The complete idiot's guide to self-sufficient living. (©2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Self-sufficient living
• Further Information: Note: By Jerome D. Belanger.
• Other Names: Belanger, Jerome D
• Contents: A rational approach to self-sufficient living. What's it all about? ; The new self-sufficiency: doing without ; The philosophy of self-sufficient living ; Bloom where you're planted ; Your homestead business -- The kitchen: heart of the homestead. Scratch the itch to cook from scratch ; Conservation in the kitchen ; The well-stocked pantry ; Look what I made! -- The self-sufficient gardener. Gardening fundamentals ; The dirt on garden soil ; What's your (garden) type? -- How does your garden grow? ; Tools of the trade ; Saving seeds ; Adam and Eve did it -- Meat, milk, and eggs. The truth about meat ; Chickens in your backyard ; Raising rabbits for food ; Dairy goats ; More small livestock -- Shelter and its appurtenances. Self-sufficient shelter ; Cool ways to keep warm ; Your water footprint ; The conservation of energy -- A plan for the future. Looking back, moving forward ; Let your imagination soar.
• Publisher Details: New York, N.Y : Alpha Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 379 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 630; Self-reliant living; Alternative lifestyles; Human ecology; Home economics, Rural; Agriculture; Country life; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General; Agriculture; Alternative lifestyles; Country life; Home economics, Rural; Human ecology; Self-reliant living; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781101150757; 1101150750; 9781101152041; 1101152044
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-363) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.