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Live a more sustainable lifestyle
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.
List of contents
Introduction 1
Book 1: Creating a Garden 5
Chapter 1: Planning Your Garden 7
Chapter 2: Deciding What to Grow 41
Chapter 3: Preparing to Plant 65
Chapter 4: Planting 95
Chapter 5: Growing Your Garden 125
Chapter 6: Dealing with Weeds and Pests 155
Chapter 7: Extending Your Season 171
Book 2: Preserving the Harvest 181
Chapter 1: Canning Basics 183
Chapter 2: Water-Bath Canning 197
Chapter 3: Pressure Canning 231
Chapter 4: Pickling 269
Chapter 5: Freezing 291
Chapter 6: Drying 319
Chapter 7: Root Cellaring and Storage 357
Book 3: Making Your Own 369
Chapter 1: Brewing Beer 371
Chapter 2: Fermenting 389
Chapter 3: Baking Bread 425
Chapter 4: Making Candles and Soap 441
Book 4: Raising Animals 455
Chapter 1: Introducing Beekeeping 457
Chapter 2: Caring for Your Bee Colony 473
Chapter 3: Introducing Backyard Chickens 509
Chapter 4: Raising Your Chicken Flock 529
Chapter 5: Opting for Other Animals 553
Book 5: Building It Yourself 559
Chapter 1: Starting Small with Garden Projects 561
Chapter 2: Building a Backyard Beehive 581
Chapter 3: Building a Chicken Coop 603
Index 631
About the author
Todd Brock is a television writer and producer whose work includes PBS's
Growing a Greener World, DIY Network's
Fresh From the Garden, and HGTV's
Ground Breakers. He is the coauthor of
Building Chicken Coops For Dummies.
Summary
Live a more sustainable lifestyle
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.
