Backyard Homesteading, 2nd Revised Edition: A Back-to-Basics Guide for Self Sufficiency (Creative Homeowner) Turn Your Yard into a Productive, Self-Sustainable Homestead: Fruit, Veg, Chickens, & More

Description

Turn your backyardno matter how smallinto a sustainable and self-sufficient homestead for raising livestock and cultivating homegrown food!

Take control of the food you eat and the products you useeven 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 useeven 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