Table of Contents

	Unleashing The Homesteader Within	p. 14
	Start Your Own Farm	p. 20
	Strategies for Growing Food in the Urban Setting	p. 20
	How to Make Seedballs	p. 30
	Permaculture	p. 32
	The Practicalities of Growing Food	p. 34
	Essential Projects	p. 46
	Five Essential Projects	p. 46
	Start a Compost Pile	p. 46
	Vermiculture or Composting with Worms	p. 51
	Mulch Your Yard	p. 55
	Build a Raised Bed	p. 60
	How to Build a Self-Watering Container	p. 65
	A Treasure Chest of Gardening Projects and Advice	p. 71
	How To Start Seeds	p. 71
	How To Transplant	p. 74
	Fertilizer Tea	p. 77
	Grow Some Lettuce	p. 78
	Tips & Tricks for Gardening in Containers	p. 81
	The Dirt on Potting Soll	p. 83
	Installing Drip Irrigation	p. 84
	How to Make a Bean Teepee	p. 87
	How to Design a Polycultural Vegetable Bed	p. 89
	How To Make Tater Tires	p. 94
	Controlling Insect Pests	p. 97
	Rotating Crops	p. 102
	Animal Pests	p. 105
	Why You Might Test Your Soil	p. 108
	Not Digging It	p. 110
	Urban Foraging	p. 114
	Feral Edibles	p. 114
	Invasive Edibles	p. 120
	Fruit Foraging	p. 122
	Tools for the Fruit Harvester	p. 123
	How to Eat Acorns	p. 124
	Dumpster Diving	p. 126
	Revive Day-Old Bread	p. 128
	Livestock In The City	p. 132
	The Chicken is the New Pug	p. 133
	How To Set Up A Brooder	p. 147
	Ducks	p. 151
	Rabbits	p. 154
	Pigeons: A Modest Proposal	p. 155
	Quail	p. 156
	Bees	p. 156
	Revolutionary Home Economics	p. 162
	Preserving the Harvest	p. 162
	How to Can	p. 166
	Pickling via Lacto-Fermentation	p. 169
	Daikon Radish Pickles	p. 171
	Dehydration: Why Save it for Hangovers?	p. 172
	Three Methods for Drying Food	p. 173
	Preserving With Vinegar	p. 175
	Preserving Fruit In Alcohol: Le Cherry Bounce	p. 177
	Preserving Root Vegetables	p. 177
	How to Culture Milk	p. 180
	Making Yogurt	p. 180
	Making Labaneh, or Yogurt Cheese	p. 181
	Fil, Piima And Viila	p. 182
	Cheesemaking	p. 183
	Whole Milk Ricotta	p. 183
	Making Butter	p. 184
	How to Make Fruit Butter	p. 186
	Jams and Jellies	p. 189
	Making Stock	p. 189
	The Homemade Speakeasy: From Mead to Moonshine	p. 190
	Baking on the Homestead	p. 193
	Baking with Sourdough	p. 193
	Cleaning the Urban Homestead	p. 200
	Our Cleaning Cupboard	p. 202
	Less Toxic Ways to Deal with Unwelcome Critters	p. 214
	A Homestead of Your Own	p. 215
	Location Location Location	p. 217
	Be Your Own Utility: Water And Power For The Homestead	p. 224
	Harvesting Water	p. 224
	Conserving Water	p. 226
	Six Ways to Harvest Rainwater	p. 229
	Become a Readical Depaver	p. 230
	Smart Gutters and Downspouts	p. 231
	Earthworks	p. 232
	Mulch Basins	p. 233
	Terracing	p. 235
	Rain Barrels And Cisterns	p. 236
	How Much Water Can I Harvest From My Roof?	p. 238
	Non-Invasive Greywater Methodologies	p. 243
	HIghly Invasive Greywater Strategies	p. 243
	Greywater Plumbing 101	p. 243
	Showers To Flowers	p. 246
	Recycling Your Suds	p. 247
	Arranging A Twosome or Threesome-Using Diverters	p. 250
	Making a Greywater Wetland	p. 252
	The Composting Toilet: How to Poop in a Bucket	p. 253
	Power to the People	p. 256
	Energy Principles	p. 256
	Heating	p. 258
	Insulation	p. 258
	Gathering Solar Heat	p. 259
	The High Mass Rocket Heater	p. 261
	Cooling	p. 261
	How to Make a Living Awning or Shade	p. 262
	We're Fans of Fans	p. 264
	Water Heater	p. 265
	Alternatives to the Gas-Heated Shower	p. 267
	Solar Water Heaters for General Household Hot Water	p. 268
	Lighting	p. 270
	Stoves And Small Appliances	p. 271
	Solar Cookers	p. 271
	Build a Rocket Stove	p. 274
	Electronics	p. 276
	Washer & Dryer	p. 277
	Refrigerator	p. 278
	Dishwashers	p. 278
	Generating Your Own Power	p. 279
	Electricity From Solar Power-The Components	p. 279
	Solar Systems: Small, Medium And Large	p. 281
	Wind Power	p. 284
	Transportation	p. 288
	Transportation Principles	p. 288
	The Transportation Triangle: Walking, Biking, Mass Transit	p. 289
	Walking	p. 289
	Cycling	p. 290
	How To Ride In Traffic	p. 291
	Finding A Bike	p. 293
	Route Choice	p. 295
	Cargo Bikes	p. 295
	Conclusion: The Future	p. 298
	Resources	p. 302