The urban homestead
Subtitle: your guide to self-sufficient living in the heart of the city
By: Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen
Contributors: Knutzen, Erik
Edition: Expanded and rev. ed.
Series: Process self-reliance series; Process self-reliance series
Publisher: Process Media
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Port Townsend, WA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781934170106
Subjects: Home economics; Self-reliant living; Country life; Alternative lifestyles; Sustainable living; Self-reliance
Description: Shows city dwellers how to enjoy a more satisfying lifestyle and plant seeds for the sustainable future of our cities, homesteading by growing food anywhere, composting with worms, preserving and fermenting foods, diverting greywater to your garden, and cleaning your house without toxins.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-330).
Table of contents: title: Unleashing the homesteader within; title: Start your own farm; title: Essential projects. Five essential projects ; A treasure chest of gardening projects and advice; title: Urban foraging; title: Livestock in the city; title: Revolutionary home economics; title: Be your own utility: water and power for the homestead; title: Transportation; title: Conclusion: The future.