Bestselling author Brett Markham's new handbook gives us the mini farming basics along with in-depth tips on vegetable gardening, fermenting, composting, and self-sufficiency in a handy new format and design. Includes:
Soil management and making your own fertilizer
Crop rotation and cover cropping
Composting
Seed starting and timing/planning
Raised beds and pest management
Pvc trellising and planting spacers
Raising chickens, making your own chicken plucker, and butchering
Growing fruit/nut trees and vines
Food preservation (canning and freezing)
Fermenting wine, vinegar and cheese
With the full color photographs that made the original Mini Farming so popular, and step by step drawings, projects, graphs, and tables, you'll have everything you need for your new or established mini farm at your fingertips. So dive in a learn how to begin and cultivate your own mini farm on less than a quarter acre.
- ISBN10 1629141976
- ISBN13 9781629141978
- Publish Date 22 May 2014 (first published 6 May 2014)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Skyhorse Publishing
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 432
- Language English