{"id":1984,"date":"2020-11-24T00:01:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T08:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/tool\/garden-tip-54\/"},"modified":"2020-11-24T00:01:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T08:01:58","slug":"garden-tip-54","status":"publish","type":"tool","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/tool\/garden-tip-54\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden Tip #54"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Advanced vegetable gardeners who want go to the next level of self reliance will enjoy the attractive book by John Seymour, <em>The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It<\/em> (Dorling Kindersley, 2003, $30.00).  This very practical book gives &#8220;how-to&#8221; instructions for a wide range of traditional living skills.  How to raise (and butcher) poultry and rabbits, how to grow grain crops, how to make a methane digester to create energy and how to spin flax are just a few examples.  The author&#8217;s intention is to encourage readers to question how truly satisfying the modern life is compared to an honest day&#8217;s work on the homestead.  But even urban dwellers will find ideas for making their own food and craft products.<\/p>\n<p>The simple life has gone digital, too.  For articles and ideas on living a self-sufficient life, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherearthnews.com\/homesteading-and-livestock\">Mother Earth News<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homestead.org\/\">www.homestead.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advanced vegetable gardeners who want go to the next level of self reliance will enjoy the attractive book by John Seymour, The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It (Dorling Kindersley, 2003, $30.00). This very practical book gives &#8220;how-to&#8221; instructions for a wide range of traditional living skills. How to raise (and butcher) poultry and rabbits, how to grow grain crops, how to make a methane digester to create energy and how to spin flax are just a few examples&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/tool\/garden-tip-54\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Garden Tip #54<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[235,236,52],"class_list":["post-1984","tool","type-tool","status-publish","hentry","keyword-permaculture","keyword-sustainable-agriculture","keyword-vegetable-gardening"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tool\/1984"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tool"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tool"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=1984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}