Backyard Homesteading All-in-One For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9781119550754 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 688 str.

Todd Brock

Spis treści

Introduction 1Book 1: Creating a Garden 5Chapter 1: Planning Your Garden 7Chapter 2: Deciding What to Grow 41Chapter 3: Preparing to Plant 65Chapter 4: Planting 95Chapter 5: Growing Your Garden 125Chapter 6: Dealing with Weeds and Pests 155Chapter 7: Extending Your Season 171Book 2: Preserving the Harvest 181Chapter 1: Canning Basics 183Chapter 2: Water-Bath Canning 197Chapter 3: Pressure Canning 231Chapter 4: Pickling 269Chapter 5: Freezing 291Chapter 6: Drying 319Chapter 7: Root Cellaring and Storage 357Book 3: Making Your Own 369Chapter 1: Brewing Beer 371Chapter 2: Fermenting 389Chapter 3: Baking Bread 425Chapter 4: Making Candles and Soap 441Book 4: Raising Animals 455Chapter 1: Introducing Beekeeping 457Chapter 2: Caring for Your Bee Colony 473Chapter 3: Introducing Backyard Chickens 509Chapter 4: Raising Your Chicken Flock 529Chapter 5: Opting for Other Animals 553Book 5: Building It Yourself 559Chapter 1: Starting Small with Garden Projects 561Chapter 2: Building a Backyard Beehive 581Chapter 3: Building a Chicken Coop 603Index 631

O autorze

Todd Brock is a television writer and producer whose work includes PBS's Growing a Greener World, DIY Network's Fresh From the Garden, and HGTV's Ground Breakers. He is the coauthor of Building Chicken Coops For Dummies.