Back to Basics: Homesteading

The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It is the only book that teaches all the skills needed to live independently in harmony with the land harnessing natural forms of energy, raising crops and keeping livestock, preserving foodstuffs, making beer and wine, basketry, carpentry, weaving, and much more. Our 2003 edition included 150 new full-color illustrations and a special section in which John Seymour, the father of the back to basics movement, explains the philosophy of self-sufficiency and its power to transform lives and create communities. More relevant than ever in our high-tech world, The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It is the ultimate practical guide for realists and dreamers alike.

Packed with delicious recipes, natural remedies, gardening tips, crafts, and more, this indispensable lifestyle reference from the popular blogger makes earth-friendly living fun.

Find your route to a more sustainable lifestyle with Dick Strawbridge and his son, James.We can all take steps to reduce our carbon footprint and be more self-sufficient. For some, that might mean heading to the countryside to live off the land. For the rest of us, the reality might involve smaller, but no less important, lifestyle changes: cutting back on plastic or food waste, growing vegetables, preserving meat and fish, preparing jams and chutneys, baking sourdough bread, making your own plant-based milk, or keeping a chicken or two.

50 of the most popular preserving recipes from around the world, from kimchi to kombucha.

Learn the art of visible mending—a joyful, meditative, and restorative practice—to repair the clothes and belongings you love!

A practical guide to self-sufficient and sustainable living from the star of Homestead Rescue.

Zero cost, low effort and a long-term solution to your fresh produce needs! Grow your own food in your home garden, acreage or container, and look forward to a bountiful harvest year-round. You can plant fruit and veggies at home without spending a penny, and Huw Richard’s shows you how.

Explore the bounty of the natural world through over 85 delicious vegan dishes featuring foraged ingredients

A modern guide to self-sufficiency, homesteading, and building an independent life, from New York Times bestselling author, retired Navy SEAL, and survival skills expert Clint Emerson.

Learn to reconnect with plants and nature for collective healing in a world beset by environmental crisis with this herbalism and eco-activist handbook.

Cultivating traditional skills and simple approaches to achieving a sustainable—and beautiful—life.

An authoritative and easy-to-use guide to fermentation with 100+ recipes for fermented foods and drinks.

An Intuitive Gardening System Built for Success

An updated edition of this popular home-brewing guide which prioritizes home-grown and wild ingredients and has a new section on low or no-alcohol drinks.

Protect, heal, and revitalize your health with herbal remedies crafted to treat ailments from modern living