'Homesteaders, gardeners, small farmers, and outdoor living enthusiasts will love these 76 DIY projects for practical outdoor items designed to help you live more sustainably and independently. Expert woodworker Spike Carlsen offers clear, simple, fully illustrated instructions for everything from plant supports and a clothesline to a potting bench, a chicken coop, a hoop greenhouse, a cold frame, a beehive, a root cellar with storage bins, and an...

Growing vegetables and raising livestock is only the beginning of a successful homestead -- that fresh food goes to waste unless you can properly prepare, cook, and preserve it. Andrea Chesman shows you how to bridge the gap between field and table, covering everything from curing meats and making sausage to canning fruits and vegetables, milling flour, working with sourdough, baking no-knead breads, making braises and stews that can be adapted to...

" Ever since her best friend died six months ago, Laura Reihl has vowed to make each day count. And that means she should probably break off her relationship with Rudy. They've been together for so many years, and his friendship means the world to her. But she knows friendship doesn't come close to the fireworks of true love, and she's not really feeling the fireworks. So when Savilla's widower, Allen, asks her to help him take care of the baby Savilla...

Instruction on the ancient practice of identifying, growing, storing and using herbs for both culinary and health-enriching properties.

Instructive step-by-step, artful how-tos, and entertaining advice in the pleasurable and highly useful activity of making soap. Includes basic soaps, decorative soaps, soap balls, hand-milled soaps and more.

"Expand your knowledge of sewing with the helpful and down-to-earth instruction the West ladies are known for and develop a wide assortment of useful skills that will assist in making wonderful sewing creations"--Container.

"Expand your knowledge of sewing with the helpful and down-to-earth instruction the West ladies are known for and develop a wide assortment of useful skills that will assist in making wonderful sewing creations"--Container.

"...features segments on composting, pest control, potato patches, flowers, container gardening, vegetables, climate conditions and much more"--Container.

"The Backyard Homestead Guide to Growing Organic Food is a one-stop reference for all the key information food gardeners need to grow a healthy, bountiful garden. The book features a comprehensive companion planting guide and an in-depth review of the most effective organic pest control practices, including recipes for how to make your own pest deterrent sprays"--