Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills by Abigail R. Gehring

Back to Basics is a comprehensive guide edited by Abigail R. Gehring in its Fourth Edition, covering traditional skills across homesteading and self-sufficiency. The hardcover book spans 528 pages and includes hundreds of projects, step-by-step sequences, photographs, charts, and illustrations. Topics range from buying and working land, raising livestock, and generating your own energy to food preservation, household skills, and crafts. The newly updated edition consolidates practical instruction across multiple disciplines relevant to anyone looking to learn or refresh foundational rural and domestic capabilities.