Learn how to be self sufficient with this book on how to grow your own food, make your own tools, reduce energy consumption & cut back on waste & live more sustainably. Move closer to self-sufficiency with unusual ideas for how to store, process & preserve your homegrown harvest to make it last longer. You can even brew your own beer & cider & learn how to bottle, cure, smoke & pickle your produce! For those who have always dreamt of growing their own vegetables & for those who just want to expand a fun hobby, Cost-Effective Self-Sufficiency is an inspirational guide. In recent years, the interest in self-sufficiency & growing food at home has increased dramatically. But many people do not know how to start the good life. Cost Effective Self Sufficiency teaches you everything you need to know about growing your own food & becoming self-sufficient. An updated version of the original guide to self-sufficiency (published in 1979), this has everything you need to start to grow fresh fruit & vegetables on your l&, plan your site to make the most of it, how to grow plants from the very beginning.