Description
Best How-to Book of 2020 --American Society of Journalists and Authors
Packed with delicious recipes, natural remedies, gardening tips, crafts, and more, this indispensable lifestyle reference from the popular blogger makes earth-friendly living fun. Whether you live in a city, suburb, or the country, this essential guide for the backyard homesteader will help you achieve a homespun life--from starting your own garden and pickling the food you grow to pressing wildflowers, raising chickens, and creating your own natural cleaning supplies. Sustainability-guru Kris Bordessa offers DIY lovers an indispensable home reference for sustainability in the 21st century, with tried-and-true advice, 50 enticing recipes, and step-by-step directions for creating easy, cost-efficient projects that will bring out your inner pioneer, including:
Author: Kris Bordessa
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Published: 03/24/2020
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.55lbs
Size: 10.10h x 7.90w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9781426220548
ISBN10: 1426220545
BISAC Categories:
- House & Home | Sustainable Living
- Crafts & Hobbies | General
- Gardening | Reference
Packed with delicious recipes, natural remedies, gardening tips, crafts, and more, this indispensable lifestyle reference from the popular blogger makes earth-friendly living fun. Whether you live in a city, suburb, or the country, this essential guide for the backyard homesteader will help you achieve a homespun life--from starting your own garden and pickling the food you grow to pressing wildflowers, raising chickens, and creating your own natural cleaning supplies. Sustainability-guru Kris Bordessa offers DIY lovers an indispensable home reference for sustainability in the 21st century, with tried-and-true advice, 50 enticing recipes, and step-by-step directions for creating easy, cost-efficient projects that will bring out your inner pioneer, including:
- Delectable recipes for a crusty sourdough baguette, smoky hot sauce, and home preserving
- Handmade crafts like dyeing fabric, dipping candles, and making your own natural home remedies
- Outdoor projects like foraging for wild edibles, beekeeping, and cooking in cast iron
- Essential gardening tips from growing an herb box to cultivating a fruit orchard and natural weed control
Author: Kris Bordessa
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Published: 03/24/2020
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.55lbs
Size: 10.10h x 7.90w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9781426220548
ISBN10: 1426220545
BISAC Categories:
- House & Home | Sustainable Living
- Crafts & Hobbies | General
- Gardening | Reference
About the Author
KRIS BORDESSA launched in the hit blog Attainable Sustainable in 2011 to create a community focused on more self-reliant living. She encourages readers to tackle one actionable step each day to embrace simpler living through a DIY lifestyle. Bordessa grew up on a small apple farm in Northern California and is a 2nd generation 4-H member. These days, she lives in Hawai'i with her family, strives for an abundant vegetable garden, and raises a thriving--and often humorous--chicken flock.