Backyard Homesteading, Second Revised Edition: A Back-to-Basics Guide for Self-Sufficiency (Creative Homeowner) Turn Your Yard into a Productive, Sustainable Homestead: Fruit, Veg, Chickens, and More - Softcover

David Toht

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580118178 ISBN 13: 9781580118170

Publisher: Design Originals, 2018

Synopsis

Turn your backyard—no matter how small—into a sustainable and self-sufficient homestead for raising livestock and cultivating homegrown food!

• Take control of the food you eat and the products you use—even if you live in an urban or suburban home
• Practical instructions for growing fruit and vegetables, raising chickens and other animals, keeping bees, preserving food, making beer & wine, and more
• Covers the laws and regulations about raising livestock in populated areas
• Includes information on off-season gardening, plus new photographs and illustrations

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.

Backyard Homesteading shows homeowners how to turn your 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.

Gold Award Winner, Home & Garden — Independent Publisher Book Awards

About this title

About the Author

Dave Toht, a former contractor with decades of hands-on experience, fondly remembers his first house located in the sometimes frigid, sometimes frying Midwest. Built in 1854, it was loaded with opportunities for caulking, glazing, weatherstripping and insulating. He has written or edited more than 60 books on home repair and remodeling.

From the Back Cover

Turn Your Yard into a Sustainable
and Self-Sufficient Homestead

If you're ready to embark on the adventure of producing your own food, this handy reference book will show you how! Backyard Homesteading is full of everything you need to know to take control of the food you eat—even if you live in an urban or suburban house on a typical-size lot. It shows how to turn any yard into a productive homestead for raising livestock and homegrown food like fruits, vegetables, herbs, berries, nuts, honey, eggs, milk, meat, and more. This comprehensive new edition also includes practical advice on dealing with garden pests, helping chickens through rough winters, preserving food, drying herbs, and making your own soap.

"An excellent starting point for those interested in urban homesteading . . . it will inspire you to dream big and give you a gentle nudge in the right direction"
—Tobias Whitaker, SeedToHarvest.blogspot.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Design Originals
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580118178
• ISBN 13: 9781580118170
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 312