Farm DIY: 20 Useful and Fun Projects for Your Farm or Homestead (CompanionHouse Books) Step-by-Step Beehive, Log Jack, Rabbit Nest Box, Farmers' Market Display Stand, Sawhorses, Goat Seesaw, and More - Softcover

Johnson, Samantha; Johnson, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1620083329 ISBN 13: 9781620083321

Publisher: CompanionHouse Books, 2019

Synopsis

Roll Up Your Sleeves and Build a Better Farm! Loaded with complete plans and easy-to-follow construction tips, this book offers a creative mix of both practical and decorative projects for working and hobby farms. Veteran family farmers and 4-H alumni Samantha and Daniel Johnson present 20 essential projects for aspiring homesteaders. From log jacks, rabbit hutches, and milking stands to a weather vane and a barn quilt, clear step-by-step color photographs guide the reader through each hands-on project. An introduction to the DIY mindset explains the positive benefits and satisfaction of building things yourself, and provides an overview of the basic tools and skills needed to complete each task. Farm DIY also includes a background discussion of farming today, and instructions for building an effective farmer’s market display stand for selling your products. Inside Farm DIY · 20 step-by-step, do-it-yourself projects for creating the farm of your dreams. · Build practical items like fences, gates, bee houses, log jacks, rabbit hutches and milking stools. · Make fun items like a weather vane, a barn quilt and a goat see-saw. · Create an attractive display stand for selling your products at farmer’s markets. · Easy-to-complete projects all feature inexpensive materials and basic techniques.

About this title

About the Author

Samantha Johnson has collaborated on a number of rural-living guidebooks, including How to Raise Rabbits and Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping. A 4-H alumna who lives on a family farm in northern Wisconsin, Samantha is a certified horse show judge and raises purebred Welsh Mountain ponies and Dutch, Holland Lop, and Netherland Dwarf rabbits.

Daniel Johnson is a professional photographer who specializes in imagery of farm life. He is the author of the 4-H Guide to Digital Photography and the coauthor of The Field Guide to Horses. He lives on a family-owned horse farm in northern Wisconsin.

Review

When it comes to DIY project books, I have to say that Farm DIY: 20 Useful and Fun Projects for your Farm or Homestead is one of the best I have seen in a long time. Don’t get me wrong, I have seen some fantastic books lately, but very few go into the detail that the authors do in this book to make sure everyone knows how to do each project. Each project was created to be as informative as possible, including extremely detailed instructions in both picture and descriptive form. If there is one thing they want, it is for you to succeed with these projects. Honestly, just about anyone can do it with these instructions, even if you aren’t a homesteader or farmer. I personally love the instructions on caring for fruit trees and grafting, things that we do in our yard. As well, some of the projects are just fascinating to see unfold, including many of the ones for caring for bees. Overall, I love this book and consider it a must for anyone who owns their own homestead or farm! BudgetEarth.com

If you want to get excited all over again about your farm or homestead, pick up this book! It'll have you building adorable goat seesaws and crafting beautiful barn quilts―first in your fantasies, and eventually, in real life.
―Sierra Magazine

Whether you're raising bunnies, goats, or bees, Farm DIY will inspire you to grab a hammer and start building. You'll not only save yourself some money, but you'll enjoy a greater sense of satisfaction, and best of all, you'll have the most unique farm in the county!
―Lisa Steele, TV Host of Welcome to my Farm

Whether you are a novice or experienced woodworker, or even an up-and-coming pre-teen or older 'farmhand' looking to learn some skills, Farm DIY guides readers of varying skill levels through 20 different building projects that can be functional or decorative or both.
―Grainnews

Edition details

• Publisher: CompanionHouse Books
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1620083329
• ISBN 13: 9781620083321
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 192