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This comprehensive guide to homesteading provides all the information you need to grow and preserve a sustainable harvest of grains and vegetables; raise animals for meat, eggs, and dairy; and keep honey bees for your sweeter days. With easy-to-follow instructions on canning, drying, and pickling, you'll enjoy your backyard bounty all winter long.
Also available in this series: The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner, The Backyard Homestead Book...
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Franklin Springs Family Media
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c2010
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"Expand your knowledge of sewing with the helpful and down-to-earth instruction the West ladies are known for and develop a wide assortment of useful skills that will assist in making wonderful sewing creations"--Container.
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Enjoy a weekend breakfast featuring eggs, bacon, and honey from your own chickens, pigs, and bees, or a holiday meal with your own heritage-breed turkey as the main attraction. Gail Damerow covers everything you need to successfully raise your own farm animals, from selecting the right breeds to producing delicious fresh milk, cheese, honey, eggs, and meat. Even with just a small plot of land, you can become more self-sufficient, save money, and enjoy...
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Gardeners, small farmers, and outdoor living enthusiasts will love this compilation of 76 rustic DIY projects. From plant supports and clotheslines to a chicken coop, a greenhouse, and a root cellar with storage bins, most of the projects are suitable for complete novices, and all use just basic tools and easy-to-find materials. You'll find techniques to build whatever your outdoor world is missing, with additional tips to live sustainably, happily,...
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Just to say Thank You for checking out this Book I want to give you a copy of my upcoming special report "The Homesteader's Calendar: Seasonal To-Dos for Sustainable Living & Homestead Survival ".
Aquaponics, which pairs the sustainable plant growing practice of hydroponics and the sustainable fish farming practice of aquaculture, is a system tailor made for inquisitive homesteaders who are looking for ways to establish a self-supporting food supply...
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The benefits of raising backyard chickens go well beyond providing fresh eggs and these benefits align with the foundational beliefs and goals of most homesteading families. Backyard chickens are one of the easiest and least expensive ways to start building a self-sufficient, sustainable food supply. This guide provides the basic information needed to make the commitment to raising backyard chickens and the recommendations and advice needed to build...
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Growing vegetables and raising livestock is only the beginning of a successful homestead - that fresh food goes to waste unless you can properly prepare, cook, and preserve it. Andrea Chesman shows you how to bridge the gap between field and table, covering everything from curing meats and making sausage to canning fruits and vegetables, milling flour, working with sourdough, baking no-knead breads, making braises and stews that can be adapted to...
15) Family Camp Out
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Welcome to the Homestead, and the second in a series of stories featuring the twins, Richard
and Rachel, who live there with their parents, Mama and Papa. The twins are home schooled,
and they live in the fertile and beautiful Pacific Northwest of the United States. They help their parents cultivate and care for their little farm so it produces most of the food the family needs, all year round. When they're not studying or helping with the homestead,...
16) Homesteading Basics: The Beginners Guide to Self-Sufficiency and Sustainable Living in Town or Count
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It wasn't so long ago that many households still made their own bread, used their yards for victory gardens, and could take care of themselves in most situations. Those days may be long gone but the homesteading movement is a chance to bring them back.
If you are interested in getting back to a time when we knew how to make the things our family needed to survive from scratch and with our own two hands, this introductory guide, Homesteading Basics:...
17) Allotment Gardening and Vegetables for Exhibition: With Chapters on Preparation of the Ground an
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This vintage text contains a detailed treatise on growing vegetables in allotments. It also contains invaluable information on exhibiting vegetables, with complete instructions on the growing of leeks, shallots, onions, marrows, runner beans, tomato, French beans, asparagus, peas, and much more. Full of timeless knowledge, and containing detailed instructions and tips, this is a text that will be of considerable value to the modern grower, and makes...
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This volume contains an article on the construction of cold frames for early vegetable and flowering plants. Written in clear, concise language and including simple instructions and invaluable information on the construction of cold frames, this text constitutes a must-read for those with an interest in the subject. It will make for a great addition to collections of vintage kitchen-gardening literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Permanent...
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This delightful text encompasses a collection of designs of various barns and out-buildings, such as apiaries, stables, play-houses... and more. The designs contained herein are presented as architectural drawings and floor plans, and are accompanied by detailed descriptions and information on their construction, materials, benefits, and draw-backs. Written in plain, clear language and profusely illustrated, this book will be of much interest to anyone...
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This antique book contains a concise yet comprehensive guide to the various ailments common to bees, with information on their causes, treatment, and prevention. Written in clear, concise language and full of interesting and practicable information, this text will prove invaluable for the bee-keeper. It comes complete with a new and specially commissioned introduction on bee-keeping.