The Accidental Homesteader: What I've Learned about Chickens, Compost, and Creating Home by Kathi LippHomesteading [hohm sted ing] noun an act or instance of establishing a homestead. the act of loving where you live so much that you actively ignore the fact that your house is trying to kill you on a regular basis. For Kathi Lipp and her husband, Roger, buying a house in one of the most remote parts of Northern California was never part of the plan; many of life's biggest, most rewarding adventures rarely are. Kathi shares the hard won wisdom she's

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I think Thoreau would have liked this book

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and studied law at Marburg university

Emmanuelle Tchoukriel is a French illustrator who trained in medical and scientific illustration at Estienne School in Paris

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