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Author Brock, Todd, author.

Title Backyard homesteading all-in-one for dummies / by Todd Brock with Bob Beckstrom, Howland Blackiston, Cathy Cromell, Rik DeGunther, Suzanne DeJohn, Owen E. Dell, the Editors of the National Gardening Association, Kelly Ewing, Philip Giroux, Theresa A. Husarik, Amelia Jeanroy, Rob Ludlow, Marty Nachel, Charlie Nardozzi, Emily Nolan, Cheryl K. Smith, Paul Simon, Lance Walheim, Karen Ward, Marni Wasserman, Ann Whitman, Kimberley Willis, Dave Zook.

Publication Info. Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2019]
©2019
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1955002~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  640.286 BRO    AVAILABLE
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Description xxi, 657 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series --For dummies.
Note "5 books in one!"--Cover.
Includes index.
Contents Creating a garden -- Preserving the harvest -- Making your own -- Raising animals -- Building it yourself.
Summary Historically referred to as a government program for revitalizing undesirable living areas, "homesteading" today has come to mean the pursuit of a self-sufficient lifestyle. Homesteading can include everything from keeping bees, growing vegetables, and composting to installing solar panels, creating a rain barrel, and canning your own food,-plus much more. Backyard Homesteading All-in-One For Dummies has a little bit of everything for the homesteader in all of us. It walks you through the basics of creating your own sustainable homestead and offers expert tips and tricks for making it as easy and successful as possible. -Raise chickens -Keep bees -Compost -Can and preserve This book gives you everything you need to embark on your own homesteading adventure.
Subject Subsistence farming -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Self-reliant living -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Organic farming -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Organic gardening -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Backyard gardens -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Kitchen gardens -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Home economics, Rural -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Food -- Preservation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Urban agriculture -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
ISBN 9781119550754
1119550750
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