Heirloom skills A complete guide to modern homesteading

Anders Rydell, 1982-

Book - 2023

100 ways to embrace the simple life, with step-by-step instructions for keeping chickens, growing vegetables, making beer and wine, arranging flowers, soap making, and more! This is a home-management book for the twenty-first century. Alva Herdevall and Anders Rydell combine traditional methods with modern ideas to show that a higher degree of self-sufficiency is possible for everyone. You will learn the secrets of beekeeping, how to grow your own cut flowers, and how to bake a perfect loaf of sourdough. Discover how easy it is to churn butter, make your own yogurt, and raise chickens for meat and eggs. Turn rhubarb stalks into refreshing summer wine, perfect your compost pile, and make decadent and nontoxic skin creams. Keep chickens Grow ...and arrange flowersRaise bees Make soap Grow fresh veggies Can and ferment your produce Make sourdough bread And more! Complete with gorgeous photos throughout, this book is sure to inspire you or the homesteader in your life to expand your repertoire of heirloom skills.

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Subjects
Genres
Instructional and educational works
Published
New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing [2023]
Language
English
Swedish
Main Author
Anders Rydell, 1982- (author)
Other Authors
Alva Herdevall (author), Ellen Hedström (translator)
Item Description
"100 ways to embrace simple living"--Cover.
"Keeping chickens, raising bees, growing vegetables, flower arranging, food preservation, DIY beauty products, herbal medicine"--Cover.
"Originally published in Swedish as Modern Självhushållning by Natur & Kultur"--Colophon.
Includes indexes.
Physical Description
335 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781510775701
  • Preface
  • Fresh Cut Flowers
  • Sourdough & Baking
  • Keeping Chickens
  • Starting a Micro Dairy
  • Compost & Fertilizer
  • Bath & Beauty
  • Gardening
  • Drink Cabinet Classics
  • Beekeeping
  • Hot Drinks
  • Storing & Prepping
  • Cleaning & Housekeeping
  • Ducks
  • Beer & Hops
  • Winemaking
  • Trees & Bushes
  • Indexes