The Self-reliant Homestead: A Book of Country Skills (Paperback)

A hands-on text for real country living, 'The Self-Reliant Homestead' contains detailed advice on everything from selecting a piece of land to raising livestock, from making wine from home-grown fruits to making fences strong and durable. Here is abundant advice from a real country homesteader, a book equally valuable for lifelong farm-dwellers or for the new-to-the-country city folks looking to set down roots.