Every human takes up space, not just to live but for its sustenance. "The City Homesteader: Self-Sufficiency on Any Square Footage" is a guide for being as self-sufficient as possible when space is at a premium, such as in a packed city. In the modern age, rediscovering self-sufficiency may be what's needed to keep the world able to feed us all, and Scott Meyer walks readers through everything they need to know to embrace this practice through growing a little of their own, food preservation, even raising chickens and much more. For anyone who is looking to make their drain on the world a little less, "The City Homesteader" is an excellent read, well worth considering. The City Homesteader: Self-Sufficiency on Any Square Footage
`The City Homesteader's sub title is self-sufficiency on any square footage, which is a bit of an exaggeration for this book or any. There are many great ideas in here for any city dweller to grow some food, and become more `green' in many ways, but it would be pretty implausible to be self sufficient in the city, it's hard enough in the country. That is not to say that there aren't wonderful ideas and philosophies in this book...there are.
It is pointed out in the beginning that to grow any small amount of food gives you an appreciation for those that feed the majority of the population - a very true philosophy. Even if you have only a small bit of land or enough room on balconies for containers,or windows for window gardening composting kitchen waste is such a good idea in so many ways - just even a small amount in potted plants helps them and the amount of waste that is generated in a household. The directions for strawberry pots are some of the clearest and simplest I've run across. Much of the information in here is clear and simple. But that doesn't mean it's just for beginners.
Information included is that on; growing your own, getting food from the `wild'- like dandelions, saving the food for later - how to store it, ideas for working with animals, caring for your home. The appendix includes an A-Z growing guide, resources, a bibliography and an index.
The illustrations in the book are line drawings, there could have been more and at times the information seems very scattered around and through the book. This is a book that many could benefit from and really every household should be using at least some of it's thoughts.
I have a green thumb, it just tends to die off after a couple of weeks so I got this book from the library to learn how not to kill everything i touch. I haven't finished it yet however it is set up so that things are easy to understand and I love the design of the book over all. - Self-sufficienc - Homesteading - Sustainability - Preparedness'
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