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The Backyard Homestead

This series offers a comprehensive guide for anyone looking to become more self-sufficient and live closer to nature. It provides practical advice and detailed instructions for growing your own food, raising small livestock, and preserving harvests. Ideal for aspiring and experienced homesteaders alike, it empowers readers to cultivate a more sustainable lifestyle right in their own backyard.

The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects
The backyard homestead

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  • 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.

    The backyard homestead
  • Offers instructions for everything from plant supports and a clothesline to a potting bench, a chicken coop, a hoop greenhouse, a cold frame, a beehive, a root cellar with storage bins, and an outdoor shower. In this title, most of the projects are suitable for complete novices, and all use just basic tools and standard building materials.

    The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects