Homegrown & Handmade: A Practical Guide to More Self-Reliant Living

Deborah Niemann offers a guide to modern homesteading that does not require a farm. She addresses concerns about food recalls, health claims, and questionable ingredients in commercial products, arguing that industrialized supply systems have become difficult to navigate and frustrating. Niemann presents ways to reclaim control over food and purchasing choices for the benefit of families, personal health, and the environment. This fully updated and revised edition shows how making items from scratch and growing your own food can help eliminate artificial ingredients, reduce carbon footprint, and create a more authentic life. The book covers traditional skills, food production from seed to plate, gardening, cooking, orcharding, and raising livestock. Niemann demonstrates that self-reliance depends more on attitude and knowledge than on available land, writing from her perspective as a self-taught modern homesteader. The guide is illustrated, practical, and accessible for anyone seeking greater self-reliance or interested in homesteading.