{"product_id":"the-new-american-homestead-sustainable-self-sufficient-living-in-the-country-or-in-the-city","title":"The New American Homestead: Sustainable, Self-Sufficient Living in the Country or in the City","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJohn H. Tullock has been an advocate for sustainable living and biodiversity preservation since the 1970s. He has taught college courses in environmental science and has lectured extensively on biodiversity and sustainability issues, serving as an invited speaker at the Global Biodiversity Forum in 1997. He is the author of \"Pay Dirt: How to Make $10,000 or More from Your Backyard Garden\" and a dozen other books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJacket Description\/Back\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeave the tweeting to the birds . . . and enjoy a more sustainable life\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's a lot we can learn from previous generations. \"The New American Homestead\" teaches you simple survival skills that, in an earlier time, were known and practiced by almost everyone. You can join the new breed of American homesteaders with a different concept of \"living well\" in a city, town, or suburb, a concept based not on consumption but on self-sufficiency, not on reckless extravagance but on thrift, and not on the rat race so much as on, perhaps, the catnap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book teaches you how to: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake wise choices in the design, planting, and maintenance of your residential space, regardless of its size or location\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduce your own food\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntegrate vegetables, herbs, and fruits with locally native species and surrogates that contribute to the restoration of the local ecosystem\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcquire a deeper understanding of the continuously evolving \"livingscape\" that you create for yourself, and of its relationship to the ecosystem that nourishes and sustains all life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse your space in the sun to manage health problems, earn supplemental income, and calm frazzled nerves\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncludes bibliographical references (p. 318-327) and index.;This book teaches you how to: make wise choices in the design, planting, and maintenance of your residential space, regardless of its size or location;produce your own food;integrate vegetables, herbs, and fruits with locally native species and surrogates that contribute to the restoration of the local ecosystem;acquire a deeper understanding of the continuously evolving 'livingscape' that you can create for yourself, and of its relationship to the ecosystem that nourishes and sustains all life;use your space in the sun to manage health problems, earn supplemental income, and calm frazzled nerves--P. [4] of cover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAcknowledgments -- Introduction: The Principles of Permaculture -- 1. The Earth and You -- 2. Earth-Friendly Gardening Basics -- 3. Vegetables: Part One -- 4. Vegetables: Part Two -- 5. Herbs for Flavor and Health -- 6. Fruits -- 7. Food from Animals -- 8. In the Homestead Kitchen -- 9. Putting It All Together -- 10. The Future of the American Homestead -- Appendix -- Index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLearn how to live sustainably in the city, the suburbs, or the country\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany people are cutting back on consumerism and trying to simplify their lives, realizing that the \"new way\" isn't necessarily the best way. The sustainable living movement goes beyond a desire to protect the environment and practice green living; it's about rediscovering simple survival skills that, in an earlier time, were known and practiced by almost everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New American Homestead\u003c\/i\u003e gives you a wealth of information about homesteading--a lifestyle of simple, agrarian self-sufficiency--from raising chickens, bees, and other animals to gardening in earth-friendly ways to canning, preserving, home brewing, and cheese making. The book does not assume that you have a sizable parcel of land in the country; author John Tullock's techniques can be put to use in virtually any space, even a small urban plot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe book appeals to anyone who has a yard, courtyard, deck, or porch with room for gardening; wants to spend less money maintaining a household; and desires to reduce his or her carbon footprint through sustainable living\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe author emphasizes cultivating foods of all kinds in spaces of one-third of an acre or less, with consideration given to costs, family needs, available space, and the pleasures of the table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes advice for achieving sustainability in other aspects of urban\/suburban life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're dwelling in the country, suburbs, or the city, \u003ci\u003eThe New American Homestead\u003c\/i\u003e shows you how to live a more sustainable life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tullock, John H\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Howell Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2012-02-01\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e House \u0026amp; Home \/ Sustainable Living\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Sustainable horticulture|United States|Native plant gardening|Organic gardening|Vegetable gardening|Sustainable living|Environmental protection|Citizen participation|Self-reliant living\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781118024171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9781118024171\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Howell Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52993783169305,"sku":"SP-9781118024171","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9781118024171_spiral.png?v=1786700917","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/the-new-american-homestead-sustainable-self-sufficient-living-in-the-country-or-in-the-city","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}