The everything backyard farming book
Subtitle: a guide to self-sufficient living through growing, harvesting, raising, and preserving your own food
By: Neil Shelton
Series: An Everything series book; Everything series
Publisher: Adams Media
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Avon, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781440566011; 9781440566028
Subjects: Small Farms; Urban agriculture; Backyard gardens; Gardening
Other titles: Guide to self-sufficient living through growing, harvesting, raising, and preserving your own food
Description: Whether you're worried about the quality or the cost of the food you buy, you'll find that building a backyard farm can provide you with an abundance of food that is fresh, sustainable, and inexpensive. This common-sense guide give you all you need to take control of the food you eat.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Backyard-farming basics; title: How to become a backyard farmer; title: Things you'll need and things you won't need; title: Backyard farming obstacles; title: Farming when you don't have a backyard; title: Backyard farming on a small lot; title: Backyard farming on a larger lot; title: Compost; title: Intensive planting; title: Growing vegetables; title: Berries and grapes; title: The backyard orchard; title: Poultry; title: Small livestock; title: Pests and pestilence; title: Fencing; title: Equipment; title: Hand tools; title: Expanding the growing season; title: Food storage; title: Truck farming: cash from your crops.