Backyard Homesteading (eBook)

A Back-to-Basics Guide to Self-Sufficiency

David Toht (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017 | First
250 Seiten
Fox Chapel Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-60765-441-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Backyard Homesteading helps any homeowner turn their yard--no matter how small it may be--into a productive area that provides homegrown food, including fruits, vegetables, honey, eggs,  milk, and meat. In addition to covering the topics of growing and raising fruits, vegetables, and common farm animals, Backyard Homesteading shows readers how to use and  preserve the bounty they produce.

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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 "e;homestead"e; 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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.4.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Gardening
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: attracting pollinators • back-to-basics • Backyard Farming • backyard homesteading • Beekeeping • brewing beer • canning food • composting • creative homeowner • david toht • drying food • eggs • freezing food • fruits • Garden • Gardening • garden planning • Goat milk • growing fruits • growing vegetables|homegrown food • homeowner • Homestead • homesteading • homesteading book • homesteading guide • honey • ipba • keeping bees • make beer • make cheese • make cider • make honey
• ISBN-10: 1-60765-441-5 / 1607654415
• ISBN-13: 978-1-60765-441-4 / 9781607654414