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The City Homesteader

Self-Sufficiency on Any Square Footage

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By Scott Meyer

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$16.99 CAD

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This item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around April 26, 2011. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.

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The City Homesteader is the handbook for the world of self-sufficient living. It’s about living tangibly in a virtual world. It’s about being resourceful, saving money, reducing consumption, and increasing self-reliance. Join the many who are raising backyard chickens in the city and tilling their side yards: tapping into natural energy, managing homes more efficiently, and getting back to the earth.

Explore the homesteading arts: gardening on small and large scales, raising dwarf fruit trees, sprouting grains, smoking meats and fish, grinding grains for flour, making cheese, making wine, cellaring, heating without fossil fuel, harvesting rainwater, composting, and much moreThe City Homesteader provides all the basics, including how to find supplies and step-by-step instructions that make it easy to follow along. Original illustrations throughout help you create your very own homestead on any piece of earth.

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On Sale
Apr 26, 2011
Page Count
272 pages
Publisher
Running Press
ISBN-13
9780762442294

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Scott Meyer

About the Author

Scott Meyer is a former editor-in-chief of Organic Gardening magazine, and a frequent writer of all varieties of do-it-yourself. He is the author of The City Homesteader and he lives in the Philadelphia suburbs.

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