The Backyard Homestead: Produce All the Food You Need on Just a Quarter Acre!

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.

Author: Carleen Madigan
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Published: 02/11/2009
Pages: 367
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.54lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.90w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781603421386
Award: IndieFab awards - Gold Medal Winner
Award: Books for a Better Life - Finalist

About the Author
Madigan, Carleen: -

Before becoming an editor at Storey Publishing, Carleen Madigan was managing editor of Horticulture magazine and lived on an organic farm outside Boston, Massachusetts, where she learned the homesteading skills contained in The Backyard Homestead. She enjoys gardening, hiking, foraging, baking, spinning wool, and knitting.