Back to Basics Handbook by Abigail R Gehring

Back to Basics Handbook by Abigail R Gehring

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Back to Basics Handbook by Abigail R Gehring

Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills--the kind employed by our forefathers--and adapt them for a better life in the twenty-first century need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide. With hundreds of projects, step-by-step sequences, photographs, charts, and illustrations, The Back to Basics Handbook will help you dye your own wool with plant pigments, graft trees, raise chickens, craft a hutch table with hand tools, and make treats such as blueberry peach jam and cheddar cheese. The truly ambitious will find instructions on how to build a log cabin or an adobe brick homestead.

More than just practical advice, this is also a book for dreamers-- even if you live in a city apartment you will find your imagination sparked, and there's no reason why you can't, for example, make a loom and weave a rag rug. Complete with tips for old-fashioned fun (square dancing calls, homemade toys, and kayaking tips), this is the ultimate concise guide to voluntary simplicity.

Gehring is the author of several cookbooks, including The Complete Juicer and Healthy Gluten-Free Diet. Her passion for tea began early in childhood and grew stronger during a time in England. She resides in the town of Marlboro, Vermont.

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ISBN 13 9781616082611
ISBN 10 1616082615
Title Back to Basics Handbook
Author Abigail R Gehring
Series Handbook Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Skyhorse Publishing
Year published 2011-05-25
Number of pages 272
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.