plete Idiot's Guide To Self-Sufficient Living.pdf

文档介绍：Table of Contents

Title Page
Dedication
Copyright Page
Introduction

Part 1 - A Rational Approach to Self-Sufficient Living
Chapter 1 - What’s It All About?
Chapter 2 - The New Self-Sufficiency: Doing Without
Chapter 3 - The Philosophy of Self-Sufficient Living
Chapter 4 - Bloom Where You’re Planted
Chapter 5 - Your Homestead Business

Part 2 - The Kitchen: Heart of the Homestead
Chapter 6 - Scratch the Itch to Cook from Scratch
Chapter 7 - Conservation in the Kitchen
Chapter 8 - The Well-Stocked Pantry
Chapter 9 - Look What I Made!

Part 3 - The Self-Sufficient Gardener
Chapter 10 - Gardening Fundamentals
Chapter 11 - The Dirt on Garden Soil
Chapter 12 - What’s Your (Garden) Type?
Chapter 13 - How Does Your Garden Grow?
Chapter 14 - Tools of the Trade
Chapter 15 - Saving Seeds
Chapter 16 - Adam and Eve Did It

Part 4 - Meat, Milk, and Eggs
Chapter 17 - The Truth About Meat
Chapter 18 - Chickens in Your Backyard
Chapter 19 - Raising Rabbits for Food
Chapter 20 - Dairy Goats
Chapter 21 - More Small Livestock

Part 5 - Shelter and Its Appurtenances
Chapter 22 - Self-Sufficient Shelter
Chapter 23 - Cool Ways to Keep Warm
Chapter 24 - Your Water Footprint
Chapter 25 - The Conservation of Energy

Part 6 - A Plan for the Future
Chapter 26 - Looking Back, Moving Forward
Chapter 27 - Let Your Imagination Soar
Appendix A - Glossary
Appendix B - For More Information
Index
This book is dedicated to my grandchildren—and all grandchildren everywhere—
who will inherit the Earth we leave them.
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