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|  | Creator: Carleen Madigan
Brand: Storey Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Rating:  69 reviews
Sales Rank: 1004
Media: Paperback
Pages: 368
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7 x 1
ISBN: 1603421386
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9781603421386
ASIN: 1603421386
Publication Date: February 11, 2009
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 Dream Book Made Easy December 1, 2009
Rose (CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I wanted this book from the first moment I looked thru it online. When I finally was able to buy it - it was not a disappointment. It is as smooth and as bright as the cover and the other illustrations. Only if our American school system was as simplistically laid out as this little gem. The overviews are fabulous and they don't keep "secret" where to find the additional information. Which is as nicely laid out as the book. LOVE IT!!!! This book has become my "dream" book. Thank you!
This is just the best book ever! January 7, 2010
H. Zdyrko (NYC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have only just began to read this book, but it is amazing. I sort of hate all of my gardening books because they are so unbearably vauge. Backyard homestead actually holds my interest and Does not just mention that certain meathods exist, but actually tells you how to do things!
A Great Encyclopedic Resource April 29, 2010
J. T. McKinney (Evanston, IL, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What you WON'T find in this book:
Extremely detailed information about every single topic in the index -- and there is good reason for that! If this were a complete, all-you-need-to-know resource for all of the topics contained, this would need to be a 12-volume set (if not more). Literally, this publication pulls content from a huge list of other Storey Publishing books and compiles it all in one handy volume.
What you WILL find in this book:
You will find information on pretty much any kind of self-sufficiency/homesteading projects you might ever wish to undertake. Everything is in here: produce, fruits, dairy, poultry, beef, nuts, grains -- even maple syrup. There is also information and basic recipes for canning/preserving.
Even though I'm already familiar with some of the information in this book (especially in the vegetable gardening section) many of the other sections were very helpful primer-style guides to other areas that I'm eager to branch out into. While no section contains everything you'll need to know to be successful in any of these fields, it does acquaint you with all of the terms and basic methods that you'll need to know in order to be able to FIND the specific information you'll need when you're ready to get started.
Possibly the best book ever written! May 11, 2010
daddysmarie (Oklahoma)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book came in great time and in great condition, but more than that I could barely put it down! It is amazing, going as far as telling the reader how to make different flavors of beer and wine, what herbs to brew as tea and the basics on how to buy, care for and harvest product from animals, approximately how much space you will need for different animals or crops and how much you can expect to reap from a given area of which ever crop you happen to be reading about. It even goes into growing different kinds of grain and what you need to do to process it, how to patuerize milk and make different kinds of cheeses. The one area it lacked in was how to butcher animals, but I have found this information online fairly easily. The book is very well written and I would suggest it to anyone!
For a self suficient life, please GET THIS BOOK! July 18, 2010
Citlali T. Contreras Moreno (Mexico)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've always lived in contact with farming and agriculture. And ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to plant and harvest my own veggies, and raise my own chickens. Now that I'm married, I wanted to have a greater involvement with that lifestyle I dreamed of as a kid.
Enter The Backyard Homestead (or as my hubbie calls it, THE BOOK). I now have a clear and precise image of the house I want to build (we are saving now) and how I want to distribute my "crops" and animals! even now, living in a VERY small house without any sort of soil to plant in, we have our small crops going on and even a handful of hens and roosters!
The book is divided very nicely, and it takes you step by step, starting with the easiest part (growing your own vegetables) all the way up to caring for your livestock! you can take baby steps or jump right in, The Book will be there providing answers, and since it is not an Encyclopedia but a single volume, in some instances it will direct you to another source where you can explore in depth in any given subject you are interested.
I really want to try my hand at making wine and beer from local produce (since I have yet to have my dream home), and I find the advice regarding fruits and veggies quite helpful! right now my plants are just potted, and I still have a wide array of veggies and herbs (and a small guava-strawberry tree already being subjected to the treatments explained in The Book!)
Whether you have half an acre, a tenth of an acre or just a balcony, you will find plenty of valuable information. you can make your own mozzarella from fresh milk even if you don't have a cow, or learn how to can your veggies even if they are store bought at the peak of the season and not grown in your home.
I would give it ten stars!
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