DIY Projects for the Self-Sufficient Homeowner: 25 Ways to Build a Self-Reliant Lifestyle (42 page)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Matheson, Betsy.
 DIY projects for the self-sufficient homeowner : 25 ways to
build a self-reliant lifestyle / by Betsy Matheson.
      p. cm.
 Summary: “Step-by-step, how-to projects for home rain
collection, solar panels, food storage, solar energy systems,
eco-friendly improvements, bee keeping, and more”
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Provided by publisher.
 Includes index.
 ISBN-13: 978-1-58923-567-0 (soft cover)
 ISBN-10: 1-58923-567-3 (soft cover)
 1. Ecological houses--Design and construction. 2. Sustainable
living. I. Title.

 TH4860.M386 2011
 643’.7--dc22
                                                       2010042928

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