{"product_id":"the-back-to-basics-handbook-a-guide-to-buying-and-working-land-raising-livestock-enjoying-your-harvest-household-skills-and-crafts-and-more-9781616082611","title":"The Back to Basics Handbook: A Guide to Buying and Working Land, Raising Livestock, Enjoying Your Harvest, Household Skills and Crafts, and More","description":"\u003cb\u003eAnyone who wants to learn basic living skills--the kind employed by our forefathers--need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide. Dye your own wool, raise chickens, weave a rug, make jam and cheese, and much, much more \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith hundreds of projects, step-by-step sequences, photographs, charts, and illustrations, \u003ci\u003eThe Back to Basics Handbook\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe truly ambitious will find instructions on how to build a log cabin or an adobe brick homestead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore 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 is the ultimate concise guide to voluntary simplicity.\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":50593789477138,"sku":"9781616082611","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4850f708-d5be-4184-b3cf-254f458ac15c.jpg?v=1732122214","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-back-to-basics-handbook-a-guide-to-buying-and-working-land-raising-livestock-enjoying-your-harvest-household-skills-and-crafts-and-more-9781616082611","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}