Weekend Homesteader: December [Kindle Edition]

Anna Hess (Author)

Book Description

Twelve months to self-sufficiency!

This fully updated second edition of the popular Weekend Homesteader series includes exciting, short projects that you can use to dip your toes into the vast ocean of homesteading without getting overwhelmed. If you need to fit homesteading into a few hours each weekend and would like to have fun while doing it, these projects will be right up your alley, whether you live on a forty-acre farm, a postage-stamp lawn in suburbia, or a high rise.

The December volume includes the following projects:

• Plant a fruit tree
• Cook up a pot of soup
• Narrow down your list of essential tools
• Stay warm without electricity

The second edition has been revised and expanded to match the paperback, with extra photos and feedback from weekend homesteaders just like you, plus permaculture-related avenues for the more advanced homesteader to explore.

Product Details

• File Size: 2132 KB
• Print Length: 65 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Wetknee Books; Second edition (October 22, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B006A8S73S
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,575 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting read! November 28, 2011

By Barbara J Wead

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Downdloaded the December Weekend Homesteader by Anna yesterday to my Android with the Kindle App for Androids! That was easy!! (I usually get the pdf or hardcopy, but this app was great!) Get yours now if you don't already have a Kindle or I Phone!
Anna's latest suggestions for weekend homesteading projects in her December issue are all fun and interesting. I am always amazed at how Anna thinks ahead for us and warns of potential pitfalls in most any situation before we understake a project. This month has an excellent listing of tools you REALLY need as a homesteader and WHY you will need them. I also particularly enjoyed her section about fruit trees and getting your own orchard started. Now is the perfect time of year for that! Looking forward to next month's issue! Thanks Anna!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for planning projects April 11, 2012

By Jennifer Meyer

Format:Kindle Edition

As a busy mom there are more projects that I want to do than time in the day. I love that Anna breaks down things by month and season so I can fit in a few extra things that I've been planning to do for years. Perfect for a beginner, jump in now, right where you are!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative for the beginner to intermediate March 1, 2013

By Stephanie Dawson

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I have learned at least one new thing to do with homesteading in each of these chapters. I would recommend any of these books. I am just getting started with homesteading, and these made me see that a little can be done at a time to make a difference.

More About the Author

Anna Hess dreamed about moving back to the land ever since her parents dragged her off their family farm at the age of eight. She worked as a field biologist and nonprofit organizer before acquiring fifty-eight acres and a husband, then quit her job to homestead full time. She admits that real farm life involves a lot more hard work than her childhood memories entailed, but the reality is much more fulfilling and she loves pigging out on sun-warmed strawberries and experimenting with no-till gardening, mushroom propagation, and chicken pasturing. Visit her at www.WaldenEffect.org.