The Backyard Homestead
Produce all the Food You Need on Just a Quarter Acre!
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The Backyard Homestead
Whether you want to start small (Did you know that just one self-watering container can yield 15 pounds of tomatoes?) or you’re ready for the whole shebang (chickens, vegetable and herb gardens, a fruit grove, a beehive and a goat!), this country-wise book shows you the best ways to grow your own organic produce and raise your own animals—then cook, preserve, cure, brew or pickle the fruits of your labor. With all the super-useful instructions and diagrams in The Backyard Homestead and Carleen Madigan’s great advice, you can sprout and gather seeds; make sauerkraut, yogurt, wine or jerky; milk a cow; forage food from the wild…that’s the tiniest sampling of what you’ll learn. Self-sufficiency has never been this much fun!
Softcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Storey Publishing LLC ( February 18, 2009 )
Item #: 42-8422
ISBN: 9781603421386
Product Dimensions: 7.0 x 9.0 x 0.0 inches
Product Weight: 25.0 ounces
Everyone should have one of these books!
June 17, 2010
I saw this book online and it looked interesting. I checked it out at the library and liked it so much, I decided to buy one for myself. Well, I have now purchased one for each of my six grown children and four friends. There is so much information that is useful and needed in times when we may be getting more back to the basics than we want too. We, as a family, have already aquired much of this knowledge over the years but some of it has gone by the wayside. Now it is all in one place again!! Thanks so very much. By the way if you haven't read the poultry section, check out the egg production part. Amazing!!
Reviewer: Vonnie M
May 28, 2010
Reviewer: Angela
handy little reference
April 26, 2010
find it helpful with extra ideas to add to my current knowledge..i am keeping it..
Reviewer: sue
Great resource
March 24, 2010
Although my family already does a lot of the things in this book, I was delighted to find many new ideas. Great resource!
Reviewer: Deb
March 22, 2010
Even if you don't have a quarter of an acre, this book is a pleasure to read. Compost for your dreams!
Reviewer: Ml
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