{"product_id":"back-to-basics-a-complete-guide-to-traditional-skills-9781602392335","title":"Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills","description":"Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills--the kind employed by our forefathers--and adapt them for a better life in the twenty-first century need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide. Countless readers have turned to \u003ci\u003eBack to Basics\u003c\/i\u003e for inspiration and instruction, escaping to an era before power saws and fast food restaurants and rediscovering the pleasures and challenges of a healthier, greener, and more self-sufficient lifestyle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now newly updated, the hundreds of projects, step-by-step sequences, photographs, charts, and illustrations in \u003ci\u003eBack to Basics\u003c\/i\u003e will help you dye your own wool with plant pigments, graft trees, raise chickens, craft a hutch table with hand tools, and make treats such as blueberry peach jam and cheddar cheese. The truly ambitious will find instructions on how to build a log cabin or an adobe brick homestead. More than just practical advice, this is also a book for dreamers--even if you live in a city apartment you will find your imagination sparked, and there's no reason why you can't, for example, make a loom and weave a rag rug. Complete with tips for old-fashioned fun (square dancing calls, homemade toys, and kayaking tips), this may be the most thorough book on voluntary simplicity available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGehring, Abigail:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eAbigail R. Gehring\u003c\/b\u003e is the author or editor of more than a dozen books including \u003ci\u003eBack to Basics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHomesteading\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Living\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eClassic Candy\u003c\/i\u003e. She enjoys writing, gardening, experimenting in the kitchen, and spending time with family. She lives with her husband and two children in an 1800s farmstead they are restoring in Marlboro, Vermont.","brand":"Skyhorse Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644577648914,"sku":"9781602392335","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_44427188-ce3c-4d32-a1e9-33e69e1216bc.jpg?v=1733116201","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/back-to-basics-a-complete-guide-to-traditional-skills-9781602392335","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}