Plowing with Pigs and Other Creative, Low-Budget Homesteading Solutions - Softcover

Will, Oscar H.; Will, Karen K.

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9780865717176: Plowing with Pigs and Other Creative, Low-Budget Homesteading Solutions

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ISBN 10: 0865717176 ISBN 13: 9780865717176

Publisher: New Society Publishers, 2013

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Off-the-wall solutions for real farmstead problems

Fueled by a failing economy and a passionate desire for a return to simpler times, a new wave of homesteaders is seeking the good life and the kind of true satisfaction that can only be built, not bought. Many of these modern pioneers are cash poor, but rich in energy and creativity. Plowing with Pigs and Other Creative, Low-Budget Homesteading Solutions offers them a set of fresh ideas for achieving independence through sweat equity and the use of unconventional resources.

This highly readable and entertaining guide brings together answers to common problems faced by homesteaders young and old, urban, suburban, and rural. Traditional knowledge is combined with MacGyver-style ingenuity to create projects that maximize available resources, including:

Animal management strategies for the yard, garden, and field
Pole building and construction techniques from woodlot materials
Replacing farm machinery with homemade hand tools and implements
Leveraging increased self-sufficiency into a home-based business

Whether you are a dreamer or a doer, Plowing with Pigs will inspire, challenge, and enable you to do more with less (and have fun doing it).

Oscar H. (Hank) Will III is a farmer, scientist, and author, known for seeking and implementing creative farmstead solutions. The editor of Grit magazine, Hank has published hundreds of articles and five books on a range of topics including antique farm machinery.

Karen K. Will is editor of The Heirloom Gardener magazine and author of Cooking with Heirlooms: Seasonal Recipes with Heritage-Variety Vegetables and Fruits . She operates Prairie Turnip Farm with her husband Oscar H. Will III.

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Book Description:

Off-the-wall solutions for real farmstead problems

From the Back Cover:

BUILD A LIFESTYLE THAT MONEY CAN’T BUY WITH THESE LOW-COST, CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO COMMON HOMESTEADING PROBLEMS

... all the fun, sweat, and tears needed to live off the land... Newcomers to the world of homesteading have much to gain from reading this book. --- Shannon Hayes, author of Radical Homemakers and Long Way on a Little
...blend the best of modern tools with old-time country skills... abundant inspiration and clever ideas [that] will save any homesteader a great deal of money. --- Cheryl Long, Editor in Chief, Mother Earth News

Fueled by a failing economy and a passionate desire for a return to simpler times, a new wave of homesteaders is seeking the good life, and with it the kind of true satisfaction that is built, not bought. Plowing with Pigs and Other Creative, Low-Budget Homesteading Solutions offers these modern pioneers a fresh set of ideas for achieving independence through sweat equity and the use of unconventional resources.

This highly readable and entertaining guide combines traditional knowledge with MacGyver-style ingenuity to create projects that maximize available resources, including:

Animal management strategies for the yard, garden and field
Pole building and construction techniques from woodlot materials
Replacing farm machinery with homemade hand tools and implements
Leveraging increased self-sufficiency into a home-based business.

Whether you are a dreamer or a doer, Plowing with Pigs will inspire, challenge and enable you to do more with less (and have fun doing it).

Plowing With Pigs should be on the shelf of everyone who wants to live a more self-reliant lifestyle. --- Deborah Niemann, author of Homegrown and Handmade and Ecothrifty

Oscar H. (Hank) Will III is a farmer, scientist and editor-in-chief of Grit Magazine . He has written six books and hundreds of articles on a range of topics including creative homesteading solutions and vintage machinery.
Karen K. Will is editor of Heirloom Gardener magazine and contributing editor of Lard: The Lost Art of Cooking with Your Grandmother’s Secret Ingredient .She operates Prairie Turnip Farm with her husband Oscar H. Will III.

To help bring you the very best inspiration and information about greener, more sustainable lifestyles, Mother Earth News is recommending select New Society Publishers books to its readers. This book is one of them.

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