The pioneers grew vegetables without seed catalogs, baked bread without store-bought yeast, and ate fresh out of the garden twelve months a year - and you can too!

Many people dream of becoming self-reliant during these times of fluctuating prices and uncertain job security. Using truly simple techniques, you can cultivate the pioneers' independence to provide safety against lost wages, harsh weather, economic recession, and commercial contamination and shortages. Now you can discover the lost survival skills they knew, used, and passed down for generations.

• Grow hardy, perennial, and long-keeper vegetables
• Revive the pioneer seed bank
• Bake with pioneer yeast
• Create a straw cellar
• Gather fresh backyard eggs
• Cook with forgotten recipes
• And more!

The ultimate practical guide for the pioneer in all of us, this book will strengthen your family's self-reliance. Discover anew the joys of homegrown food, thrift, and self-sufficient living.
Soft Cover.