Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Sufficiency by Candlin, Alison

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Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the ...
Signed
No
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Inscribed
No
Vintage
No
ISBN
9781616083618
Book Title
Country Skills : a Practical Guide to Self-Sufficiency
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Item Length
9.5 in
Publication Year
2011
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.2 in
Author
Alison Candlin
Genre
Technology & Engineering, House & Home, Social Science
Topic
Sustainable Living, Cleaning, Caretaking & Organizing, Agriculture / General, Small Spaces, Sociology / Rural
Item Weight
36.7 Oz
Item Width
7.7 in
Number of Pages
256 Pages
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Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1616083611
ISBN-13
9781616083618
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109183858

Product Key Features

Book Title
Country Skills : a Practical Guide to Self-Sufficiency
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Sustainable Living, Cleaning, Caretaking & Organizing, Agriculture / General, Small Spaces, Sociology / Rural
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, House & Home, Social Science
Author
Alison Candlin
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
36.7 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
7.7 in

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Trade
LCCN
2011-020640
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
640
Synopsis
Country Skills is the complete, practical guide to living off the land. Author Alison Candlin offers easy-to-follow advice about planning, establishing, and maintaining a small-acre farm, an allotment, or a backyard garden. She also includes essential tips on selecting, housing, and looking after chickens, goats, pigs, bees, and other animals, as well as offers expert advice on collecting and recycling water, composting your leftover scraps, and generating energy for your own home, which will help save you a great deal of money and reduce your carbon footprint. In this portable paperback edition, you'll find step-by-step instructions and over 350 photographs and illustrations to guide readers on planting, growing, harvesting, preserving, and storing vegetables and fruits of all kinds, through all seasons, in all parts of the country. Candlin also discusses building and using greenhouses, rotating crops to replenish soil nutrients, and installing proper drainage around your crops or garden to avoid flooding and destroyed plants. Complete with a directory of common pests and diseases that could plague your garden produce, as well as useful information on how to harvest food from the countryside or nearby wilderness lands, this book is the essential manual on living a self-sufficient, greener, and healthier lifestyle., Country Skills is the complete, practical guide to living off the land. Author Alison Candlin offers easy-to-follow advice about planning, establishing, and maintaining a small-acre farm, an allotment, or a backyard garden. She also includes essential tips on selecting, housing, and looking after chickens, goats, pigs, bees, and other animals, as well as expert advice on collecting and recycling water, composting your left-over scraps, and generating energy for your own home--saving you lots of money and reducing your carbon footprint. Throughout are step-by-step instructions and over 350 photographs and illustrations to guide readers on planting, growing, harvesting, preserving, and storing vegetables and fruit of all kinds, in all seasons, in all parts of the country. Candlin also discusses building and using greenhouses, rotating crops to replenish soil nutrients, and installing proper drainage around your garden. Complete with a directory of common pests and diseases that could plague your homegrown produce, as well as useful information on how to harvest wild food, this book is the essential manual on living a self-sufficient, greener, and healthier lifestyle.
LC Classification Number
S501.2.C36 2011

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