How to Survive Off the Grid: From Backyard Homesteads to Bunkers (and Everything in Between)

For anyone who has ever dreamed of leaving it all behind and heading for the hills, survival expert and three-time New York Times bestselling author, Tim MacWelch, makes that a reality with How to Survive Off the Grid. Concrete, useful hints cover everything from raising chickens in your urban backyard to going totally off the grid in your all-solar log cabin.

A guide for the modern homesteader this covers energy efficiency, finding and pumping your own water, keeping chickens, goats, bees, and other critters, and much more from a practical hands-on perspective.

GET THERE Decide how far off the grid you want to get, choose your spot, and take the plunge (or adapt these hints to a more suburban or even urban lifestyle)
• Stake Your Claim
• Gimme Shelter
• Water or Life
• The Heat Is On
• Power Up

LIVE THERE Ensure you have enough to eat on a daily basis, and all year round.
• More than Meals
• Veggies for All
• Fruits and Nuts
• Amber Waves of Grain
• Backyard Critters
• Get Your Goat
• Have a Cow, Man
• Fish & Bugs

SURVIVE THERE Eat nature's bounty, build a safe house and nurse yourself back to health 
• The Long Haul
• Hunt & Fish
• Level Up
• Safe as Houses
• Be Your own Doctor 
• Bug Out! 
• Into the Wild

With high-quality design, amazing illustrations, and a durable flexicover—this comprehensive lifestyle book is the perfect gift!