Ebook: Extreme Simplicity: a Guide to Urban Homesteading

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword to the 2013 Edition; Introduction; 1 Our House; 2 The Yard; 3 Homegrown Foods; 4 Faunal Friends: Animals in the City; 5 Integral Gardening; 6 Water; 7 Homestead Energy: Appliances, Heat, and Electricity; 8 Trash and Recycling; 9 Economics and Self-Reliance; Epilogue; Resources; Bibliography; Index.;The growing popularity of urban homesteading confirms the timeliness of this perfect guide to self-sufficient city dwelling. The authors show how to use available natural resources in an intelligent, efficient way. Topics include growing and preserving food; backup water supplies; energy conservation; recycling; keeping chickens, bees, and other animals, and much more.