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"Self-sufficiency on a Shoestring" tells how to get started - with little or no money - and how to expand your self-sufficiency ideals. Sustainable self-sufficiency, new technologies, global warming and problem solving are just a few of the issues tackled in the early chapters, followed by expert knowledge about vegetables, fruits and herbs. The art of keeping bees and essential animal welfare concerns when keeping chickens, pigs and goats are all succinctly explained. Methods of saving money on heating and lighting costs are detailed, from wind turbines and ground source heat pumps to solar panels and wood-burning stoves.
| Introduction | |
| Discussion Points | |
| Varieties of sustainable living | |
| Arrangements and special exceptions | |
| The recession | |
| Saving the planet | |
| Food | |
| Quality of life | |
| Adventure | |
| Your options | |
| Urban self-sufficiency | |
| Town and village self-sufficiency | |
| Isolated off-grid self-sufficiency | |
| The ultimate self-sufficiency scenario | |
| An autonomous house | |
| Extreme shoestring self-sufficiency | |
| Food | |
| No-dig self-sufficiency | |
| The no-dig method | |
| Vegetable-growing basics | |
| Sowing, potting, and planting | |
| How to deal with pests and diseases | |
| Brassicas | |
| Salad leaves | |
| Stalks and shoots | |
| Pods and seeds | |
| Onions and relatives | |
| Roots and tubers | |
| Fruiting vegetables | |
| Herbs | |
| Soft fruit and tree fruit | |
| Storing and preserving food | |
| Homemade wine | |
| Beekeeping | |
| Keeping chickens | |
| Keeping pigs | |
| Keeping goats | |
| Recipts | |
| Vegetarian meals from the garden | |
| Winter meals from the garden | |
| Making chutney | |
| Making jam | |
| Power | |
| Shoestring insulation | |
| Shoestring photovoltaic panels | |
| Solar water heaters | |
| Shoestring wind turbines | |
| Passive solar gain | |
| Lifestyle | |
| Working from home | |
| Trading and gifting | |
| Reduce, reuse, recycle | |
| Make-do-and-mend | |
| One last thought | |
| Resources | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
ISBN: 9781440318757
ISBN-10: 1440318751
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 192
Published: 24th April 2012
Dimensions (cm): 16.5 x 24.1
x 2.3
Weight (kg): 0.59
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