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Author Coyne, Kelly.

Title Making it : radical home Ec for a post-consumer world / Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen.

Imprint Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale, 2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  640.73 C839m 2010    ---  Available
Description ix, 310 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-299) and index.
Contents Introduction -- The five principles of making it -- Day to day -- Week to week. Weekly cooking ; Cleaning, washing, and mending -- Month to month. The transformational power of salt ; Indoor gardening ; Herbal medicine and beauty -- Season to season. Projects for the garden ; The magic of fermentation -- Infrastructure. How to compost ; Backward [sic] beekeeping.
Summary The essential guide to becoming a producer instead of a consumer, this book is full of simple, ingenious projects for your home, your garden, and even your fire escape.
Subject Home economics.
Sustainable living.
Simplicity.
Consumer education.
ISBN 9781605294629 (pbk.)
1605294624 (pbk.)

 
    
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