Brock, Todd,

Backyard homesteading all-in-one / Backyard homesteading all-in-one for dummies. by Todd Brock [and various others]. - xxi, 657 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - For dummies. . - For dummies. .

Includes index. "5 books in one!"--Cover.

Creating a garden -- Preserving the harvest -- Making your own -- Raising animals -- Building it yourself.

Historically referred to as a government program for revitalizing undesirable living areas, "homesteading" today has come to mean the pursuit of a self-sufficient lifestyle. Homesteading can include everything from keeping bees, growing vegetables, and composting to installing solar panels, creating a rain barrel, and canning your own food,—plus much more. Backyard Homesteading All-in-One For Dummies has a little bit of everything for the homesteader in all of us. It walks you through the basics of creating your own sustainable homestead and offers expert tips and tricks for making it as easy and successful as possible. Raise chickens; Keep bees; Compost; Can and preserve. This book gives you everything you need to embark on your own homesteading adventure.

9781119550754 1119550750

2019936496


Subsistence farming--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Self-reliant living--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Organic farming--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Organic gardening--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Backyard gardens--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Kitchen gardens--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Home economics, Rural--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Food--Preservation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Urban agriculture--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

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