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A Beginner’s Guide to Homesteading, Practical Advice for a Self-Sufficient Country Life.
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Stacy Benjamin
Before you run off to the country, it’s important to understand the day-to-day experience of homestead life and set your expectations accordingly. This guide provides a behind the scenes look into this often-romanticized lifestyle and includes pragmatic advice to help you transition to country living. In this book you will learn how to:
Research rural property before buying
Identify environmental and land use constraints
Design a practical garden to meet your needs
Prepare for raising poultry and livestock
Meet the seasonal challenges of nature.
The author also discusses topics that other homesteading guides don’t mention — how to afford the homestead lifestyle as well as the effect that moving to the country can have on one’s emotional well-being. Anecdotes and lessons learned from homesteaders across the country provide real-world insight into this challenging but very rewarding way of life.
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Get Growing!
A Young Homesteader’s Guide to Edible Gardening
Sara Chodl
Get Growing! A Young Homesteader’s Guide to Edible Gardening is your entry into a lifetime of gardening fun. This book will take you on a journey to learn why gardening matters and how even the smallest garden can have a big impact on supplying fresh food for your family. Afterall, the best tasting food comes right from your own garden! If you love hands-on learning, problem solving, and watching seeds transform into fruit and veggies, this book is for you! You’ll be amazed at how plants, soil, insects, and people all work together to grow food. Come on, let’s get growing!
Sara Chodl is a Tennessee Master Gardener with over a decade of experience growing food for her family. She specializes in seed starting, especially winter sowing, and is known for breaking down gardening into simple, practical steps beginners can follow. Through years of trial, observation, and learning, Sara has developed a deep understanding of how plants grow from seed to harvest and how to adapt gardening methods to real life, real weather, and real families.
When she isn’t in the garden, Sara is raising her two sons alongside a collection of farm animals on her family’s mini farm in Lebanon, TN. She is passionate about teaching kids about nutrition and where food comes from. Sara also shares her gardening knowledge with a large online community, encouraging gardeners of all ages to start small, stay curious, and keep learning–because there is always something new to discover in the garden!
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Rabbit Farming
A Practical Guide to Raising Meat Rabbits in Your Backyard
Naomi Kamphuis
Rabbits are often overlooked as homestead animals, but they can easily outshine chickens and cows, especially on the micro homestead. With straightforward text and descriptive photographs. Rabbit Farming is a practical, easy-to-read manual for the rabbit raiser. Although it has an emphasis on raising for meat purposes, it is a useful tool for anyone who wants to own rabbits. Covering all of the details, from breeding and birth, all the way to putting meat in your freezer, this book is a must-have for the visual learner. With advice on setup and everyday care, to a complete step-by-step of the butchering process, this work earns a spot on your shelf to be referenced time and again
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The One Acre Homestead by Cassidy Cornell
The One Acre Homestead provides an in-depth look at starting a small-scale homestead in your own backyard. This comprehensive guide encourages people to start raising their own food no matter the size of their property. With an emphasis on basic animal husbandry and working systems for a variety of small livestock, author Cassidy Cornell draws from her personal experience in becoming more intimately involved with raising, growing, and cooking her family’s food. From eggs, milk, and meat to gardening ideas and kitchen skills, this book has everything you need to begin homesteading in the backyard.
