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Title:
Welcome to the farm : how-to wisdom from the Elliott homestead
Author:
Elliott, Shaye, author.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot, [2017]

©2017
Physical Description:
xx, 313 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary:
Whether you want to dabble in the homesteading movement or immerse yourself completely in the do-it-yourself, back-to-basics lifestyle, Welcome to the Farm is a comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to growing the very best food right in your own backyard. Shaye Elliott takes readers on a journey that teaches them how to harvest baskets full of organic produce, milk a dairy cow (and make butter), plant a homestead orchard, can jams and jellies, and even raise chickens and bees.
General Note:
Includes index.
Language:
English
Contents:
The home garden -- Preserving the harvest -- For the love of chickens -- The family dairy -- Raising meat in small places -- Beginning your apiary -- Homestead orchard -- Highlights from other homesteaders.
ISBN:
9781493026012
Format :
Book