WOOD HEATING COOKING SOLAR WATER POWER WIND STOVE BOOK

Profusely illustrated, I conservatively estimate over 1600+ illustrations and pictures. Teaches a simpler life about getting back to the basics.

It is about old fashioned ways of doing things, old fashioned craftsmanship, old fashioned food, and old fashioned fun.

It is about independence and self reliance. It is packed with hundreds of projects, step by step sequences, charts, tables, diagrams and illustrations to help you re-establish control over your day to day life!

This book has six main sections. The first deals with land and building construction, the second deals with energy and alternative energy sources. The third and fourth sections cover growing your own food, preserving and storing it. The fifth section introduces valuable farm and home skills. The sixth is about recreation and survival out of doors.

Practical and useful info is provided on just about every practical skill and handicraft under the sun.

You learn to make cheese, raise your own chickens, keep bees and harvest honey, generate electricity, and make cider.

You will discover valuable blacksmithing techniques, broom making, and stone masonry.

You will discover how to make soap, tan a hide, heat and cook with wood, smoke salmon and hams, and create your own natural cures and cosmetics.

Some of the projects are more demanding, such as building a log home or installing a solar hot water heating system. Most of the jobs in this book are within the abilities of the average person, and many are suited for family participation.

This book has 456 pages, Measure 9" x 11" Hardback covers with light wear. Book is in nice condition. Dated 1981

Horse logging, Teams, Mules, Measuring board feet, Sawmilling boards and lumber, Bucking, Felling, Skidding, Tools, Using Four Wheel Drive trucks to skid, Stacking and seasoning Lumber and more.

Learn to make hand hewn beams and timbers for timber framing. Building a pier foundation. Splitting shake shingles, Short log construction, Cement foundations, Building layout, Building tools, Drawknife, Chainsaw, Peavey, Block and Tackle, Dividers, Peeling spud, Broadax. 

Dovetail notches, Round notches, V-notches, Scribing, Chinking, Spiking, Piece-en-piece, Spline frame, Floor notching, Roofing, Rafters, Trusses, Chinkless construction, Log home from scratch, Assembling kit homes. 

Adobe brick making, Blocks, Gang molding, Cut slab bricks, Mixing, Testing, Drying, Tile roofing, Flat roof, Mud, Stonemasonry, Choosing stone, Mortaring, Shaping to fit, Slipform, Slipforming, Forms, Footings, Rebar corners.

Timber frame, Barn raising, Notches, Joints, Mortise and tenon, Bracing, Making pegs, Fitting braces, Ridgepole, Collar tie, Post, Sill, Bent, Loft, Drawboring.

Water supply, Windmill, Water power, Livestock waterer, Gristmill, Flourmill, Well drilling, Well digging, Pumping, Rainwater collection, Springhouse, Dowsing, Damming, Saunas and Hot tubs.

Grey water, Septic, Outhouse construction, Fireplace building, Stone walls, Brick pavement, Fencing, Gates, Electric fence, Weather proofing your home, Sealing, Insulating, Vestibules, Underground housing, firewood guide, Sawbucks and woodsheds, Stacking, Wood stove installation, Making a bellows, Masonry stove, Hydropower, Methane digester, Solar Heating, Cooker, Fruit tree grafting, Mulching, Greenhouses, Gardening, Composting, Earthworms. 

Gardening guide, Vegetables, Watering, Raised beds, Planters, Container gardening, Herb growing and storage, Orchard management, pruning, Harvesting, Grafting, Planting, Espaliering, Espaliers, Apples, Berries, Citrus, Nut, Grapes trellis, Pest Control, Fish farming, Bee keeping, Hives, Harvesting honey. 

How to raise: Livestock, Chickens Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Hogs, Butchering, Sheep shearing, Goat milking, Dairy, Horses, Horse, Draft horses.

Smoking hams, Meat, Fish, Making cheese, Butter, Yogurt,  Maple syrup, Storing produce, Rootcellar, Canning, Drying, Canning recipes, Sausage making, Putting away food from the sea, Fruit juice, Home brew, Wine, Ethnic cooking, Wood cooking.

Spinning and weaving, Dying with natural dyes, Yarn, Wool, Carding, Spinning wheel, Loom, Hook rugs, Braided rugs, Blacksmithing,

Quilting patterns, Tinsmith, Hammocks, Leather tanning smoking, Moccasin patterns, Woodworking tools and plans for simple rustic furniture, Broom making, Natural perfumes, Cosmetics, Herbal medicine,

Practical household formulas, Stenciling, Soapmaking, Candlemaking, Basketry, Weaving, Wood splints, Old time recreation, Dulcimer, Games, Kites, Holidays, Outdoor survival, First aid, Camping and Much, Much more!!

Because this book is being sold with no reserve the high bidder will own it when the auction ends!

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