The Backyard Homestead Guide To Growing Organic Food

"The Backyard Homestead Guide to Growing Organic Food is a one-stop reference for all the key information food gardeners need to grow a healthy, bountiful garden. The book features a comprehensive companion planting guide and an in-depth review of the most effective organic pest control practices, including recipes for how to make your own pest deterrent sprays"--

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. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

A single-volume reference for organic food gardening is arranged in an A-to-Z format that covers planting, watering, fertilizing, harvesting, storing, working in a greenhouse, and preventing and combating plant diseases and garden pests. Original.

Provides a comprehensive guide to growing one's own food organically, as well as how to cook home-grown produce, raise one's own selected livestock, and develop a more sustainable lifestyle.

This essential guide to growing a bountiful food garden includes detailed seed-starting, growing, and harvesting information for 62 vegetables, fruits, and herbs, a complete companion-planting guide, and organic pest-control handbook. The latest addition to Storey's bestselling Backyard Homestead series, The Backyard Homestead Guide to Growing Organic Food is a one-stop reference for all the key information food gardeners need to grow a healthy, bountiful garden. Author Tanya Denckla Cobb presents key information based on extensive research and years of experience, including when to start seeds for each type of crop (and at what temperature), how far apart to space seedlings, how to tell when a crop is ready to harvest, and notes on preservation. The book features a comprehensive companion planting guide and an in-depth review of the most effective organic pest control practices, including recipes for how to make your own pest deterrent sprays.

Stop Depending On The Grocery Store And Grow Your Food Instead - Even In A Tiny Backyard! Did you know that you could grow up to 10,000 pounds of food on a small quarter-acre lot? Now pause and think for a moment. You're spending at least 10% of your monthly income on food that you can actually grow in your backyard. Highest-quality organic vegetables, flavorful freshly picked herbs and mouth-watering fruit - you can have all of these FOR FREE. Don't you think your backyard is a waste of time and space right now? Well, then transform it into a garden that produces THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS' worth of food every year. This book will show you EXACTLY how to do it - from planning your new backyard homestead to enjoying your first harvest. This book will help you: Transform your boring backyard into a lush garden full of your favorite veggies and fruit Keep your plants happy and healthy with organic gardening tricks that pro gardeners swear by Liven up your homestead with chickens and rabbits, providing your family with excellent organic meat Enjoy your homegrown food all year round with tried and tested freezing and canning techniques Turn your homestead into a source of additional income and use your new skills to earn money both offline and online! But what if you grew up believing you "don't have a green thumb"? Don't worry - this clear, step-by-step guide takes ALL the guesswork out of gardening so you can enjoy a bountiful harvest even if it's your very first attempt to grow some plants! Scroll up, click on "Buy now" and in a few years' time, you'll forget the route to the grocery store!

DO YOU KNOW ALL THE BENEFITS OF A PERFECT BACKYARD HOMESTEAD? Now I want you to think for a second... What could you do to make a significant difference in your and your family's life? Something that would make you happier and healthier? There are a lot of people, just like you, who are trying to escape from today's rushing world, where quantity is more important than quality and get a few steps closer to our nature, something that takes ways stress and anxiety, and heals us from inside and outside. And trust me, you can still make this change, and from what I have discovered, the best way to start is to change and rebuild your own environment. You can't even imagine how my life's changed when I made this decision many years ago. Together with my family, we started building our own dream Backyard Homestead. And it is not just about Healthy Food, Freedom for Our Children, More Natural Environment, and Joyful Saturday afternoons. It's way more than that. And trust me, when you experience what I did, you'll never want to go back again. Through this book, I want you to teach you about these amazing benefits and how to Build Your Perfect Backyard Homestead, so you and your family can enjoy them as well. Take a look at just a few things you will get out of this book: Who will benefit from your Backyard Homestead? A complete preparation guide, plan every detail of you perfect Backyard Homestead How to Figure Out Your Needs And Desires? Start Building It - step-by-step instruction Organic Gardening - Grow Natural Fruits and Vegetables? Backyard Homestead = Healthy Living? Strategies to grow Strong and Healthy Animals Bush Fallowing - Find out why and how to do it the right way Much much more... What I realized, later on, is that this way of living not just helps ourselves. We also save the planet this way. Just think about how much water, how much energy, and all other planet resources do you save living this way. Just as I mentioned before, when you experience all that, you will never think about going back. Now it is your turn to take this guide and use it. Scroll up, click on "Buy Now" and start building Your Perfect Backyard Homestead!

A simple guide to growing fruits, vegetables, nuts & berries, raising chickens, goats, & bees, and making beer, wine, & cider from your backyard. If you want to take control of the food you eat and the products you use, Backyard Homesteading will help you learn how to do it—even if you live in an urban or suburban house on a typical-size lot. Inside, you’ll discover how to turn a yard into a productive and wholesome “homestead” that allows you to grow your own fruits and vegetables and raise farm animals, including chickens and goats. You’ll also find the laws and regulations of raising livestock in populated areas, as well as ways to use and preserve the bounty your land produces. GETTING STARTED Benefits of pure food Family recreation Local regulations Potential yields and savings RAISING VEGETABLES AND HERBS Garden planning/layout Structures/irrigation Vegetable profiles Planting techniques Composting/healthy soil Seasonal gardening GROWING FRUITS, BERRIES, AND NUTS Planting fruit trees and bushes Fruit profiles Organic pest control Grafting and pruning Harvesting methods RAISING CHICKENS The joy of chickens Collecting eggs Care and feeding tips Other small animals RAISING GOATS Benefits of goat milk Structures/fencing Care and feeding tips Other large animals BEEKEEPING Benefits of beekeeping Care and harvesting Building hives Collecting honey HARVEST HOME Canning/drying/freezing Making beer, wine, cider Making jerky, sausage Making jams, jellies Pickling/salting/smoking Building root cellars