| The Self-sufficient Life and How to Live It | 
 enlarge | Author: John Seymour
Creator: Deirdre Headon
Publisher: DK ADULT
Category: Book
List Price: $30.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 1635
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 312
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0789493322
Dewey Decimal Number: 630
EAN: 9780789493323
ASIN: 0789493322
Publication Date: March 17, 2003
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Product Description
The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It is the only book that teaches all the skills needed to live independently in harmony with the land harnessing natural forms of energy, raising crops and keeping livestock, preserving foodstuffs, making beer and wine, basketry, carpentry, weaving, and much more. This new edition includes 150 new full color illustrations and a special section in which John Seymour the father of the back to basics movement explains the philosophy of self-sufficiency and its power to transform lives and create communities. More relevant than ever in our high-tech world, The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It is the ultimate practical guide for realists and dreamers alike.
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 Good book, but old techniques October 24, 2008
Book is an easy resource for self sufficiency, however the techniques are a bit dated. Recommended for traditional gardening techniques and farming, canning etc.
Brian Housewert
 Self-sufficient life October 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an incredible and unique book.
The opening chapters that show what you can do with various sized acreages is wonderful. The diagram showing what you can do on a single acre is outstanding.
Another thing I love about this book is that it favors the use of hand tools over the gas-guzzling counterparts. The section on making hay the old-fashioned way stands out in particular.
A good general manual for the beginner September 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Self-sufficient Life and How to Live It by John Seymour, Deirdre Headon contains many of the basics needed before one considers the notion of starting out on that journey to self-sufficiency.
It is, indeed, written with a rather cycloptic view of the world, but that is, as always, the author's privilege.
The Self-sufficient Life and How to Live It doesn't go into as much depth, subject by subject, as does the TODAY'S HOMESTEAD series of books,Today's Homestead: Volume I, however, it does give one much to consider, and whets the appetite to know more.
All in all, it makes a good addition to the homestead library.
Timely advice July 31, 2008
What a great find at a time when our lives are having to do an about face! We may not end up with a farm per se but will use the helpful pages in this book to make ourselves less dependent on the super market at the very least. The illustrations are particularly good.
I recommend it to all I meet!
A perfect source for dreaming of self-sufficiency July 17, 2008
For those wishing to find an overview of what it means to live a self-sufficient life, look no further than this text. Engagingly written and bursting with relevant information, Seymour's volume covers just about every topic with the fundamental information you need to properly evaluate your current situation and plan for the future. It is sure to be well-worn and dogeared before too long.
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