The Backyard Homestead: Produce All the Food You Need on Just a Quarter Acre!

Description

Using this simple step-by-step guidebook discover how to produce fresh, organic food for your family–all year round!

This comprehensive guide to homesteading provides all the information you need to grow and preserve a sustainable harvest of grains and vegetables; raise animals for meat, eggs, and dairy; and keep honey bees for your sweeter days. With easy-to-follow instructions on canning, drying, and pickling, you’ll enjoy your backyard bounty all winter long.

Also available in this series: The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner, The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects, The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals, and The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Carleen Madigan
Published: 02/11/2009
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 9781603421386
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 1.10″ H x 8.90″ L x 6.90″ W

Award: 2009 Books for a Better Life Finalist – Green
Award: 2009 IndieFab awards Gold Medal Winner – Home/Garden

About the Author
Madigan, Carleen: –

Before becoming an editor at Storey Publishing, Carleen Madigan was managing editor of Horticulture magazine and lived on an organic farm outside Boston, Massachusetts, where she learned the homesteading skills contained in The Backyard Homestead. She enjoys gardening, hiking, foraging, baking, spinning wool, and knitting.