Books: The Backyard Homestead

  The Backyard Homestead Facts Author: Carleen Madigan ISBN: 978-1-60342-138-6 Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Storey Publishing With just a quarter acre of land, you can feed a family of four with fresh, organic food year-round. This comprehensive guide to self-sufficiency gives you all the information you need to grow and preserve a variety of vegetables, fruits, herbs, nuts, and grains; raise chickens for eggs and meat; raise cows, sheep, and goats for meat or milk; raise pigs and rabbits; and keep honey bees. Simple instructions make it easy to enjoy canned, frozen, dried, and pickled produce all winter; use your own grains to make bread, pasta, and beer; turn fresh milk into delicious homemade yogurt, butter, and cheese; make your own wine, cordials, and herbal teas; and much, much more. It truly is possible to eat entirely from your backyard. “Bottom line is, even if you’re not ready for complete self-sufficiency, in today’s economic climate, it just makes sense to try to pr