{"product_id":"the-selfsufficient-life-and-how-to-live-it-the-complete-backtobasics-guide-9781465477354","title":"The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It: The Complete Back-to-Basics Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmbrace off-grid green living with the bestselling classic guide to a more sustainable way of life from the father of self-sufficiency.  For over 40 years  John Seymour has inspired thousands to make more responsible  enriching  and eco-friendly choices with his advice on living sustainably.  The Self-Sufficient Life \u0026amp; How To Live It offers step-by-step instructions on everything from chopping trees to harnessing solar power; from growing fruit and vegetables  and preserving and pickling your harvest  to baking bread  brewing beer  and making cheese. Seymour shows you how to live off the land  running your own smallholding or homestead  keeping chickens  and raising livestock.  Featured in pages of this off-grid guide  you will find:  - Detailed advice for achieving a self-sufficient lifestyle no matter your outdoor space  including guides for getting the most from urban gardens  allotments  and larger holdings. - Encyclopaedic knowledge on cultivating fruits and vegetables  rearing and preparing livestock  foraging  brewing  and home crafts like woodwork and pottery. - Beautiful illustrated galleries of fruit and vegetables to inspire growers. - Charming original hand-drawn illustrations accompany step-by-step guides to dozens of home crafts and self-sufficiency skills  including storing crops  saddling horses  butchering a pig  making wine  and making a footstool. - A new foreword from a high-profile current follower and advocate of his message.  In a world of mass production  intensive farming  and food miles  Seymours words offer an alternative: a celebration of the joy of investing time  labor  and love into the things we need. While we cant all be able to move to the countryside  we can appreciate the need to eat food that has been grown ethically or create things we can cherish  using skills that have been handed down through generations. With refreshed  retro-style illustrations and timeless advice reviewed to reflect the latest organic gardening guidelines  this new edition of Seymours classic title is a balm for anyone who has ever sought solace away from the madness of modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651854032949,"sku":"ByrdShop_1465477357","price":50.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781465477354.jpg?v=1781842241","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-selfsufficient-life-and-how-to-live-it-the-complete-backtobasics-guide-9781465477354","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}