Backyard homesteading : a back-to-basics guide to self-sufficiency

Format:

Book

Title:

Backyard homesteading : a back-to-basics guide to self-sufficiency

Other title(s):

Creative Homeowner backyard homesteading

Author:

Toht, David.

ISBN:

9781580115216

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

255 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

General Note:

At head of title: Creative Homeowner.

Includes index.

Contents:

Getting started -- Raising vegetables and herbs -- Growing fruits, berries, and nuts -- Raising chickens -- Raising goats -- Beekeeping -- Harvest home.

Summary:

'Backyard Homesteading' addresses the needs of many people who want to take control of the food they eat and the products they use--even if they live in an urban or suburban house on a typical-size lot. It shows homeowners how to turn their yard into a productive and wholesome 'homestead' that allows them to grow their own fruits and vegetables and raise farm animals.

Subject(s):

Agriculture -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Organic farming -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Organic gardening -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Backyard gardens -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Kitchen gardens -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Food animals -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Self-reliant living -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Home economics, Rural -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Food -- Preservation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Urban agriculture.

Chickens.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Added Corporate Author:

Creative Homeowner Press.

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Independence Public Library	640 TOHT 2011	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Newberg Public Library	640.973 TOHT	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Sheridan Public Library	640 Toht	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

This award-winning book addresses the needs of people who want to take control of the food they eat and the products they use--even if they live in an urban or suburban house on a typical-size lot. It shows homeowners how to turn their yard into a sustainable and self-sufficient "homestead" for raising livestock and providing homegrown food including fruits, vegetables, honey, eggs, milk, and meat. Backyard Homesteading also provides practical instructions for preserving food, making beer and wine, making soap, and more. Well illustrated with new photographs and illustrations, this revised 2nd edition provides important new information on attracting pollinators, and an expanded section on raising chickens.

Author Notes

Dave Toht, once the proud owner of eight brown-egg biddies, has more than 60 how-to books to this credit. He considers harvesting a sun-warmed tomato from his own garden one of life's sweetest pleasures. He and his wife, Rebecca, live in Olympia, Washington.