Book
The modern homestead garden : growing self-sufficiency in any size backyard
Publication Information
Beverly, MA : Cool Springs Press, 2021.
Physical Description
160 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Summary
"Filled with easy-to-employ ideas and lessons for improving your food self-sufficiency no matter how much land you have, The Modern Homestead Garden focuses on planting, growing, harvesting, and preserving food"--
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: What is a modern homestead garden?
- Building your first garden
- Planting your garden and the best vegetables to grow
- Seeds, seed starting, and transplants
- Feeding your homestead garden
- Building earth and raised beds
- Homestead container gardening
- Tending your gardens
- Problems, pests, diseases, and the power of pollinators
- Creating an edible landscape on your homestead
- Using the homestead harvest.