This comprehensive guide to self-sufficiency has all the information you need to grow and preserve 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.
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The Backyard Homestead is the indispensable guide to food self-sufficiency.
From it's pages you can learn how to:
- Milk a goat
- Grow a garden
- Prune a fruit tree
- Dry herbs
- Bake whole-grain bread
- Tap a maple tree
- Make fresh yogurt and mozzarella
- Mill grains for flour
- Save seeds for next season
...Plus a whole lot more!
“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 produce some of your own food. And this book is a great way to get your feet wet.”
— Epicurious.com
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