Concise Guide to Self-Sufficiency

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 256 pages
• Published by: DK ADULT July 30, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 075662889X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0756628895
• Book Dimensions: 8.6 x 7.1 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

Book Description
Teaching all the skills needed to live independently in harmony with the land, from harnessing natural forms of energy and raising crops to keeping livestock and preserving foodstuffs, this new format of John Seymour's classic is still the most practical guide for realists and dreamers alike. AUTHOR BIO: John Seymour authored over forty books, including the DK's best-selling Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency and The Forgotten Arts & Crafts. He died in the fall of 2004 at the age of 90.

Reader Reviews
I bought this book at Borders recently and I don't see anything wrong with pages 24-25. They fit properly within the sections before and after. With that said, I have only begun to go through this book, but I find it highly informative. This is the stuff our grandparents would have learned growing up on a farm, and its nice to find the basics covered all in one book. The step-by-step illustrations are highly informative and detailed. This book teaches you what all the different construction and harvesting tools are called and what their purposes are. The majority of the book is devoted to food. It explains how to start and maintain a healthy garden or large crop, and how to find all the food you need from nature (of course you will need other books for proper identification of edible wild plants). Then it explains how to kill and prepare poultry and other meats, and how to make bread, jams, syrups, pickles, cakes and biscuits, and how to store and preserve all of your produce. The basics of brewing beer and making wine and cider are also covered. It also covers woodworking, building construction, basketry, knots and ropework. What's best about this book is how it encourages you to experiment. The people who would want to buy a book like this (such as myself) likely have no knowledge whatsoever about self-sufficiency, and are probably afraid of making stupid mistakes, but this book sees mistakes as a learning process and encourages you to try new things. This book serves only as a starting point. It will give you the encouragement to move forward. If you want more detail, you can move on to his "Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency" or "The Encyclopedia of Country Living" by Carla Emery, and from there you will want to get specialized books on each of the subjects covered here. Comment | | (Report this)