{"product_id":"b00ns42cyw","title":"Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills (Back to Basics Guides)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver 1,500,000 copies sold—an international bestseller!\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n NATIONAL BESTSELLER!\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n #4 BALTIMORE SUN BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n #7 AMAZON WEEKLY BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n Fully updated—Dye your own wool, raise chickens, make your own cheddar cheese, build a log cabin, and much much more.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills—the kind employed by our forefathers—and adapt them for a better life in the twenty-first century need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n Countless readers have turned to Back to Basics for inspiration and instruction, escaping to an era before power saws and fast-food restaurants and rediscovering the pleasures and challenges of a healthier, greener, and more self-sufficient lifestyle.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n Now newly updated, the hundreds of projects, step-by-step sequences, photographs, charts, and illustrations in Back to Basics will help you dye your own wool with plant pigments, graft trees, raise chickens, craft a hutch table with hand tools, and make treats such as blueberry peach jam and cheddar cheese. The truly ambitious will find instructions on how to build a log cabin or an adobe brick homestead.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n More than just practical advice, this is also a book for dreamers—even if you live in a city apartment, you will find your imagination sparked, and there’s no reason why you can’t, for example, make a loom and weave a rag rug. Complete with tips for old-fashioned fun (square dancing calls, homemade toys, and kayaking tips), this may be the most thorough book on voluntary simplicity available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":67908078567460,"sku":"YSL4023","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/2614\/7620\/files\/81VgfaAWITL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793082513","url":"https:\/\/booktavero.com\/products\/b00ns42cyw","provider":"BookTavero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}