Format: Paperback  

ISBN: 9780756628987

Pages: 256

Copyright Year: 2008

Availability: Usually ships within 24 to 48 hours unless otherwise noted in the product description.

This revised edition of an old favorite, first published in 1978, explains how to cultivate and preserve all types of fruit, herbs, and vegetables, in addition to instructions on keeping bees and raising chickens.

• Includes over 600 illustrations, many redrawn for the revised edition
• Contains information on drying, storing, and preserving fruits and vegetables
• Explains the "Deep Bed" method, critical to anyone with a tiny urban plot

John Seymour authored over 40 books, including the DK's best-selling Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency and The Forgotten Arts & Crafts. He died in the fall of 2004 at the age of 90.