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Continuing the good life : half a century of homesteading / Helen and Scott Nearing.
LIBRA S521.5.M2 N42 1979
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nearing, Helen.
- Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nearing, Helen.
- Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983.
- Nearing, Scott.
- Farm life--Maine--Harborside.
- Farm life.
- Maine--Harborside.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 194 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Schocken Books, 1979.
- Summary:
- The authors describe 25 years of homesteading in Maine, including growing and storing food, restoring old houses, and raising a cash crop.
- Contents:
- We move, bag and baggage, to Maine
- Spring and summer gardening
- The fall garden
- Wintertime gardening
- Winter storage
- Building the soil with compost
- Water for house, garden, and a pond
- Our cash crop : Blueberries
- Tree crops in Maine
- Wood for fuel
- Stone walls versus wire fences
- Building stone structures
- Remodeling old wooden buildings : Don't!
- Plans, records, and budgeting
- Visitors and helpers
- What we eat and why
- We practice health
- A rewarding way to live.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Nearing, Helen. Continuing the good life.
- ISBN:
- 0805237038
- 9780805237030
- OCLC:
- 4495031
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