The homesteading handbook : a back to basics guide to growing your own food, canning, keeping chickens, generating your own energy, crafting, herbal medicine, and more

✍ Scribed by Abigail R Gehring

Publisher: Skyhorse Pub
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Wherever you live - farm, suburb, or even city - The Homesteading Handbook will show you how to embrace a more self-sufficient lifestyle. Learn to plan, plant, and harvest your own organic garden. Enjoy fruits and vegetables year-round by canning, drying, and freezing. Build and install alternate energy devices such as solar panels or geothermal heat pumps. Who doesn't want to shrink their carbon footprint, save �Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: The home garden. Planning a garden ; Improving your soil ; Conserving water ; Mulching in your garden and yard ; Organic gardening ; Terracing ; Start your own vegetable garden ; Start your own flower garden ; Planting trees ; Container gardening ; Rooftop gardens ; Raised beds ; Growing plants without soil ; Pest and disease management ; Harvesting your garden --
Pantry. Canning ; Drying and freezing ; Edible wild plants and mushrooms ; Make your own foods --
The backyard farm. Chickens ; Ducks ; Turkeys ; Beekeeping ; Goats ; Sheep ; Llamas --
Simple structures for your land. Doghouses ; Birdhouses ; Simple stables ; Poultry houses ; Fences, gates, and pens ; Basic bridges ; Tool sheds and workshops ; Smokehouses ; Root cellars --
Energy. Solar energy ; Wind energy ; Hydropower ; Geothermal energy ; Composting toilets ; Greywater --
Crafts. Handmade candles ; Making your own soap ; Pottery basics ; Knitting ; Tying knots --
Well-being. Herbal medicine ; First aid.
Abstract:

The ultimate guide to self-sufficient living for country, urban, and suburban... �Read more...

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