The New American Homestead: Sustainable, Self-Sufficient Living in the Country or in the City

Leave the tweeting to the birds . . . and enjoy a more sustainable lifeThere's a lot we can learn from previous generations. "The New American Homestead" teaches you simple survival skills that, in an earlier time, were known and practiced by almost everyone. You can join the new breed of American homesteaders with a different concept of "living well" in a city, town, or suburb, a concept based not on consumption but on self-sufficiency, not on reckless extravagance but on thrift, and not on the rat race so much as on, perhaps, the catnap.This book teaches you how to: Make wise choices in the design, planting, and maintenance of your residential space, regardless of its size or locationProduce your own foodIntegrate vegetables, herbs, and fruits with locally native species and surrogates that contribute to the restoration of the local ecosystemAcquire a deeper understanding of the continuously evolving "livingscape" that you create for yourself, and of its relationship to the ecosystem that nourishes and sustains all lifeUse your space in the sun to manage health problems, earn supplemental income, and calm frazzled nerves