The backyard homestead

Description:

**From 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 75 Pounds of Nuts **The Indispensable Guide to Food Self-Sufficiency** Learn How To: -milk a goat -prime 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 **Put 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.

subjects: Food,  Preservation,  Kitchen gardens,  Meat animals,  Vegetable gardening,  Long Now Manual for Civilization