve considered homesteading, but you?re stuck in an apartment, and don?t even know where to begin. The Do It Yourself Homestead, will help you go from home to homestead little by little. With four levels of homesteadyness covered, there is truly something for everyone.Are you a HOMESTARTER, the curious and courageous novice?Or do you belong at the HOMESTEADISH level, with a bit of experience under your belt?Perhaps you?re a HOMESTEADAHOLIC, eagerly pursing homesteading wherever you live?Are you the sage HOMESTEADED type who fully identifies with the homesteading lifestyle?With each level comes its own education, challenges, goals and projects. Challenges are issued to help you expand outside of your comfort zone and build up your homesteading community. The Do It Yourself Homestead will help you gain the skills you need to grow your self-sufficiency skills at your own level of experience and interest. Each topic is given its own extensive chapter: The Homestead Kitchen, The Homestead Garden, Greening the Homestead, Livestock Wherever You Are, Homestead Finances, Family Times, The Homestead Community and The Prepared Homestead. From DIY projects to shared personal advice, the voices of a myriad of real life homesteaders, all on varying lot sizes, testify from these pages that you can do it!The Do It Yourself Homestead will help you:?Create homesteading systems that are self-sustaining even if you live in the city.?Reach out to like-minded people to form a supportive homesteading network around you.?Grow your own, whatever that means for you.?Find the livestock that?s right for you, even if you have no land.?Feel years younger and pounds lighter by letting go of clutter on your homestead, emotional baggage, and outmoded thought patterns.?Make your own food staples and use up what you already have on hand in healthy ways?And so much more!
