Here is an upbeat, unabashedly outrageous book about applying the principles of self-reliance, more often associated with rural back-to-the-landers and wilderness campers, to life in suburban Los Angeles. By telling their own homesteading story, the Nyergeses have created a blueprint that will help city-dwellers anywhere live more independently. The book is organized more like a how-to or self-help book than a personal memoir. The authors present self-sufficient and ecological approaches to commonly defined areas of a household: The House, The Yard, Homegrown Foods (and wild edibles), Domestic Animals, The Garden, Water, Energy, and Recycling. A concluding chapter takes on larger lifestyle questions of livelihood and healthy relationships with money and security.
- ISBN10 1890132365
- ISBN13 9781890132361
- Publish Date 1 April 2009
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Chelsea Green Publishing Co
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English