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Heirloom Skills - A Complete Guide to Modern Homesteading

English · Hardback

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100 ways to embrace the simple life, with step-by-step instructions for keeping chickens, growing vegetables, making beer and wine, arranging flowers, soap making, and more! This is a home-management book for the twenty-first century. Alva Herdevall and Anders Rydell combine traditional methods with modern ideas to show that a higher degree of self-sufficiency is possible for everyone. You will learn the secrets of beekeeping, how to grow your own cut flowers, and how to bake a perfect loaf of sourdough. Discover how easy it is to churn butter, make your own yogurt, and raise chickens for meat and eggs. Turn rhubarb stalks into refreshing summer wine, perfect your compost pile, and make decadent and nontoxic skin creams.

About the author










Alva Herdevall is an urban designer. Together with Anders, she runs Krusenbergsodlarna, which sells home-grown flowers, honey, and vegetables.

Anders Rydell is a writer, journalist, and editor-in-chief of the Swedish magazine Författaren. Anders' books have been published in over 30 countries.

Summary

100 ways to embrace the simple life, with step-by-step instructions for keeping chickens, growing vegetables, making beer and wine, arranging flowers, soap making, and more!

This is a home-management book for the twenty-first century. Alva Herdevall and Anders Rydell combine traditional methods with modern ideas to show that a higher degree of self-sufficiency is possible for everyone. You will learn the secrets of beekeeping, how to grow your own cut flowers, and how to bake a perfect loaf of sourdough. Discover how easy it is to churn butter, make your own yogurt, and raise chickens for meat and eggs. Turn rhubarb stalks into refreshing summer wine, perfect your compost pile, and make decadent and nontoxic skin creams.

  • Keep chickens
  • Grow and arrange flowers
  • Raise bees
  • Make soap
  • Grow fresh veggies
  • Can and ferment your produce
  • Make sourdough bread
  • And more!
Complete with gorgeous photos throughout, this book is sure to inspire you or the homesteader in your life to expand your repertoire of heirloom skills.

 

Product details

Authors Alva Herdevall, Anders Rydell
Publisher Simon & Schuster UK
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 18.01.2024
 
EAN 9781510775701
ISBN 978-1-5107-7570-1
No. of pages 336
Dimensions 191 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
Weight 939 g
Illustrations Color photos throughout
Subject Guides > Hobby, home > Home improvement, DIY

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