40 Projects For Building Your Backyard Homestead

Author : David Toht
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-01
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781607654407

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40 Projects for Building Your Backyard Homestead by David Toht Pdf

Learn all about how to build sheds, feeders, fences, and other backyard structures to enhance your sustainable living! Garden structures: Raised beds, planters and arbors, self-watering beds, grow-light stand, soil blocks Fences and pens: Fence post basics, picket fence, solar electric fence, installing and stretching fences, hen pen and hurdle, gates, PVC hen pen Housing chickens: Basics for housing chickens, building a coop and run, complete material and cutting lists, exploded views, building an A-frame chicken tractor Building sheds: Basics for building, goat shed, saltbox garden shed, backyard-homestead shop, roofing alternatives Solar and wind power: Compressor and gearbox windmills, how solar works, erecting a windmill, installing a solar power system Aquaponics and hydroponics: Understanding aquaponics, understanding hydroponics, basics of a DIY aquaponic system, how to install a hydroponic system Building beehives: Langstroth beehive, Warré beehive, top-bar beehive (aka the Kenyan or Tanzanian beehive), step-by-step building instructions and exploded views Plumbing and wiring: Plumbing basics, ground-fault circuit interrupters, freeze-proof watering options, outdoor wiring, supplemental lighting A companion volume to Backyard Homesteading, 40 Projects for Building Your Backyard Homestead provides details on how to build more than 40 projects to enhance your sustainable living. The projects in this book are designed with simplicity, convenience, and budget in mind. You will also find help on how to expand or contract the projects to suit your needs. With step-by-step instructions, tools and materials lists, exploded views, and easy-to-understand techniques, even if you are only moderately handy, you'll discover how to build your own feeders, fences, and structures. In the process, you'll save money and have the satisfaction of doing it yourself!

Author : Spike Carlsen
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781603428460

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The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects by Spike Carlsen Pdf

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, and independently. Also available in this series: The Backyard Homestead, The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner, The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals, and The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How.

Author : David Toht
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781607654414

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Backyard Homesteading by David Toht Pdf

A simple guide to growing fruits, vegetables, nuts & berries, raising chickens, goats, & bees, and making beer, wine, & cider from your backyard. If you want to take control of the food you eat and the products you use, Backyard Homesteading will help you learn how to do it—even if you live in an urban or suburban house on a typical-size lot. Inside, you’ll discover how to turn a yard into a productive and wholesome “homestead” that allows you to grow your own fruits and vegetables and raise farm animals, including chickens and goats. You’ll also find the laws and regulations of raising livestock in populated areas, as well as ways to use and preserve the bounty your land produces. GETTING STARTED Benefits of pure food Family recreation Local regulations Potential yields and savings RAISING VEGETABLES AND HERBS Garden planning/layout Structures/irrigation Vegetable profiles Planting techniques Composting/healthy soil Seasonal gardening GROWING FRUITS, BERRIES, AND NUTS Planting fruit trees and bushes Fruit profiles Organic pest control Grafting and pruning Harvesting methods RAISING CHICKENS The joy of chickens Collecting eggs Care and feeding tips Other small animals RAISING GOATS Benefits of goat milk Structures/fencing Care and feeding tips Other large animals BEEKEEPING Benefits of beekeeping Care and harvesting Building hives Collecting honey HARVEST HOME Canning/drying/freezing Making beer, wine, cider Making jerky, sausage Making jams, jellies Pickling/salting/smoking Building root cellars

Author : Carleen Madigan
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-11
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781603425148

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The Backyard Homestead by Carleen Madigan Pdf

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 of Building Projects, The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals, and The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

Author : Abigail Gehring
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781602397477

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Homesteading by Abigail Gehring Pdf

For readers who want to shrink their carbon footprint, save money, and eat homegrown food whenever possible, this large, fully-illustrated guide--and companion to the bestseller "Back to Basics"--provides the basics of living a good, clean life.

Author : Brett L. Markham
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781602399846

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Mini Farming by Brett L. Markham Pdf

Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farmingthat will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family's food on just a quarter acre—and earn $10,000 in cash annuallywhile spending less than half the time that an ordinary job wouldrequire. Even if you have never been a farmer or a gardener, this book covers everything you need to know to get started: buying and savingseeds, starting seedlings, establishing raised beds, soil fertilitypractices, composting, dealing with pest and disease problems,crop rotation, farm planning, and much more. Because self-suf?ciency is the objective, subjects such as raising backyard chickensand home canning are also covered along with numerous methodsfor keeping costs down and production high. Materials, tools, andtechniques are detailed with photographs, tables, diagrams, andillustrations.

Author : Ann Larkin Hansen
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781612126982

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The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner by Ann Larkin Hansen Pdf

This hardworking addition to the best-selling Backyard Homestead series offers expert advice on what tasks to do around your farm and when to do them — no matter where on the planet you call home. Author Ann Larkin Hansen sets the priorities for each area of the farm, including the barn, garden, orchard, field, pasture, and woodlot. For every critical turn of the year (12 in all), Hansen provides an at-a-glance to-do list along with tips and a more in-depth discussion of key topics for the season. Easy-reference charts, checklists, and record-keeping sections help you keep track of it all. Also available in this series: The Backyard Homestead, The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects, The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals, and The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How.

Author : Jill Winger
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781250305947

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The Prairie Homestead Cookbook by Jill Winger Pdf

Jill Winger, creator of the award-winning blog The Prairie Homestead, introduces her debut The Prairie Homestead Cookbook, including 100+ delicious, wholesome recipes made with fresh ingredients to bring the flavors and spirit of homestead cooking to any kitchen table. With a foreword by bestselling author Joel Salatin The Pioneer Woman Cooks meets 100 Days of Real Food, on the Wyoming prairie. While Jill produces much of her own food on her Wyoming ranch, you don’t have to grow all—or even any—of your own food to cook and eat like a homesteader. Jill teaches people how to make delicious traditional American comfort food recipes with whole ingredients and shows that you don’t have to use obscure items to enjoy this lifestyle. And as a busy mother of three, Jill knows how to make recipes easy and delicious for all ages. "Jill takes you on an insightful and delicious journey of becoming a homesteader. This book is packed with so much easy to follow, practical, hands-on information about steps you can take towards integrating homesteading into your life. It is packed full of exciting and mouth-watering recipes and heartwarming stories of her unique adventure into homesteading. These recipes are ones I know I will be using regularly in my kitchen." - Eve Kilcher These 109 recipes include her family’s favorites, with maple-glazed pork chops, butternut Alfredo pasta, and browned butter skillet corn. Jill also shares 17 bonus recipes for homemade sauces, salt rubs, sour cream, and the like—staples that many people are surprised to learn you can make yourself. Beyond these recipes, The Prairie Homestead Cookbook shares the tools and tips Jill has learned from life on the homestead, like how to churn your own butter, feed a family on a budget, and experience all the fulfilling satisfaction of a DIY lifestyle.

Author : David Toht,Gardening
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1974810844

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40 Projects for Building Your Backyard Homestead by David Toht,Gardening Pdf

Author : Ron Melchiore,Johanna Melchiore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1732557160

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The Self-Sufficient Backyard by Ron Melchiore,Johanna Melchiore Pdf

The Self-Sufficient Backyard is helping Americans transforming from an honest homeowner into an independent, self-sufficient person that has an extra income and doesn't owe anybody a thing. You will not be troubled with what happens to the world around you, because everything you need is where is should be: on your property!

Author : Steven Jones
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781510712942

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Homesteading From Scratch by Steven Jones Pdf

Homesteading From Scratch is for people who want to do things differently. The type of people who want to eat real food, grow herbs, make cheese, raise baby animals, hunt mushrooms, pick blackberries, unschool their children, can jelly, ferment kraut, farm organically, connect to nature, live intentionally, and more. Guiding readers from desire to full-blown off-the-grid living—and everything in between—this book covers farming, animal husbandry, food preparation, homeschooling, fiber arts, and even marketing. It provides inspiration from other homesteaders, with operations from small to large, who have made a go of it, outlining their successes and failures throughout the process. It helps to democratize the homesteading movement, by providing “ins” for nearly every level of dedication, from the container gardener to full-time farmers. It provides the knowledge necessary to discover homesteading as a movement and as a lifestyle. Inspired by From Scratch magazine, an online publication devoted to homesteading and intentional living, this book provides readers with continued support and community for information and resources online. This book serves as a reference, as well as a cheerleader, for those who want a bit more control and responsibility over where their food comes from, the things they consume, and how they live their lives.

Author : Suzie Baldwin
Publisher : Creative Homeowner
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-22
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 1580117139

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Chickens for the Backyard Homesteader by Suzie Baldwin Pdf

"Chickens are back! More-relaxed suburban and urban ordinances on raising and housing chickens, plus the desire for homeowners to become more self-sufficient as "backyard homesteaders," has led to renewed interest across the country in keeping chickens. Chickens for the Backyard Homesteader is packed with tips, strategies, and advice that gives readers the confidence to look after their hens and avoid common problems"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Arturo Conde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1647397111

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Backyard Homestead by Arturo Conde Pdf

Author : Brett McLeod
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-10
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781612123509

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The Woodland Homestead by Brett McLeod Pdf

Put your wooded land to work! This comprehensive manual shows you how to use your woodlands to produce everything from wine and mushrooms to firewood and livestock feed. You’ll learn how to take stock of your woods; use axes, bow saws, chainsaws, and other key tools; create pasture and silvopasture for livestock; prune and coppice trees to make fuel, fodder, and furniture; build living fencing and shelters for animals; grow fruit trees and berries in a woodland orchard; make syrup from birch, walnut, or boxelder trees; and much more. Whether your property is entirely or only partly wooded, this is the guide you need to make the best use of it.

Author : Editors of Cool Springs Press
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-15
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781591866886

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Step-by-Step Projects for Self-Sufficiency by Editors of Cool Springs Press Pdf

DIY-ers can learn how to be self-sufficient across multiple interest areas, including: gardening, raising animals, alternative energy, storage and preservation, and much more.