Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency (The Complete Book) [Hardcover]

John Seymour (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Complete Book | Publication Date: January 4, 1997

First published in 1976, this book calls readers to respect the land, reap the harvest, waste nothing, stay healthy and live well.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley; Revised edition (January 4, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0751304263
• ISBN-13: 978-0751304268
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,998,085 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John Seymour is the acknowledged founding father of the self-sufficiency movement. Author of more than 40 books, he draws students from around the world to learn self-sufficiency first hand at his farm in County Wexford.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An indispensable book for the smallholder., March 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency (Hardcover)

The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency is just that, how to get the best from a small garden, or a large farm, and everything in between. It is all covered, raising crops, and livestock, cure a ham, pickle onions, keep bees, generate power,and sink a well. The book is well written and I find myself refering to it constantly, it also makes a darn good read. The book is available in soft cover from Amazon.co.uk

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Know this and live happy., November 29, 1998

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[e-mail] (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency (Hardcover)

These techniques can make any person a more or less succesful small farmer. It can help you to change your life to a more agricultural based one, if you would want that. Some aspects are hard, like the "harvesting" of parts of your livestock, others so simple even my kids have fun with them. It's all a matter of state of mind and how far you want to go. Almost every aspect of life is treated in this standard work. From water to energy, from horses to pigs, From building a house to clearing a forrest. It contains the knowledge of a lifespan of pre industrial farming. Live like this and the Mall will be a great, never to visit mystery.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Bible of Self-Suffiency, March 17, 2002

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Robin Pogson (Johannesburg, South Africa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency (Hardcover)

It would be difficult to improve or even to add much to a book which covers so many aspects of not just self-seffiency but the basic tenents of good land husbandry. Every aspect of what you may require to manage a 5 acre or 1 acre property with the minimum of outside influence is here. Managing your own small holding is a life-time affair with the land. All the advice on how to go about it is written in this book. I live on seven acres and it is indeed my bible for the land. It also makes very interesting reading even if you cannot be self suffient.