Have you ever fantasized about a dream farm where you can grow your own healthy foods, enjoy natural flavors, and relax yourself, get back to nature, so that you can live a simple, peaceful and healthy life? If you already have a vegetable garden, but you live in a city, doesn't know anything about farming. In this case, you also need a book - The Concise Guide to Self-Sufficiency. With it, a self-sufficient idyllic life would no longer be a far-fetched dream.

The Concise Guide to Self-Sufficiency is the most classic and authoritative book on self-sufficiency, and has been best selling for decades. It was written by John Seymour - the founder of self-sufficiency living, and published by DK (Dorling Kindersley) in 1976. This book brings together the wisdom, thought, knowledge and experience of his life, and is regarded as a classic work that should not be missed by those who love and practice self-sufficiency lifestyle and advocate green and low-carbon life.

The Concise Guide to Self-Sufficiency describes the simple skills for living a self-sufficient life such as planting common vegetables, making and storing food, producing wine, keeping bees, and practical carpentry, using limited conditions. Whether you own a small piece of land, or an office worker who wants to grow vegetables on his balcony, you can get the knowledge you want in this book. The book contains more than 200 beautifully hand-painted illustrations, giving you the most intuitive and clear explanation.

Table Of Contents

  • 1 The meaning of self-sufficiency
  • 2 Food from the garden
  • 3 Food from nature
  • 4 In the kitchen
  • 5 Energy and waste
  • 6 Crafts and skills
  • 7 Things you need to know

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