If there’s anyone out there who’s ever considered learning some homesteading skills but didn’t know where to start, I have a book for you.
Have you ever wondered about keeping bees? How about dreamed of eggs fresh from the chicken every morning? Maybe imagined making your own clothes? Jenna Woginrich did. Not sure where to start? Jenna can help. Her new book, Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life is just what you need.
The setting: a farm in Idaho. The cast: two working huskies, a hive of bees, a tiny flock of slug-eating chickens, a couple angora rabbits, an encouraging homesteading mentor, and one girl who longs to farm. The plot: well…you’ll just have to read it!
The book is set up in sections, with one for each of the homesteading skills discussed. First, Jenna tells the story of her own experience of trying her hand at the skill. Immediately following, you’ll find a how-to section so that, if you are inspired by her example (and it’s hard not to be), you can jump right in and give it a go yourself. There’s also a fantastic appendix at the back listing all sorts of further reading on your topic(s?) of choice.
From gardening to sewing, from the kitchen to the barn, if you’re looking for a taste of the simple life and some inspiration, this is the book for you. And there’s no need to wait until spring to get started. There are plenty of projects in the book that you can start in on right away.
If you like the sound of “a handmade life,” check out Made from Scratch by Jenna Woginrich!
Wow. I am not even interested in spinning my own wool or growing my own garden, yet I am compelled to at least pick up this book and look through it. It is such a different kind of book and it sounds like it would have interesting tips in it. You know a review is good if it makes someone be interested in something they weren’t before reading the review!