Complete plans, instructions, and color photos show precisely how to make 30 original projects to help you live a more self-sufficient lifestyle.
Have you ever wanted to build your own chicken coop, cider press, or herb-drying rack? How about a clever two-bin composter, horse-blanket washing machine, or genuine Langstroth beehive? In
Practical Projects for Self-Sufficiency, you’ll find these projects and a couple of dozen more to help you develop and grow your self-reliant lifestyle. Where most books in the popular self-sufficiency category give you pages of words and a couple of small drawings by way of explanation, this book shows you exactly how to do things, employing beautiful photos and complete plans in the best Cool Springs Press tradition. The book’s projects are organized into four categories: Food Prep & Preservation, Homestead, Garden, and Animals. Within these categories we’ve carefully chosen a broad range of popular projects, often with a creative touch or two to make them easier to build or more efficient to use. A simple brooder box for chicks, a jumbo cold frame, a basic loom, a large-capacity soil sifter that won’t give you a backache, fencing, trellises, and even a solar oven are included in the list of dynamic project plans. So whether you’re a longtime do-it-yourselfer looking to complete your skill set or a newcomer taking your first step toward sustainability,
Practical Projects for Self-Sufficiency is the book to get you there.
About the author
Philip Schmidt is an avid environmentalist and a home improvement expert who has written more than two dozen successful DIY books covering subjects from solar power to backyard treehouses to DIY plywood furniture. Included in his list of titles is How to Build Your Very Own Little Free Library, Build Your Kids a Treehouse, The Complete Guide to Patios, The Complete Guide to Greenhouses & Garden Projects, and The Complete Guide to Contemporary Sheds. He lives in Colorado.
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