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Index
Contents
Introduction
The Five Principles of Making It
SECTION ONE: DAY TO DAY
01> Olive Oil Lamps
02> Thinking around the Toothbrush
03> Homemade Tooth Powder
04> A Minimalist Mouthwash
05> Giving Up the Bottle: Four Natural Shampoo Alternatives
06> Hair Rinses
07> Deep Conditioning
08> Styling Gel
09> A Quick Facial
10> A Close Shave
11> A Roman Bath
12> Body Polish/Hand Scrub
13> Homegrown Medicine
14> Herb and Fruit Infusions
SECTION TWO: WEEK TO WEEK
Weekly Cooking
15> Vegetable Stock
16> Whole Chicken Stock
17> How to Cook Beans
18> Cooking Whole Grains
19> One-Bowl Meals
20> The Dog's Pot
21> Serious Bread
22> Homemade Condiments
23> Old-Fashioned Vinegar-Based Drinks
Cleaning, Washing, and Mending
24> Making Your Own Cleaning Products
25> Laundry Day
26> Basic Mending
SECTION THREE: MONTH TO MONTH
The Transformational Power of Salt
27> Sauerkraut
28> Kimchi
29> Gravlax
30> Nukazuke
Indoor Gardening
31> Microgreens
32> Sweet Potato Farm
Herbal Medicine and Beauty
33> Medicinal Honey
34> Foraging Feral Greens
35> Drying, Infusing, and Tincturing Herbs
36> Making Salves
37> Moisturizing Cream
38> Deodorants
39> Keeping the Bugs Away
40> Curiously Homemade Peppermints
41> Cloth Pads
SECTION FOUR: SEASON TO SEASON
42> Making Soap the Easy Way
43> Making Soap the Hard Way
44> Cabbage Patch pH Indicator
45> How to Slaughter a Chicken
Projects for the Garden
46> Starting Seeds and Planting Your Garden
47> How to Prepare a Bed for Planting
48> Grow Lights on the Cheap
49> Free Fertilizer from Weeds
50> Saving Seed
51> How to Espalier
The Magic of Fermentation
52> Making Vinegar
53> Making Mead
54> Making Home Brew
SECTION FIVE: INFRASTRUCTURE
55> Drip Irrigation for Vegetables
56> Seedling Flats
How to Compost
57> A Compost Bin Made of Shipping Pallets
58> Slow Compost
59> Fast Compost
60> Building a Dry Toilet
61> Worm Farming
62> A Mash Tun
63> A Wort Chiller
64> A Solar Cooker
65> Build a Chicken Coop
Backward Beekeeping
66> Getting Started with Beekeeping
67> Bee Acquisition Method 1: Swarm Capture
68> Bee Acquisition Method 2: Cutout
69> Build a Honey Extractor and Collect Some Honey
70> Make a Native Pollinator Habitat
Resources
Acknowledgments
Index
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