The Backyard Homestead Manual
A How-To Guide to Homesteading - Self Sufficient Urban Farming Made Easy
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Chase Bourn
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Save yourself from more than half of the trouble most beginning and advanced homesteaders have to deal with.
Homestead gardening has exploded over the last few years. One in three US households now gardens to provide food for their families.
There are a variety of reasons why people are getting into gardening in such numbers. At the top of the list is that you can ensure the quality and nutrition of their fruits and vegetables. You also maintain control over where and how they’re produced so they know they’re safe.
Additionally, homestead gardening can save you a lot of money. Did you know that for the required purchases to garden, the average grower experiences a return of investment of over 700%?
Homesteaders also report a psychological satisfaction that comes from working the land to provide for their own food.
If you have a garden or are considering one, now is the perfect time to start or take it to the next level. Optimizing your efforts provides superb results that no grocery store could ever compete with.
It’s also the start of a self-reliant lifestyle because once you get proficient in gardening for food, it has real economic benefits both meeting actual needs and saving money.
Are you wondering if this kind of gardening will work in your backyard?
The answer is 100% yes, it will work, because there are plants and gardening techniques that work for all sorts of living situations.
All you need is a basic understanding of particular plants and their needs to make sure you can live a self-sufficient life as a homesteader.
In The Backyard Homestead Manual, you'll discover:
- A gardener’s framework for effective planning to ensure your harvest is sufficient
- Different garden bed options to accommodate your available space
- Straightforward ways to improve the quality of your soil
- Specialty fruits and vegetables that grow in tricky environments
- Six easy ways to ensure you eat well throughout the winter
- Three things you can't overlook if you want your plants to reliably grow
- New strategies for getting rid of weeds that minimize your required time and effort
And much more.
No matter if you are new to homesteading or you are an established farmer, The Backyard Homestead Manual meets you wherever you are in your gardening process and helps you to overcome the challenges you are facing right now.
Some people are resistant to starting gardening or increasing its scope because of the time commitment. While there are things you need to do on a regular basis, the reality is that when you get a solid system in place, most of the chores can be done quickly and effectively so you can get on with other parts of your day.
If you want to increase your homesteading skills and see the results in your garden, scroll up and click the add to cart button.
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Good but not great
- By Jennifer on 06-17-17
By: Lisa Woodruff
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How Dogs Love Us
- A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain
- By: Gregory Berns
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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How Dogs Love Us answers the age-old question of dog lovers everywhere and offers profound new evidence that dogs should be treated as we would treat our best human friends: with love, respect, and appreciation for their social and emotional intelligence.
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- By Cindy on 08-06-15
By: Gregory Berns
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The Best Hunting Stories Ever Told
- By: Jay Cassell - editor
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 32 hrs and 45 mins
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Follow the trails of hunters - the original storytellers - as they interpret signs, examine tracks, and chase and catch their prey (or fail to). Listeners can curl up with the best authentic hunting fiction and non-fiction, bringing the great Mount Kenya and the prairies of the American Bison into your living room. From Theodore Roosevelt and Gene Hill to Rick Bass and Charles Dickens, remember classic hunting tales and discover new stories of hunters’ luck, camaraderie, and use of smarts on the trail.
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A broad collection of hunting tales
- By Elaine on 06-21-15
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History of Bourbon
- By: Ken Albala, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Ken Albala
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
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Is bourbon the quintessential American liquor? Bourbon is not just alcohol - the amber-colored drink is deeply ingrained in American culture and tangled in American history. From the early days of raw corn liquor to the myriad distilleries that have proliferated around the country today, bourbon is a symbol of the United States. This course traces bourbon's entire history, from the 1700s, with Irish, Scottish, and French settlers setting up stills and making distilled spirits in the New World, through today's booming resurgence.
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Expected a lot more about bourbon
- By Wes on 04-14-20
By: Ken Albala, and others
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Free Your Home of Clutter, Clear up Your Life with Hypnosis, Meditation, Relaxation, and Affirmations
- The Sleep Learning System
- By: Joel Thielke
- Narrated by: Joel Thielke
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
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Clean up the clutter in your home and clear out worry from your life with this guided meditation and relaxation program, from certified hypnotherapist, Joel Thielke. It's as easy as turning on the tracks and falling asleep! The Sleep Learning System is specially designed to work with your subconscious mind during your sleep cycle.
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Good results so far!
- By Dawn A. Mccain on 02-10-15
By: Joel Thielke
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Puppy Training in 7 Easy Steps
- Everything You Need to Know to Raise the Perfect Dog
- By: Mark Van Wye, Zoom Room Dog Training
- Narrated by: Mark Van Wye
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
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If you’re anything like most new puppy parents, it won’t take long to realize that your fuzzy little bundle of joy can also bark, chew, jump, and mysteriously get into A LOT of trouble around the house. Don’t panic - slowly remove the shoe from your pup’s mouth and open this book, because it’s time to start successfully training.
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Straight forward and engaging
- By Katherine Rodman on 06-04-20
By: Mark Van Wye, and others
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Mycophilia
- Revelations From the Weird World of Mushrooms
- By: Eugenia Bone
- Narrated by: Aimee Jolson
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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In Mycophilia, accomplished food writer and cookbook author Eugenia Bone examines the role of fungi as exotic delicacy, curative, poison, and hallucinogen, and ultimately discovers that a greater understanding of fungi is key to facing many challenges of the 21st century.
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Absolutely awful, insufferable, racist author
- By Rs 🦇 on 11-25-19
By: Eugenia Bone
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Secretariat
- By: William Nack
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
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In 1973, Secretariat, the greatest champion in horse-racing history, won the Triple Crown. The only horse to ever grace the covers of Time, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated in the same week, he also still holds the record for the fastest times in both the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. He was also the only non-human chosen as one of ESPN's "50 Greatest Athletes of the Century".
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Loved It - But It Is Not Just About A Super Horse
- By Julie on 06-10-12
By: William Nack
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Unstuff Your Life
- Kick the Clutter Habit and Completely Organize Your Life for Good
- By: Andrew J. Mellen
- Narrated by: Andrew J. Mellen
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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Arguably the most organized man in America, Andrew J. Mellen has created unique, lasting techniques for streamlined living, bringing order out of chaos for a client list that includes attorneys, filmmakers, and even psychologists. With Unstuff Your Life! he puts his powerful program in the hands of his widest audience yet.
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Good Stuff
- By Judy on 12-07-12
By: Andrew J. Mellen
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The Triumph of Seeds
- How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
- By: Thor Hanson
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life, supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and the humble peppercorn drove the Age of Discovery, so did coffee beans help fuel the Enlightenment and cottonseed help spark the Industrial Revolution. And from the fall of Rome to the Arab Spring, the fate of nations continues to hinge on the seeds of a Middle Eastern grass known as wheat.
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Delightfully simplistic!
- By Adrian on 03-30-16
By: Thor Hanson
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Horses Never Lie, 2nd Edition
- The Heart of Passive Leadership
- By: Mark Rashid
- Narrated by: Dan Lawson
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
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A revolutionary approach to the techniques of working with horses, by a renowned instructor. In Horses Never Lie, renowned horse trainer Mark Rashid challenges the conventional wisdom of "alpha leadership" and teaches the listener to become a "passive leader" - a counterpart to the kind of horse other members of a herd choose to associate with and to follow. Applying Rashid’s principles and techniques helps cultivate horse personalities that are responsive and dependable regardless of the rider.
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Robotic reading
- By Julie Lynn on 05-08-15
By: Mark Rashid
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Lightly
- How to Live a Simple, Serene & Stress-Free Life
- By: Francine Jay
- Narrated by: Casey Turner
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
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What's more, Lightly is a complete philosophy of life. When you're tempted by an impulse purchase, trying to resist a chocolate donut, or struggling to say no to another obligation, all you have to remember is one word - "lightly" - to boost your resolve and make beautiful choices. It doesn't get any easier than that. Lightly is like a recipe book for minimalism, designed so you can dip into it anytime for advice and inspiration.
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Good message, too repetitive
- By Amazon Customer on 05-30-19
By: Francine Jay
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Buzz
- The Nature and Necessity of Bees
- By: Thor Hanson
- Narrated by: Brant Pope
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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Bees are like oxygen: ubiquitous, essential, and, for the most part, unseen. While we might overlook them, they lie at the heart of relationships that bind the human and natural worlds. In Buzz, the beloved Thor Hanson takes us on a journey that begins 125 million years ago, when a wasp first dared to feed pollen to its young. From honeybees and bumbles to lesser-known diggers, miners, leafcutters, and masons, bees have long been central to our harvests, our mythologies, and our very existence. They've given us sweetness and light, the beauty of flowers, and as much as a third of the foodstuffs we eat. And, alarmingly, they are at risk of disappearing.
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Not just honeybees!
- By Joshua R. Jacobs on 11-28-18
By: Thor Hanson
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Decoding Dogs: Inside the Canine Mind
- By: Ellen Furlong, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Ellen Furlong
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
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They might be our best friends, but we often have no idea what they are thinking. Peer inside the fascinating world of the mind of the dog with associate professor of psychology Ellen Furlong of Illinois Wesleyan University. Ever wonder how the same nose that always manages to find the worst-smelling place in the park to roll around can also be trained to sniff out cancer, bombs, and even endangered plants and animals? As you embark on a penetrating look at the canine brain, you’ll break down the unique ways dogs think and feel.
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Dogs!
- By Anonymous User on 08-19-20
By: Ellen Furlong, and others
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- Kyle Boyce
- 03-04-20
Informative and effective guide
If you're looking for projects to beef up your homestead, this is a great book to have! It provides material lists, instructions to help you with each project. Can't wait to build my arbor, bug the concrete block planters are first on my list!
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- Phillip M. Armbruster
- 03-06-20
It is definitely in the beginners category
It is definitely in the beginners category. It gives you a good understanding of how to take on small projects like raised beds, and trellis. For the bigger projects it gives you a decent starting point.
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- Kristi Sterling
- 03-04-20
I love this book
I love this book. It has some fantastic ideas I hadn't thought of before... it gave us exactly what we needed when figuring out how to have water lines brought to animals and not having them freeze during the winter.
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- Mathew Bowden
- 03-06-20
Fantastic and amazing
Easy to follow instructions. Actually learned a few new ways to create a better garden area. Nice to have in my prepper library.
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- Justin Glenn
- 02-20-20
¡Excelente recurso para ideas!
¡Excelente recurso para ideas! Incluso si no utiliza los planes exactos contenidos en este libro (y contiene las listas de materiales EXACTOS, las medidas y las instrucciones para hacer cada trabajo grande y pequeño) le dará ideas sobre cómo arreglar su jardín / granja.
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- Patrick Silver
- 03-20-20
It explains almost everything you needed
It is what I've used to find all my needs in my attempt to have a homestead of my own. However, everyone should know, the information in this book is a little limited in detail, meaning more research will be required
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- Eric J. Klein
- 03-16-20
Gained some useful info
Gained some useful info and tips. I've been "in the game" for too long, but newcomers will find a wealth of info here. I would recommend this book to beginner "homesteaders".
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- Rachael Vaughn
- 02-17-20
Me encantó
Hay tantos proyectos en este libro que son relevantes para cuántos eligen vivir hoy. Una guía bien escrita, bien ilustrada y pensada. Me encantó.
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- Jessica Thompson
- 02-13-20
Increíble!
La cantidad de proyectos en este libro es asombrosa. Hay mucho que construir de lo simple a lo complejo. Todo se presenta con diseños fáciles de seguir, junto con una lista completa de piezas y materiales para comprar. El comienzo del libro tiene buena información para el principiante sobre cómo trabajar con madera y qué herramientas necesitará para ayudar a la construcción en general.
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- Elizabeth Kelly
- 03-07-20
Very helpful and reasonable.
The projects turned out to be much more than "beginner friendly" than I was looking for. I was also expecting some practical ideas for frugal homesteading projects. These all require a lot of new materials and fairly high skill level.
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