Mini Farming Handbook (eBook)

Brett L. Markham (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
272 Seiten
Skyhorse (Verlag)
978-1-62914-287-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Bestselling author Brett Markhams new handbook gives us the mini farming basics along with in-depth tips on vegetable gardening, fermenting, composting, and self-sufficiency in a handy new format and design. Includes: Soil management and making your own fertilizer Crop rotation and cover cropping Composting Seed starting and timing/planning Raised beds and pest management Pvc trellising and planting spacers Raising chickens, making your own chicken plucker, and butchering Growing fruit/nut trees and vines Food preservation (canning and freezing) Fermenting wine, vinegar and cheeseWith the full color photographs that made the original Mini Farming so popular, and step by step drawings, projects, graphs, and tables, youll have everything you need for your new or established mini farm at your fingertips. So dive in a learn how to begin and cultivate your own mini farm on less than a quarter acre.

Autor

Brett L. Markham is an engineer, third-generation farmer, and polymath. Using the methods explained in his bestselling series Mini Farming, he runs a profitable, Certi?ed Naturally Grown mini farm on less than half an acre. Brett works full time as an engineer for a broadband ISP and farms in his spare time.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.5.2014
• Zusatzinfo: Color photos throughout
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: backyard chickens • backyard gardener • biodynamic • chicken tractor • color photos • common sense grafting • companion planting • compost pile • crop rotation • family's food • Food preservation • food production • foot gardening • Fresh produce • Fruit Trees • Garden design • gardening method • gardening techniques • gardening tips • garden season • grow food • home garden • intensive agriculture starting seeds • Intensive Farming • intensive gardening • jeavons • money saving • novice gardener • organic food • Organic Gardening • organic practices • pest control • planters • Plant nutrition • plant types • PR • practical advice • Practical information • productive garden • quarter acre • raise chickens • raised beds • raising animals • Raising chickens • reference guide • reference manual • save money • saving seeds • scale farming • seed saving • self sufficiency • self sufficient • selling farm • soil amendments • soil preparation • square feet • Square foot • step guide • sustainable agriculture • Technical Information • urban farmer • Urban Farming • vegetable garden • vegetable gardening • veggie garden
• ISBN-10: 1-62914-287-5 / 1629142875
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62914-287-6 / 9781629142876