Grow your own vegetables and herbs, indoors in containers or outside in a garden.
She lives with her husband, two kids, and Siberian husky in an 1800s farmstead in southern Vermont..
She\'s practiced living self-sufficiently since her childhood in Vermont, being home-schooled, home-Canning jams and jellies, and enjoying natural crafts.
Gehring is the author or editor of more than a dozen books including Back to Basics , Homesteading , and The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Living .
About author(s): Abigail R.
This is the perfect gift for anyone interested in a more self-sufficient, greener, country lifestyle.
Readers will learn how to: Container garden Raise Chickens Churn butter Grow vegetables Can tomatoes Brew kombucha Make shampoo Repel garden pests Milk a goat Improve garden soil Make strawberry-rhubarb jelly Ferment vegetables Make yogurt Sprout grains And more! The Essential Guide to Self-Sufficient Living combines the know-how of Back to Basics with the charm of The Farmer\'s Almanac .
Full of sweet illustrations and gorgeous photographs, step-by-step instructions for Essential skills such as building a chicken coop are interspersed with country lore and old-fashioned tips and tricks.
In this book, she offers a Guide to homesteading skills that is as charming as it is practical.
And more! Gehring\'s books on country living have sold more than 500,000 copies.
Make your own nontoxic cleaning sprays.
Build a beehive.
Raise Chickens or goats.
Grow your own vegetables and herbs, indoors in containers or outside in a garden
