Author: Jessica Sowards Publisher: ISBN: 0760372357 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 194
Book Description
The First-Time Homesteader has all the essential information you need to start a homestead in the city, country, or suburbia, including advice on gardening, raising chickens, keeping bees, starting a home dairy, and living more resourcefully.
Author: Jessica Sowards Publisher: ISBN: 0760372357 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 194
Book Description
The First-Time Homesteader has all the essential information you need to start a homestead in the city, country, or suburbia, including advice on gardening, raising chickens, keeping bees, starting a home dairy, and living more resourcefully.
Author: Lisa Lombardo Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN: 164739712X Category : House & Home Languages : en Pages : 181
Book Description
Farm to table takes on new meaning with this comprehensive beginner's guide to creating a backyard homestead. Learn how to convert your yard into a sustainable and self-reliant space that reduces waste and puts food on your plate. Filled with practical advice and straightforward lessons, you'll soon see how feasible it is to keep poultry or can fruit you've grown. Whether you have a tiny plot or a large estate, The Beginner's Guide to Backyard Homesteading demonstrates that anyone can start living off their land. This homesteading book offers up indispensable tips and tricks, including: Project action plans—Kick-starting your homesteading journey is a breeze with action plans that help you break down necessary materials, project costs, monthly goals, and more. Seasonal timelines—Knowing what to plant and when is crucial to your success. These precise timelines reveal the ideal schedules for everything from starting seedlings to harvesting honey. Exhaustive instructions—Learn how to build the infrastructure you need with easy-to-follow directions. You'll find yourself constructing raised beds and planting fruit trees in no time. Jump into a more sustainable, affordable, and fulfilling lifestyle with The Beginner's Guide to Backyard Homesteading.
Author: David Toht Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing ISBN: 1607654415 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 523
Book Description
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 STARTED Benefits of pure food Family recreation Local regulations Potential yields and savings RAISING VEGETABLES AND HERBS Garden planning/layout Structures/irrigation Vegetable profiles Planting techniques Composting/healthy soil Seasonal gardening GROWING FRUITS, BERRIES, AND NUTS Planting fruit trees and bushes Fruit profiles Organic pest control Grafting and pruning Harvesting methods RAISING CHICKENS The joy of chickens Collecting eggs Care and feeding tips Other small animals RAISING GOATS Benefits of goat milk Structures/fencing Care and feeding tips Other large animals BEEKEEPING Benefits of beekeeping Care and harvesting Building hives Collecting honey HARVEST HOME Canning/drying/freezing Making beer, wine, cider Making jerky, sausage Making jams, jellies Pickling/salting/smoking Building root cellars
Author: Nancy Ross Publisher: Vdv Publishing ISBN: 1508056498 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 29
Book Description
Do you want to learn how to live more self sufficient by using the tools of homesteading? Whether you want to learn how to raise your own livestock, garden for yourself, or preserve your own food this book will help! Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... The Basics of Homesteading Raising Your Own Livestock in Your Backyard The Magic of Gardening for Your Own Food Preserving Your Food for Winter Making Your Own Clothes Making Your Own Household Items Much, Much, More!
Author: Abigail Gehring Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc. ISBN: 1602397473 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 463
Book Description
For readers who want to shrink their carbon footprint, save money, and eat homegrown food whenever possible, this large, fully-illustrated guide--and companion to the bestseller "Back to Basics"--provides the basics of living a good, clean life.
Author: Caroline Perry Publisher: ISBN: 9781515293651 Category : Languages : en Pages : 32
Book Description
"HomesteadingA Beginner's Guide To Urban Homesteading For Ultimate Self Sufficiency And Survival Without Having To Rely On Anybody Else!An overview of the things you need to know and do to get started on your personal self-sufficiency homestead. The book covers topics such as skills you will need, options for energy, growing your own food and touches on developing your own food storage system.This no-nonsense account doesn't pull punches when it discusses pros and cons of various approaches. However it is an excellent book for beginning homesteaders, and those who are thinking about a self-sufficiency homestead. It talks about acquiring your homestead, maintaining an income, and methods for food growth and production.It also discusses various methods for providing light and heat for your home without relying on fossil fuels. It touches on set-up costs, maintaining your own system and selling power to established power companies.The author gives a list of useful books and references at the end of the book, for further reading. These or similar references could begin the core of the reference library recommended for beginning homesteaders. At all phases, the author recommends learning skills and being informed about current practices and regulations.
Author: Jill Winger Publisher: Flatiron Books ISBN: 1250305942 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 384
Book Description
Jill Winger, creator of the award-winning blog The Prairie Homestead, introduces her debut The Prairie Homestead Cookbook, including 100+ delicious, wholesome recipes made with fresh ingredients to bring the flavors and spirit of homestead cooking to any kitchen table. With a foreword by bestselling author Joel Salatin The Pioneer Woman Cooks meets 100 Days of Real Food, on the Wyoming prairie. While Jill produces much of her own food on her Wyoming ranch, you don’t have to grow all—or even any—of your own food to cook and eat like a homesteader. Jill teaches people how to make delicious traditional American comfort food recipes with whole ingredients and shows that you don’t have to use obscure items to enjoy this lifestyle. And as a busy mother of three, Jill knows how to make recipes easy and delicious for all ages. "Jill takes you on an insightful and delicious journey of becoming a homesteader. This book is packed with so much easy to follow, practical, hands-on information about steps you can take towards integrating homesteading into your life. It is packed full of exciting and mouth-watering recipes and heartwarming stories of her unique adventure into homesteading. These recipes are ones I know I will be using regularly in my kitchen." - Eve Kilcher These 109 recipes include her family’s favorites, with maple-glazed pork chops, butternut Alfredo pasta, and browned butter skillet corn. Jill also shares 17 bonus recipes for homemade sauces, salt rubs, sour cream, and the like—staples that many people are surprised to learn you can make yourself. Beyond these recipes, The Prairie Homestead Cookbook shares the tools and tips Jill has learned from life on the homestead, like how to churn your own butter, feed a family on a budget, and experience all the fulfilling satisfaction of a DIY lifestyle.
Author: Frank Harrison Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
BEGINNERS GUIDE TO HOMESTEAD Every Step Needed to Become a Successful Homesteader. It can take some time to move from a conventional modern lifestyle to homesteading. You don't have to sell up your belongings and relocate to the country at once. Many people have romantic and idealized notions of what homesteading would look like. To begin homesteading, you don't have to move to a farm. Any action you take to increase your level of self-sufficiency, reduce expenses, and live more closely to nature will start moving you in the right path. Start growing your personal food; learn how to sew and food preservation skills, and other useful skills. You will discover what a homestead is in this article, along with the benefits of starting one. Next, we'll go over how to get started, including planning, setting goals, and the skills you'll need.
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