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Backyard Farming: Homesteading: The Complete Guide to Self-Sufficiency
Your Backyard Farming Experience Begins Here!
Join the Backyard Farming Movement and Turn Your Home into a Homestead!
Backyard Homesteading is your all-in-one guide to successfully turning your rural property, suburban home, or urban dwelling into a productive food oasis. Covering every topic from finding and developing the perfect property, as well as which produce and livestock combinations are easiest to start with, Homesteading takes the anxiety and guesswork out of enjoying the backyard farming revolution.
Whether you have 100 acres of open land or just a small backyard or apartment terrace, Homesteading is the comprehensive primer for anyone looking to grow their own food. Including detailed instructions and informative photographs that help ensure your backyard farm is everything you want it to be, Homesteading walks you step by step through the process of planning and implementing your sustainable lifestyle.
With Homesteading , you
• Learn what to look for when considering properties for backyard farming
• Learn how to develop the property you already own into a homestead, regardless of size and space
• Find out which varieties of produce and livestock are easiest for a beginner
• Learn how to preserve your harvest
• Discover a variety of delicious recipes using produce from your own farm
...and many more tips to help you achieve success.
More than ever, people everywhere are making a return to the farming Homestreading is your first big step to joining the growing movement of these homemakers looking to a healthier, happier way of life—and it starts right in your own backyard.
Backyard Farming is a series of easy-to-use guides to help urban, suburban, and rural dwellers turn their homes into homesteads. Whether planning to grow food for the family or for sale at the local farmers market, Backyard Farming provides simple instruction and essential information in a convenient reference.
Join the Backyard Farming Movement and Turn Your Home into a Homestead!
Backyard Homesteading is your all-in-one guide to successfully turning your rural property, suburban home, or urban dwelling into a productive food oasis. Covering every topic from finding and developing the perfect property, as well as which produce and livestock combinations are easiest to start with, Homesteading takes the anxiety and guesswork out of enjoying the backyard farming revolution.
Whether you have 100 acres of open land or just a small backyard or apartment terrace, Homesteading is the comprehensive primer for anyone looking to grow their own food. Including detailed instructions and informative photographs that help ensure your backyard farm is everything you want it to be, Homesteading walks you step by step through the process of planning and implementing your sustainable lifestyle.
With Homesteading , you
• Learn what to look for when considering properties for backyard farming
• Learn how to develop the property you already own into a homestead, regardless of size and space
• Find out which varieties of produce and livestock are easiest for a beginner
• Learn how to preserve your harvest
• Discover a variety of delicious recipes using produce from your own farm
...and many more tips to help you achieve success.
More than ever, people everywhere are making a return to the farming Homestreading is your first big step to joining the growing movement of these homemakers looking to a healthier, happier way of life—and it starts right in your own backyard.
Backyard Farming is a series of easy-to-use guides to help urban, suburban, and rural dwellers turn their homes into homesteads. Whether planning to grow food for the family or for sale at the local farmers market, Backyard Farming provides simple instruction and essential information in a convenient reference.
160 pages, Paperback
First published September 29, 2015
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Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 reviews
February 13, 2019
Very common sense guide to homesteading, but not incredibly specific. If you'd looking at these books I'd recommend getting the whole series, not just going through them piecemeal.
November 6, 2021
The title claims to be a complete guide, when this is more of an introduction to the general idea. Most every section ends with telling you to do more research (via one of the other books in the series!) which, while certainly good advice, hardly lives up to said title. (This is to be expected, it is not a large book by any means.)
Hence, if you already know a thing or two about digging in the dirt or chasing chickens, you're not going to get very much out of it. If you're absolutely, totally, brand spanking new however, it is a good resource to inspire and link you to other, more in depth resources. I do appreciate that, and that it is easy to understand. It gives just enough of an overview of any given topic to pique interest and spark an idea. It kept me entertained during the slow moments at work.
Hence, if you already know a thing or two about digging in the dirt or chasing chickens, you're not going to get very much out of it. If you're absolutely, totally, brand spanking new however, it is a good resource to inspire and link you to other, more in depth resources. I do appreciate that, and that it is easy to understand. It gives just enough of an overview of any given topic to pique interest and spark an idea. It kept me entertained during the slow moments at work.
April 24, 2020
Great for beginners.
April 1, 2022
What a fantastic resource book! I borrowed this one from the library. However, I think I will try to find a used copy for my home library. It would be a great resource to have on hand for medicinal purposes and for dyeing fiber. There are also some really nice looking recipes at the back of the book.
August 11, 2018
This is a compact and very straightforward read and I learned a lot about a subject and lifestyle that I am interested in. I learned a lot! Very delightful illustrations throughout are a nice addition. This will be kept handy on the farm.
April 2, 2022
Informative, very basic, great for a first time gardner. There were a few weird sentences that just got me and I had to read a few times to understand what they were saying, but overall, a good resource.
April 27, 2018
Lots for great advice here, especially for beginners.
June 12, 2021
Very informative
December 30, 2024
Good info, but more like a complete intro vs. a complete guide. I appreciated it tho.
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