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This is a practical and engaging guide to transforming an ordinary backyard into a productive farm.
Homesteading is experiencing a revival among both rural and urban residents who want to get back to basics and live closer to the land. With this book, homeowners will obtain both inspiration and instruction for transforming their grassy yard into a lush farm that can produce all the food they need.
The author is an experienced woodworker and homesteader who shows how to plan and design a backyard farm. He offers expert advice for making all of the essential hard-working structures that are needed to sustain small-scale agriculture.
Step-by-step instructions are provided for 10 projects including green houses, beehives, rabbit hutches, raised beds, potting sheds, trellises, fences, and more. Readers learn how to create an irrigation system, harvest rainwater, and keep their farms environmentally sound. Each detailed plan is accompanied by the author’s clear, instructive drawings.
More than just a manual, the book also offers entertaining and enlightening interviews with both experts and “average Joe” farmers. We learn what motivates them to become backyard farmers, the lessons that they have to share, and maybe even a couple of funny stories along the way.
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So many great projects I’ve gardened for a number of years now and have had chickens for three years as well. We are always looking for projects to make things nicer on our little suburban homestead.Mr. Gleason’s book is a wealth of great ideas and has twenty-one different building projects that you can make to use around your yard and garden.I thought the variety of projects was wonderful, everything from a simple (and more complicated) raised bed, to a green house using recycled windows. You can also make a worm bin, a potato planter, and there’s a number of different types of trellises for peas, squash, grapes and a really cool tiered lettuce rack, that will be my first project! There are also instructions for building a green house, top bar beehive and a rabbit hutch.The instructions are step-by-step, including photographs and material lists. The author also includes some profiles of his local backyard gardeners and farmers, telling about what they are doing, which was really interesting.I do not have much building experience but I would feel comfortable trying many of these project – and plan to do just that over the next few years.A great book if you’re looking to make some great handmade additions for your backyard homestead. Highly recommended!
Good food growing starting point It’s a pretty good set of basic backyard projects. Didn’t build any, but the instructions seem decent. Looks like you could have the full set of raised beds, vertical aids, and season extenders for under a grand. These aren’t particularly aesthetically pleasing but this wasn’t written for an audience concerned with that. The last few are kind of odd selections though, and no chicken coops.What I liked the most was the short stories about innovators the author has researched or knows. Stay at home moms who grow huge amounts of produce, backyard sharing programs, and first generation homesteaders.All in all, a great short read for backyard farming beginners.
This is a great book, lots of good ideas and how-to pages. Can’t wait until spring to use it although a few items could be put together this fall. It came in record time. Great Price
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