<b>Over 1,500,000 copies sold--an international bestseller!</b> <p><b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER!</b> </p><p><b>#4 BALTIMORE SUN BESTSELLER</b> </p><p><b>#7 AMAZON WEEKLY BESTSELLER</b> </p><p><b>Fully updated--Dye your own wool, raise chickens, make your own cheddar cheese, build a log cabin, and much much more.</b> </p><p>Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills--the kind employed by our forefathers--and adapt them for a better life in the twenty-first century need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide. </p><p>Countless readers have turned to <i>Back to Basics</i> for inspiration and instruction, escaping to an era before power saws and fast-food restaurants and rediscovering the pleasures and challenges of a healthier, greener, and more self-sufficient lifestyle. </p><p>Now newly updated, the hundreds of projects, step-by-step sequences, photographs, charts, and illustrations in <i>Back to Basics</i> 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. The truly ambitious will find instructions on how to build a log cabin or an adobe brick homestead. </p><p>More 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 may be the most thorough book on voluntary simplicity available.</p> Over 200,000 copies sold—fully updated! Dye your own wool, raise chickens, make your own cheddar cheese, build a log cabin, and much much more. Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills—the kind employed by our forefathers—and adapt them for a better life in the twenty-first century need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide. Countless readers have turned to Back to Basics for inspiration and instruction, escaping to an era before power saws and fast-food restaurants and rediscovering the pleasures and challenges of a healthier, greener, and more self-sufficient lifestyle. Now newly updated, the hundreds of projects, step-by-step sequences, photographs, charts, and illustrations in Back to Basics 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. The truly ambitious will find instructions on how to build a log cabin or an adobe brick homestead. More 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 may be the most thorough book on voluntary simplicity available. Manual & guide type Instruction Manual Book format Hardcover Edition 4th edition, fourth Edition Skill level Beginner Pages 528 Language English Brand Abigail Gehring Pub date 2014-01-01 Author Abigail Gehring Publisher Skyhorse Publishing Manufacturer Books Subgenre Reference Genre Home, Hobbies, & Garden Bisac subject heading House & Home Series title Back to Basics Guides Number in series 4 Dimensions 8.78 x 1.04 x 11.29 in Editor Abigail Gehring Age group Adult Retail packaging Single Piece Original languages English