BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20181207T000000Z DTEND:20181207T010000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Author Talk and Book Signing: Kirsten Lie-Nielsen “So You Want To Be A Modern Homesteader?: All the Dirt on Living the Good Life” DESCRIPTION:Kirsten Lie-Nielsen moved to an abandoned farm in Liberty\, Maine and is restoring the property to its former glory. Join Lie-Nielsen at the Jesup Memorial Library on Thursday\, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. as she talks about homesteading and her new book "So You Want To Be A Modern Homesteader?: All the Dirt on Living the Good Life." \n\n \n\nThe book is a realistic look for people considering the homesteading lifestyle\, and features about the surprises of country living as well as explaining practical things like heating with a wood stove and raising animals for food. Lie-Nielsen also covers things like finding the right property\, practical "must-have" skills\, earning an income and farming on a budget\, creating community and much more.\n\n \n\nLie-Nielsen runs Hostile Valley Farm with her husband. After starting a small hobby homestead\, her endeavors quickly grew to encompass geese\, goats\, chickens\, bees\, ducks\, and extensive vegetable and herb gardens.Her first book\, "A Modern Homesteader's Guide to Keeping Geese\," is a practical guide for homesteaders\, small farmers\, permaculturists\, and professional farmers looking to add geese to their land. She also writes about her experiences as a homesteader and the lessons of life on the farm for publications such as Grit\, Mother Earth News\, Backyard Poultry\, and Hobbyfarms.com.\n\n \n\nFor more information on Lie-Nielsen visit www.hostilevalleyliving.com and for more information on the talk contact the Jesup at 207-288-4245 or mrice@jesuplibrary.org. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Kirsten Lie-Nielsen moved to an abandoned farm in Liberty\, Maine and is restoring the property to its former glory. Join Lie-Nielsen at the Jesup Memorial Library on Thursday\, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. as she talks about homesteading and her new book &ldquo\;So You Want To Be A Modern Homesteader?: All the Dirt on Living the Good Life.&rdquo\;  \;
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\nThe book is a realistic look for people considering the homesteading lifestyle\, and features about the surprises of country living as well as explaining practical things like heating with a wood stove and raising animals for food. Lie-Nielsen also covers things like finding the right property\, practical &ldquo\;must-have&rdquo\; skills\, earning an income and farming on a budget\, creating community and much more.
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\nLie-Nielsen runs Hostile Valley Farm with her husband. After starting a small hobby homestead\, her endeavors quickly grew to encompass geese\, goats\, chickens\, bees\, ducks\, and extensive vegetable and herb gardens.Her first book\, \;&ldquo\;A Modern Homesteader'\;s Guide to Keeping Geese\,&rdquo\; is a practical guide for homesteaders\, small farmers\, permaculturists\, and professional farmers looking to add geese to their land. \; She also writes about her experiences as a homesteader and the lessons of life on the farm for publications such as Grit\, Mother Earth News\, Backyard Poultry\, and Hobbyfarms.com.
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\nFor more information on Lie-Nielsen visit www.hostilevalleyliving.com and for more information on the talk contact the Jesup at 207-288-4245 or mrice@jesuplibrary.org.
\n \; LOCATION:Jesup Memorial Library\, 34 Mt. Desert St.\, Bar Harbor\, ME 04609 UID:e.3061.4728 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260420T101335Z URL:https://www.visitbarharbor.com/events/details/author-talk-and-book-signing-kirsten-lie-nielsen-so-you-want-to-be-a-modern-homesteader-all-the-dirt-on-living-the-good-life-4728 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR