Cloudburst. A Handbook of Rural Skills & Technology [Revised Edition]

Marks, Vic (edited by)

ISBN 10: 088930016X / ISBN 13: 9780889300163

Published by Cloudburst Press, Mayne Island, BC, Canada., 1977

About this Item

128pp, index, num bw ills. Pictorial orange card. Orange faded, sticker chadow to front, moderate foxing. Includes building a 16 foot personal dome, compost shredder, chicken house, treadle lathe, waterwheel, juice press and sauna. Also how to plant by the moon, build a root cellar, prepare for frost, smoke cure fish, make cheese, split shakes and more. Size: 4to.

Seller Inventory # 054308

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cloudburst. A Handbook of Rural Skills & Technology [Revised Edition]
• Publisher: Cloudburst Press, Mayne Island, BC, Canada.
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 088930016X
• ISBN 13: 9780889300163
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Illustrator: Turner, Ted.
• Edition: Revised Edition.
• Condition: Good Plus
• Seller catalogs:
  • Agriculture, Farming, Gardening
  • Craft, Food, Hobbies
  • Crafts

About this title

Synopsis

Cloudburst is a book born of people's experiences; people who are finding ways of living harmoniously with nature rather than exploiting it. It is hoped that this book will provide the means for other people to live similarly. Cloudburst was compiled fitfully, with no deadlines, in no hurry. It grew slowly, in stages, in the hours not taken by the daily duties which a rural existence demands.

Contents include: The 16ft. Personal Dome * Splitting shakes * Pit Privies * How to Store Your Fruits and Veggies * Poultry House * Sauna * Harnessing the Small Stream * Water Wheel Design * The Michell Turbine * A Wooden Undershot Wheel * A Wooden Overshot Wheel * A Homemade Windmill * Frost Damage Prevention * Planting by the Signs and Phases of the Moon * Gravity Feed Water Supply * Beehive Defense * Beehive Construction * A Treadle Driven Wood Turning Lathe * How to Build an Indian Berry Picker * A Solar Dryer * How to Build a Juice Press * Preserving Juices * The Smoke Curing of Fish * How to Salt Fish * Cheese Making * Rural Water Works * A Hand Operated Washing Machine * Creating Recycling * And about that butter * Practical Alchemy and other Affairs of the Homestead * How to build a Compost Shredder