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9781603421386

The Backyard Homestead Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre!

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  • ISBN13:

    9781603421386

  • ISBN10:

    1603421386

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-02-11
  • Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

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Summary

Put your backyard to work! Enjoy fresher, organic, better-tasting food all the time. The solution is as close as your own backyard. Grow the vegetables and fruits your family loves; keep bees; raise chickens, goats, or even a cow. The Backyard Homestead shows you how it's done. And when the harvest is in, you'll learn how to cook, preserve, cure, brew, or pickle the fruits of your labor.From a quarter of an acre, you can harvest 1,400 eggs, 50 pounds of wheat, 60 pounds of fruit, 2,000 pounds of vegetables, 280 pounds of pork, 75 pounds of nuts. Praise for The Backyard Homestead:"Bottom line is, even if you re not ready for complete self-sufficiency, in today s economic climate, it just makes sense to try to produce some of your own food. And this book is a great way to get your feet wet." Epicurious.com

Author Biography

Before becoming an editor at Storey Publishing, Carleen Madigan was managing editor of Horticulture magazine and lived on an organic farm outside Boston, Massachusetts, where she learned the homesteading skills contained in The Backyard Homestead. She enjoys gardening, hiking, foraging, baking, spinning wool, and knitting.

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface
Introduction

Part 1
GETTING THE MOST FROM FRESH FOOD
  1. Setting Up the Homestead Kitchen
  2. Fresh Vegetables: Harvesting, Handling, Cooking
  3. Fresh Fruit: Harvesting, Handling, Cooking
  4. Grains and Beans
  5. Homemade Sweeteners: Honey, Maple Syrup, and Apple Cider Syrup
  6. Eggs, Birds, and Rabbits
  7. Fresh Milk
  8. Meat: Goat, Lamb, Pork, and Beef

Part 2
FOOD PRESERVATION
 
  1. Cold Storage
  2. Freezing
  3. Canning: Boiling-Water-Bath and Pressure Canning
  4. Drying
  5. Pickling
  6. Making Fruit Preserves
  7. Culturing Milk and Making Cheese
  8. Curing Meats and Making Simple Sausage

Part 3
HOMESTEAD COOKING
  1. Breakfast and Egg Dishes
  2. Vegetable, Cheese, and Bean Dishes
  3. Poultry and Meat Dishes
  4. Desserts and Baked Goods

Appendix: Basic Cooking Methods
Resources
Metric Conversion Charts
Index

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