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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 GEHFalk, Ben
Summary: "A definitive twenty-first century permaculture manual for human flourishing in an age of disconnection, disease, and decline. Drawing from twenty years of experience as a land designer and site developer, in The Resilient Farm and Homestead, Revised and Expanded Edition author Ben Falk describes how he has transformed a degraded hillside in the frigid climate of Vermont into a thriving Garden...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "...provides tips, advice and detailed instructions on how to improve everyday life from an environmental and organic perspective while keeping the focus on the family" -- From back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: South End Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 KELGehring, Abigail R.
Summary: Gehring’s books on country living have sold more than 500,000 copies. In this book, Gehring offers a guide to country living skills that is as charming as it is practical. Full of sweet illustrations and gorgeous photographs, step-by-step instructions for essential skills such as building a chicken coop are interspersed with country lore and old-fashioned tips and tricks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Good Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 GEHSomerville, Madeleine.
Summary: "All You Need is Less is about realistically adopting an eco-friendly lifestyle without either losing your mind from the soul-destroying guilt of using a plastic bag because you forgot your reusable ones in the trunk of your car (again), or becoming a preachy know-it-all whom everyone loathes from the tips of her organically-shampooed hair to the toes of her naturally sourced recycled sandals....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pgw 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640.28 SOMGehring, Abigail R. (EDT)
Summary: Explains how to live more simply and off the land through growing your own food, canning and preserving, keeping poultry, beekeeping, foraging for wild food, and building a barn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Distribution Services 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643 ULTKemp, William H.
Summary: Provides background information, purchasing data, and step-by-step instructions for operating boats, RVs, or homes and creating energy for hot water and heating with renewable energy sources.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aztext Press 2009