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Filled with tips on how to live and have fun on a small budget, this 352-page book is a compilation of the juiciest tips from the personal finance blog www.WiseBread.com. The book shows that the best way to stick to a budget is to create a lifestyle that is as much fun as it is practical.

Wise Bread is a community of bloggers who provides readers with folksy and relatable advice on how to manage and spend their money. They syndicate content to MSN and have been featured in the New York Times, CNN, Forbes, NPR, Newsweek, Fox, AP, U.S. News & World Report, and Wired. They are part of the Killer Aces Blog Network.

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You don't need a commercial kitchen or unrecognizable ingredients to whip up fresh buttermilk, yogurt, cream cheese, crème fraîche, mozzarella, goat cheese and other dairy delights. The simple homemade cheese recipes in The Home Creamery encourage you to turn your fresh, sweet milk and cream into cultured dairy products and soft, unripened cheeses.

To use the homemade cheese recipes in this book you'll need the best quality milk you can find. These recipes start with pasteurized milk, which is widely available. Cow's, goat's or sheep's milk will work for these homemade cheeses, so start experimenting with your favorite!

This book's recipes range from the easy yogurt cheese, for which you'll just need yogurt, salt and some cheese cloth to enjoy a delicious treat, to homemade cottage cheese, ricotta and goat's milk feta, which will give you the satisfaction of enjoying wholesome and delicious dairy products - while knowing every ingredient that went into making them.

Enjoy your creamy, homemade spreads and cheeses as simple accompaniments to small bites or light meals, or as starring ingredients in more substantial side dishes, salads, entrées and desserts. The Home Creamery includes 75 recipes to use your homemade cheese in, from Cheese Blintzes to Chocolate Sour Cream Cake. You will be able bring out the very best in your dairy creations.

About the author:
Kathy Farrell-Kingsley is the author of many magazine articles and cookbooks - including The Big Book of Vegetarian and Chocolate Cakes, selected by Julia Child as one of the best cookbooks of 1993. Kathy was also the founder of Great Cakes Bakery, which still operates in Westport, Conn.

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You can sew beautiful and useful crafts with the guidance of Home Sweet Sewn. With the more than 20 sewing projects contained in this book you'll turn your house into a warm and inspiring home.

Sew beautiful crafts, from bedroom linens and dolls, to aprons and book covers, using the instructions and patterns included with each project. Take in the beautiful crafts and get inspired to sew your own designs.

The sewing projects in this book are not only beautiful, but they are also practical. You'll want to use your spring-inspired apron over and over, and the children in your life will enjoy many afternoons playing with their sewn "snakes and ladders" game, which they'll be able to play indoors or out.

About the Authors: Alice Butcher and Ginny Farquhar share a common love of vintage and recycled fabric and enjoy creating original textile projects that add that unique homespun look to interiors and accessories alike. They have been designing together for the last eight years and have exhibited their work at various high profile shows and fairs. They are the authors of Sew Fabulous Fabrics.

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This latest addition to Storey's venerable Guide to Raising Series gives you the essential, expert instruction and advice you need to successfully raise miniature livestock. Sue Weaver clearly explains the ins and outs of breeding, feeding, housing, diet, nutrition, exercise, disease prevention and treatment and much, much more. Whether you're a new or an experienced farmer, you'll find everything you need to keep your minis healthy and productive.

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From the rooftop terraces of New York City to the sprawling lawns of rural America, the backyard chicken movement has taken hold and is making a massive impact among city dwellers and country folk alike. As the authority on rural know-how, GRIT magazine has long been leading the charge and is now proud to introduce its special Guide to Backyard Chickens.

At 100 full-color pages, this one-of-a-kind reference book is designed to arm you with all the information needed to enjoy the simple country pleasures of farm-fresh eggs and poultry, straight from your own backyard.

GRIT's Guide to Backyard Chickens includes an extensive collection of relevant articles, including:

• Raise a flock from mail-order chicks.
• Top tips for keeping your flock healthy.
• What to do with all those delicious eggs: recipes galore.
• Guide to controlling ticks and other backyard pests.
• Enjoy fresh eggs all year long.
• Top tips for keeping your flock safe from predators.
• Chicken coop and chick brooder plans.
• How to hatch fertile eggs to replenish the flock.
• Save money by growing your own meat.
• Choose the right chicken breed.
• Raise chickens in the city.

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There has never been a better time to make and sell great cheese. People worldwide are consuming more high-quality, handmade cheese than ever before. The number of artisan cheesemakers has doubled in recent years, and many of the industry's newcomers are "farmstead" producers — those who work only with the milk of their own animals. More than ever before, the people who choose to become farmer-cheesemakers need access to the knowledge of established cheese artisans who can help them build their dream.

Few career choices lead to such extremes of labor, emotion and monetary challenge. In The Farmstead Creamery Advisor, respected cheesemaker, instructor and speaker Gianaclis Caldwell walks would-be producers through the many, and often confusing, steps and decisions they will face when considering a career in this burgeoning cottage industry. This book fills the gap that exists between the pasture and cheese plate. It goes far beyond issues of caring for livestock and basic cheesemaking, explaining business issues such as:

• Analyzing your suitability for the career
• Designing and building the cheese facility
• Sizing up the market
• Negotiating day-to-day obstacles
• Ensuring maximum safety and efficiency

Drawing from her own and other cheesemakers' experiences, Caldwell brings to life the story of creating a successful cheesemaking business in a practical, organized manner. Absolutely essential for anyone interested in becoming a licensed artisan cheesemaker, The Farmstead Creamery Advisor will also appeal to the many small and hobby-farm owners who already have milking animals and who wish to improve their home dairy practices and facilities.

Recommended Product for Wiser Living: Today, more than ever before, our society is seeking ways to live more conscientiously. To help bring you the very best inspiration and information about greener, more sustainable lifestyles, MOTHER EARTH NEWS is recommending books to readers. For 40 years, MOTHER EARTH NEWS has been North America’s “Original Guide to Living Wisely,” creating books and magazines for people with a passion for self-reliance and a desire to live in harmony with nature.

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This book is for anyone who wants to grow and to make good cider or even simple apple juice. Whether you have a backyard garden with a couple of apple trees, several acres of orchard deep in the countryside, or you’re just ‘scrumping’ apples from friends and neighbours every autumn, this book is for you.

Here you can learn about the equipment you need, the techniques to use and just how they work as they do. You’ll also learn what to do when things go wrong, and how to put them right! Packed with a wealth of practical experience and understanding, Craft Cider Making is for beginners and old hands alike.

About the author: Andrew Lea is a retired food biochemist who started his career in the tea industry and then spent 13 years at the Long Ashton Research Station (the National Fruit and Cider Institute). For the past 20 years he has been a hobby cider maker with his own small orchard and cider press and has won many prizes at national and international cider competitions.

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This indispensable guide will save time, money and headaches for those who live or spend their leisure time in rural areas.

Packed with solid, easy-to-understand advice — and clear, detailed illustrations — Country and Cottage Water Systems takes the mystery out of rural water systems and their components. Whether planning a new system or updating, expanding or fixing an existing one, the ideas, the know-how and the solutions are all here.

The book includes tips for do-it-yourselfers, and guidance for those hiring a professional, on a variety of topics, including:

• Methods for testing water
• Making water safe to drink
• Choosing the right pump
• Dealing with environmental issues and legal concerns
• Planning a system's connections
• Types of wells and how to dig a new one or revitalize an old one
• Understanding and installing waste systems
• Troubleshooting septic systems
• How to reduce a septic system's footprint
• The pros and cons of alternative toilets
• How to build an outhouse
• Getting rid of greywater
• How to keep pipes from freezing in winter
• How to winterize a seasonal water system for easy spring start-up