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John Seymour was an advocate for self-reliance, conviviality, and smallhold farming. Filled with his wife’s illustrations, John produced The Self-Sufficient Life, a seminal guide to efficient, human-scale agriculture and homesteading, in…

cabinporn:

John Seymour was an advocate for self-reliance, conviviality, and smallhold farming. Filled with his wife’s illustrations, John produced The Self-Sufficient Life, a seminal guide to efficient, human-scale agriculture and homesteading, including urban plots and one-acre backyard concepts.

If you go looking for a copy, the most recent edition is available on Amazon, as well as many used 1st edition copies.

Photo by Jesse Senko.