{"product_id":"the-backyard-homestead-produce-all-the-food-you-need-on-just-a-quarter-acre-paperback","title":"Backyard Homestead, The","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Backyard Homestead: Produce All the Food You Need on Just a Quarter Acre! - Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarleen Madigan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available in this series: \u003ci\u003eThe Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner, The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects, The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom a quarter of an acre, you can harvest 1400 eggs, 50 pounds of wheat, 60 pounds of fruit, 2000 pounds of vegetables, 280 pounds of pork, and 75 pounds of nuts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePut your backyard to work. Enjoy fresher, organic, better-tasting food all the time. The solution is as close as your own backyard. Grow the vegetables and fruits your family loves; keep bees; raise chickens, goats, or even a cow. The Backyard Homestead shows you how it's done. And when the harvest is in, you'll learn how to cook, preserve, cure, brew, or pickle the fruits of your labor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe indispensable guide to food self-sufficiency: learn how to milk a goat, prune a fruit tree, dry herbs, make dandelion wine, bake whole-grain bread, tap a maple tree, make fresh mozzarella, brew beer, mill grains for flour, save seeds for next season, and a whole lot more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Books for a Better Life (2009)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e IndieFab awards (2009)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44523870257287,"sku":"9781603421386","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0299\/9743\/2967\/files\/4c3104838194bb0634a071b4a8587f1d.webp?v=1776978654","url":"https:\/\/liveaquaponics.com\/products\/the-backyard-homestead-produce-all-the-food-you-need-on-just-a-quarter-acre-paperback","provider":"Live Aquaponics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}