The Urban Homestead by Coyne, Kelly -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Dedication Acknowledgements Preface leashing The Homesteader Within Chapter One - Start Your Own Farm

Strategies For Growing Food In The Urban Setting Permaculture The Practicalities Of Growing Food

Chapter Two - Essential Projects

Essential Projects A Treasure Chest of Garden Projects and Advice

Chapter Three - Urban Foraging

Feral Edibles Invasive Edibles Fruit Foraging Tools For The Fruit Harvester How To Eat Acorns Dumpster Diving Revive Day-Old Bread

Chapter Four - Keeping Livestock In The City

The Chicken is the New Pug Chickens For Meat Chicken Q & A Ducks Rabbits Pigeons: A Modest Proposal Quail Bees

Chapter Five - Revolutionary Home Economics

Preserving The Harvest How To Can Pickling via Lacto-Fermentation Dehydration: Why Save It For Hangovers? Three Methods For Drying Food Preserving With Vinegar Preserving Fruit In Alcohol: Le Cherry Bounce (Cerises à l’eau-de-vie) Preserving Root Vegetables Transforming Excess How To Culture Milk Cheesemaking Making Butter How To Make Fruit Butter Making Stock Five Ways to Preserve a Tomato The Homestead Speakeasy: From Mead To Moonshine Baking On The Homestead Cleaning The Urban Homestead Our Cleaning Cupboard Other Cleaning Aids You Might Want to Keep Around “Green” Cleaners We Are Not Really Down With, But Others Use: All-Purpose Spray Cleaners Less Toxic Ways To Deal With Unwelcome Critters A Homestead Of Your Own Location Location Location

Chapter Six - Be Your Own Utility: Water And Power For The Homestead

Harvesting Water Harvesting Rainwater Rainwater Harvesting Technique 1 Rainwater Harvesting Technique 2 Rainwater Harvesting Technique 3 Rainwater Harvesting Technique 4 Rainwater Harvesting Technique 5 Rainwater Harvesting Technique 6 Non-Invasive Greywater Methodologies Highly Invasive Greywater Strategies Power To The People Principles Heating 49% Cooling 49% We’re Fans Of Fans Water Heater 13% Alternatives To The Gas-Heated Shower Solar Water Heaters For General Household Hot Water Lighting 10% Stoves and Microwaves And Small Appliances (8%) Parabolic Cookers The Built-In Solution: A Wall Cooker Electronics 7% Washer & Dryer 6% Refrigerator 5% Dishwashers 2% Generating Your Own Power Electricity From Solar Power — The Components Solar Systems: Small, Medium And Large

Chapter Seven - Transportation

Transportation Principles: The Urban Homestead Transportation Triangle: Walking, Biking, Mass Transit Conclusion: The Future

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