Backyard Homesteading: A Back-to-Basics Guide to Self-Sufficiency (2) (Gardening Ser.)

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Synopsis
A simple guide to growing fruits, vegetables, nuts & berries, raising chickens, goats, & bees, and making beer, wine, & cider from your backyard.If you want to take control of the food you eat and the products you use, Backyard Homesteading will help you learn how to do it—even if you live in an urban or suburban house on a typical-size lot. Inside, you’ll discover how to turn a yard into a productive and wholesome “homestead” that allows you to grow your own fruits and vegetables and raise farm animals, including chickens and goats. You’ll also find the laws and regulations of raising livestock in populated areas, as well as ways to use and preserve the bounty your land produces.GETTING STARTEDBenefits of pure foodFamily recreationLocal regulationsPotential yields and savingsRAISING VEGETABLES AND HERBSGarden planning/layoutStructures/irrigationVegetable profilesPlanting techniquesComposting/healthy soilSeasonal gardeningGROWING FRUITS, BERRIES, AND NUTSPlanting fruit trees and bushesFruit profilesOrganic pest controlGrafting and pruningHarvesting methodsRAISING CHICKENSThe joy of chickensCollecting eggsCare and feeding tipsOther small animalsRAISING GOATSBenefits of goat milkStructures/fencingCare and feeding tipsOther large animalsBEEKEEPINGBenefits of beekeepingCare and harvestingBuilding hivesCollecting honeyHARVEST HOMECanning/drying/freezingMaking beer, wine, ciderMaking jerky, sausageMaking jams, jelliesPickling/salting/smokingBuilding root cellars
Copyright:
2018

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
256 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781607654414
Related ISBNs:
9781580115216
Publisher:
Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Incorporated
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Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Reference, Animals, Cooking, Food and Wine, Home and Garden, Technology
Grade Levels:
Fifth grade
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Bookshare Staff
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