Title:
The seven-step homestead : a guide for creating the backyard microfarm of your dreams
Author:
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2023]
©2023.
Physical Description:
231 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN:
9781635864113
Abstract:
"Homesteader Leah M. Webb shares her strategy for implementing a homestead plan in seven stages by starting small and gradually adding more features each year. Step-by-step photos from the author's own homestead, accompanied by her hard-earned advice and instruction, make this a one-of-a-kind guide for anyone who aspires to grow more of their own food"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Homestead: It's about more than just food -- Starting off small: one or two beds -- Four hundred square feet -- Fruit trees and shrubs -- Edible and flowering perennials -- Four-season growing -- Larger-scale storage crops -- Farm-fresh eggs -- Appendix A: Seeding recommendations -- Appendix B: Hardiness and spacing for select flowering and edible perennials - Appendix C: When to sow for fall and winter harvest.
Genre:
Language:
English
