A practical guide to simple living: Attracting Hummingbirds, Baking basic Bread, Breeding Livestock, Building Home-brew Equipment, Caning chairs, Concocting elixirs and remedies, Constructing chicken coops, Cooking with fresh sausage, Crafting hand-dipped candles, Cultivating a garlic patch, Drawing maple syrup, Fabricating natural milk soap, Farming blackberries, Fashioning a gingerbread house, Growing the best tomatoes, Interlacing grapevine wreaths,...

Freed guides readers on how to buy and maintain a home, dress well, stay healthy, save money, and be lazy, proud, miserly, and honest, all while enjoying leisure and keeping up a middle-class fa?cade. Possum Living instructs on practical matters, including how to grow and can food, raise and slaughter rabbits, catch and cook fish and turtles, and distill your own moonshine.