You can escape the city... I'm Travis Corcoran. For 20 years I lived in the big city, and worked at tech companies. My heat and water came from city utilities. My food came from the supermarket. Eight years ago I moved to a farm in the countryside. I still work for tech companies (remotely), but now I heat my house with firewood from my forest, I grow my own fruits and vegetables, and I make my own bacon from pigs I raise and butcher. ...and find a place in the country This book is for people like you - people who live in the city or the suburbs. Whether you're already convinced that there's a better lifestyle for you in the country, or just want to learn what your options are, this project has the information you need. Moving from the city to the country is easier than you think... and it can be a lot more affordable than you think too. If you have even a modest home in the city or suburbs, you can trade it for a much nicer farm or homestead in the country, and even save money . I know, because I've done it. I traded a two bedroom 1950s on a postage stamp lot, for 5,000 square foot, five bedroom recent-construction house...and it came with 40 acres of forest, 16 acres of pasture, and two ponds. I used to commute in stop-and-go rush-hour traffic and shop at an overpriced supermarket. Now I work from home and I eat lamb, pork, beef, eggs, fruit, and vegetables fresh from my farm - all of it higher quality than what I could buy at a supermarket. All you need is information You can move to the countryside, work a good-paying job, see your cost of living drop, and see your quality of life improve. The only tricky part is learning the skills. When I moved to the country, I didn’t even know what questions to ask. I had to learn thousands of things about tractors, gardens, compost, livestock, and more. A lot of it the hard way. Now I've put it all in a book - two books, actually, because there's too much information to fit in one volume. Absolutely everything you need to know about country living and homesteading, to help you move from the suburbs or city out to the country, and thrive once you're there. Whether you want to plant orchards and raise livestock, or just want to have a few chickens for eggs, my books will give you everything you need to know. They'll tell you what equipment and tools you need, and show you the skills to use them. You can move to the countryside, work a good-paying job, see your cost of living drop, and see your quality of life improve. The only tricky part is learning the skills. When I moved to the country, I didn’t even know what questions to ask. I had to learn thousands of things about tractors, gardens, compost, livestock, and more. A lot of it the hard way. Now I've put it all in a book - two books, actually, because there's too much information to fit in one volume. Absolutely everything you need to know about country living and homesteading, to help you move from the suburbs or city out to the country, and thrive once you're there. Whether you want to plant orchards and raise livestock, or just want to have a few chickens for eggs, my books will give you everything you need to know. They'll tell you what equipment and tools you need, and show you the skills to use them. You can move to the countryside, work a good-paying job, see your cost of living drop, and see your quality of life improve. The only tricky part is learning the skills. When I moved to the country, I didn’t even know what questions to ask. I had to learn thousands of things about tractors, gardens, compost, livestock, and more. A lot of it the hard way. Now I've put it all in a book - two books, actually, because there's too much information to fit in one volume. Absolutely everything you need to know about country living and homesteading, to help you move from the suburbs or city out to the country, and thrive once you're there. Whether you want to plant orchards and raise livestock, or just want to have a few chickens for eggs, my books will give you everything you need to know. They'll tell you what equipment and tools you need, and show you the skills to use them. You can move to the countryside, work a good-paying job, see your cost of living drop, and see your quality of life improve. The only tricky part is learning the skills. When I moved to the country, I didn’t even know what questions to ask. I had to learn thousands of things about tractors, gardens, compost, livestock, and more. A lot of it the hard way. Now I've put it all in a book - two books, actually, because there's too much information to fit in one volume. Absolutely everything you need to know about country living and homesteading, to help you move from the suburbs or city out to the country, and thrive once you're there. Whether you want to plant orchards and raise livestock, or just want to have a few chickens for eggs, my books will give you everything you need to know. They'll tell you what equipment and tools you need, and show you the skills to use them. learn how to grow grapes peaches tomatoes garlic...and much more! Why this book ? There are endless books on gardening, farming, and homesteading - I know, I own hundreds of them. All of them have three failures. They don’t have sufficient breadth. One will talk about compost but not gardening. Another will talk about gardening, but not tractors. They all have blind spots. Especially about the basic stuff. They forget that thousands of things aren't obvious to everyone. The difference between straw and hay, between sweet corn and field corn, discing versus plowing versus rototilling, pastures versus fields, the different kinds of fencing, how utilities differ from the suburbs to the countryside. A book on gardening doesn’t tell you what you really need to know about hoses. A book on firewood might tell you to haul logs with your tractor, but not everything you need to do it safely. Lack of itemized lists and step-by-step instructions. For every topic, there's a conversational discussion, but I follow that up with simple checklists, overviews, alternative choices for different budgets or enthusiasm levels, and step by step instructions. I also included dozens of recipes for every vegetable and fruit I grow, and for every part of every animal I raise farm-to-table recipes apple cobbler red wine from your own grapes beef fajitas Asian fried pork chop cutlets head cheese English black pudding ...and dozens more These books deliver You get all the benefit of my experience - including dozens of misadventures, so you can learn from my mistakes. Broken sheer pins, logs jammed in snow blowers, bent tractor buckets, the wrong way to make vineyard trellises, invasive weeds and what not to do with them, trees falling where they shouldn't, broken tractor implements, trespassing neighbors, dogs barking at coyotes, dogs barking at bears, and escaped sheep. Over the last decades millions of people have become interested in gardening, ethically raised meat, becoming more self-sufficient, and having a lifestyle that doesn't feel consumerist and fake. I’m guessing you’re one of them. Whatever your dream of living in the country is like - a small vegetable garden, eating home made bacon in an off-grid compound, or just having a bigger house than you have no and heating it with a wood burning stove - I'll tell you everything you need to know to plan realistically, and how to make your move to your country dream home a success. You get all the benefit of my experience - including dozens of misadventures, so you can learn from my mistakes. Broken sheer pins, logs jammed in snow blowers, bent tractor buckets, the wrong way to make vineyard trellises, invasive weeds and what not to do with them, trees falling where they shouldn't, broken tractor implements, trespassing neighbors, dogs barking at coyotes, dogs barking at bears, and escaped sheep. Over the last decades millions of people have become interested in gardening, ethically raised meat, becoming more self-sufficient, and having a lifestyle that doesn't feel consumerist and fake. I’m guessing you’re one of them. Whatever your dream of living in the country is like - a small vegetable garden, eating home made bacon in an off-grid compound, or just having a bigger house than you have no and heating it with a wood burning stove - I'll tell you everything you need to know to plan realistically, and how to make your move to your country dream home a success. You get all the benefit of my experience - including dozens of misadventures, so you can learn from my mistakes. Broken sheer pins, logs jammed in snow blowers, bent tractor buckets, the wrong way to make vineyard trellises, invasive weeds and what not to do with them, trees falling where they shouldn't, broken tractor implements, trespassing neighbors, dogs barking at coyotes, dogs barking at bears, and escaped sheep. Over the last decades millions of people have become interested in gardening, ethically raised meat, becoming more self-sufficient, and having a lifestyle that doesn't feel consumerist and fake. I’m guessing you’re one of them. Whatever your dream of living in the country is like - a small vegetable garden, eating home made bacon in an off-grid compound, or just having a bigger house than you have no and heating it with a wood burning stove - I'll tell you everything you need to know to plan realistically, and how to make your move to your country dream home a success. These books deliver You get all the benefit of my experience - including dozens of misadventures, so you can learn from my mistakes. Broken sheer pins, logs jammed in snow blowers, bent tractor buckets, the wrong way to make vineyard trellises, invasive weeds and what not to do with them, trees falling where they shouldn't, broken tractor implements, trespassing neighbors, dogs barking at coyotes, dogs barking at bears, and escaped sheep. Over the last decades millions of people have become interested in gardening, ethically raised meat, becoming more self-sufficient, and having a lifestyle that doesn't feel consumerist and fake. I’m guessing you’re one of them. Whatever your dream of living in the country is like - a small vegetable garden, eating home made bacon in an off-grid compound, or just having a bigger house than you have no and heating it with a wood burning stove - I'll tell you everything you need to know to plan realistically, and how to make your move to your country dream home a success. heat your house with firewood maintenance isn't hard when you know how raising livestock is easier than you think good land is more affordable than you realize
✔ Author(s): Travis J I Corcoran
✔ Title: Escape the City volume 1 (Escape the City: A How-To Homesteading Guide)
✔ Rating : 4.9 out of 5 base on (213 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: B093BC3K1T
✔ ISBN-13: 978B093BC3K10
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
Readers' opinions about Escape the City volume 1 by Travis J I Corcoran
Aileen Menzie
I couldn't stop raving about this book to my friends and family. It's a literary gem that deserves all the praise. I can't wait to dive into more works by this talented author.
Iris Watts
The rich historical context of the book added a layer of depth that I found fascinating. It was like stepping back in time and experiencing history firsthand.
Laura Hill
This book is a work of art. The language, the imagery, the symbolism - everything came together beautifully to create a memorable reading experience.
