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Bezig met laden... The Mother Earth News Almanac - A Guide Through the Seasons (1973)door Staff of the Mother Earth News, John Shuttleworth (Redacteur)
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Mother Earth News Almanac is back--refreshed and ready for the next generation of self-sufficient makers and DIYers. Mother Earth News Almanac: A Guide Through the Seasons returns! The 1970s classic has been out of print for years. Now, updated for today's readers and back in print, its information is as useful as ever. It contains instructions and illustrations for everything from harnessing solar energy to cultivating a sustainable garden to learning how to keep bees. Simply put, Mother Earth News Almanac is designed to empower readers to be self-sufficient. Mother Earth News team has updated the essentials, but left the core of the guide intact, with all the charm of the original--from the writing style to the signature line drawings. This is a must-have for any fan of Mother Earth News, as a budget-friendly guide for a new generation of homesteaders. Mother Earth News Almanacis a seasonal guide with subject matter that every passionate DIYer, homesteader, or environmentally aware reader can appreciate. You'll find recipes, money-saving tips, and homesteading techniques such as illustrated directions for tying a timber hitch, cat's-paw, sheepshank, and other knots; folk medicine treatments and preventatives; tips on raising chickens and keeping bees; plans for building three kinds of kites; complete instructions for fast and easy compost; and much, much more! The simple life doesn't have to be hard--not when you have this timeless almanac. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I still have the Original issue of the Mother Earth News from back in the day. Then, everyone was so hopeful. Now, it mostly seems naive.
Anyway, this book explains how to everything imaginable to eek out a (marginal) living while not being caught up in the mindless, day to day, 9-5 grind. Some suggestions include locating old trash dumps from the 19th century and digging for old bottles, and other "antiques". Or (with permission) exploring old abandoned homesteads or barns for old bottles, farm implements, etc. Today, these things have long been salvaged, but perhaps back in the 70's they were still out there for the taking.
Also, there are suggestions a la Ewell Gibbons of how to live off the land, finding and preparing the wild foods available (in season) for the taking.
Some suggestions are still quite current today--how to plant and grow a garden, sew clothes, shop second hand, scavange and resell (called antiquing today). Others are not quite so possible - living with 7 children in a converted over the road bus, traveling around and making a living selling quick drawings and paintings, supporting yourself and your family (with absolutely no experience) on a few acres of land in the middle of nowhere (cheap land). Alas, those days are long gone. Life is much more complicated now. Cheap land fit to raise crops on doesn't exist (in the Mid West anyway), raising cattle proved more complicated than imagined, and so on.
But this little book sure brought back a nostalgic look at the "good old days" -- whether they were actually so or not isn't clear. (