While raising sheep, goats and chickens on a farm in Albion (Mendocino County), Ms. Tetrault lived at Timothy Leary's commune in Millbrook, N.Y., then headed west. But she dropped out in her junior year, because she thought the college was too stuffy, and she felt the pull of the hippie culture and the 1960s women's movement, Zaitlin said. She studied poetry and philosophy at Vassar College in New York. Petersburg, Fla., and grew up in Massachusetts. She felt people were just afraid sometimes - they needed things demystified." "Most important to her was teaching people. ISBN: 2-2."She needed three lives to do everything she wanted to do," said Tetrault's partner, Jan Zaitlin.
A few of the topics include: Choosing Your Land Finding Water Electric Pump Repair Wood Het Stoves Choosing and Handling Wood Fighting Fires Speed Composting Drying Foods Fencing Sheep and Goat Feeders Cheesemaking Butchering Canning Very good for its age.
It was a powerful tool for women in the 1970?s and remains true today for anyone embarking on this journey, with it?s practical ?how to? knowledge and insightful sharing of inspiration. This is that compilation to be used again and again by anyone who has the love and ambition of living on and with the land.
After a time and many requests for article reprints, a project was born to compile an anthology of many of the articles that were popular through the magazine. This grew into what became a nationally distributed magazine on the topic with articles from many women, who willingly shared their knowledge and experience. It grew from a handful of women who found themselves with a common interest and both the need and reassurance of sharing their concerns and successes with living on the land. This book is an anthology of writing by women for women who want to learn to successfully live on the land. Walden, Leona (Illustrations) Bailey, Sally (Photography) (illustrator).
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