{"product_id":"half-acre-homestead-the","title":"Half-Acre Homestead , The","description":"\u003cp\u003eLloyd Kahn and his wife Lesley's story of building their own home, establishing a garden, and practicing crafts on a small piece of land on the Northern California Coast over a 46-year period, with over 500 photos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLloyd, the former shelter editor of the Whole Earth Catalog, has published seven books on owner building, showcasing hundreds of builders, and this is his first book on his own work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStarting with a vacant half-acre piece of land, they built their own home, created a garden with vegetables and fruit, and describe raising chickens, bees, and goats. The book also covers cooking, foraging, fishing, crafts, birds, butterflies, and tools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir main theme is that this was all done by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey have never paid rent nor have they ever had a mortgage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are over 500 photos illustrating all the above facets of their lives and clear explanations of building skylights, maintaining a septic system, building greenhouses and raised vegetable beds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e[168 Pages]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AdventureKEEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46106111934636,"sku":"70810","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/2613\/1372\/files\/7943904185897b29a7e2c15596189bf1e7c0b41d35cb937783f2ef386d6a42bc.jpg?v=1775275943","url":"https:\/\/weigardens.com\/products\/half-acre-homestead-the","provider":"Wei Gardens LLC ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}