Just add Salt - Growing Skills to Survive

An almanac of simple family survival skills: salt, water, warmth, food/foraging, small animal butchering, fire skills and alternative cooking or cooling of food, food storage, simple herbs and healing, managing milking cows and small animals for food and milk, simple candles from fat, make vinegar and care for babies, and so much more. These are not computer generated ideas but lessons learnt from personal experience and low income, living remotely. Including family and home photos for each chapter, this book is a realistic approach to managing without a good income and with few resources. If you don't need this book right now, you may be glad you have it on hand for the future! Just Add Salt also contains verses for your encouragement.

About the Author :
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, 1963. Dad was a make it, fix it, get in and get dirty, dress sharp, work hard sort of bloke. Mum had many skills, sewing, gardening, budgeting, cooking... Both were creative, clever, capable, systematic, problem solvers, and hard workers. I worked in horticulture. I was part of the first horticultural cadetship run by the Tauranga Polytechnic. I worked in Horticulture. Throughout this time, struggling to save for my own place, I made a big effort to grow lots of veggies and preserve fruit. There was a lot of 'make do and mend' going on. At thirty years old, I lived in a remote area in an old caravan for two years while building an off-grid home. I had a wonderful journey of discovery of how to live differently, no electricity or local shop, just a big garden. I lived there for nine years and still miss this home in the hills. At forty, I moved to the Far North, New Zealand. I had two children, Holly May and Robert, with my husband Bob. I met amazing people who lived in what others might consider an extreme self sufficient way and learnt so much. I have cooked on wood stoves for thirty years, mostly in the winter. I've milked cows and goats, kept a range of poultry, and learnt many methods of food preservation. I am now sixty and slowing down a bit, so I wish to pass on any helpful things and ways of getting through the years we are coming to. Faith in God is surely our greatest comfort, and His guidance, love, and promises are our greatest needs

Review :
While Denese Sheree's first book A Change of Seasons teaches practical ways to become self-sufficient in the garden, Just Add Salt widens the net. This book is a treasure trove of tried and tested ways to live with less dependence on 'the system'. From bottling to candle making to butchering to setting up a water supply and so much more, Denese shares her wealth of knowledge gained from decades of off-grid and nature-focused living. If you are looking to become more self-sufficient, this is the book for you! --Susanna Schollum We have become so reliant on the shops for all our needs and blindly assume that they and the internet will always be there. In just a few generations, priceless knowledge on basic survival has been lost. A hundred years ago, every house had a home encyclopedia with advice on everything from taxidermy to toxicology and beyond. Just Add Salt is just such a resource, with invaluable advice on living sustainably delivered in a personal and easy-to-read format. This is a lovely book that you can hold in your hands and your heart. -Sharon O'Callahan