Backyard Homesteading Is the New Living off Grid

The Beginners Guide for Growing Food, Food Preservation, Animal Husbandry and Crafting

By: Mona Shores

Narrated by: Bryce Dolan

This audiobook is an introduction to homesteading and turning your space into a self sufficient environment. However big or small it may be, this audiobook will guide you through the steps needed to get you well informed on what to expect in the beginning, during and after stages of planning and executing your self sufficient space.

Here is a look inside the audiobook:

Chapter One:

• What Is Backyard Homesteading?
• Who Is an Urban Homesteader?
• The Benefits of Backyard Homesteading
• Your Carbon Footprint

Chapter Two:

• Getting Started
• Map Your Homestead

1. Fencing
2. Sunlight
3. Buildings and Space for Animals
4. Trees and Bushes
5. Permaculture

• How to Map out Your Land
• Learn About Your Soil
• Knowing Your Seasons and Zones
• Composting and Recycling Organic Matter
• Things to Avoid Composting
• How to Start a Compost Pile

Chapter Three:

• Urban Gardening
• Picking What to Grow
• Preparing Your Garden for Planting
• Row Cropping
• Intensive Cropping
• Time to Plant!
• Seed Collecting
• Taking Care of Your Garden
• Ridding Yourself of Weeds
• Feed Your Plants
• Fight Destructive Insects
• Dealing With Diseases
• Keeping Animals Away
• How to Extend Your Growing Season
• Use Raised Beds
• Make a Cold Frame
• Grow Seedlings Indoors
• Warm up Your Soil

Chapter Four:

• How to Make Your Harvest Last
• The Basics of Canning and Preserving
• Water-Bath Canning
• Pressure Canning
• Pickling Vegetables
• Vinegar Brine Pickling
• Natural Fermentation
• Making Preserves, Jams, and Jellies
• Freezing Foods
• Drying
• Oven Drying
• Sun Drying
• Food Dehydrators
• Underground Storage

Chapter Five:

• Backyard Animal Husbandry and Beekeeping
• What Is Animal Husbandry?
• Why Should I Raise My Own Animals?
• Building Enclosures
• Chickens
• Rabbits
• Other Animals
• Try Beekeeping
• Speak to the Experts
• What Do You Need?
• Maintaining and Harvesting

Chapter Six:

• Preparing and Preserving Meat
• How to Butcher Humanely
• Canning Meat
• Large Livestock
• Small Livestock
• Drying Meat
  

Chapter Seven:

• Brewing, Baking, and Fermenting
• Brewing Your Own Beer and Hard Cider
• Fermenting Your Own Wine
• Baking Breads

Chapter Eight:

• Building Projects
• Garden Projects
• Irrigation Projects
• Water Collection

Chapter Nine:

• Crafting Ideas
• Candles and Soaps
• Potpourri
• Hand Crafted Textiles

Urban homesteads are very versatile. I’ve seen people homestead on their apartment roof, in their little inner-city yard, in the yard of their suburban family home, in warehouses, shipping containers, and so much more. You can build a farm anywhere. There are really no limits to building your own little (or large) growing space; some people just want a garden they can work on themselves, some people want an activity for the whole family, some want to build a project for their whole community, others want to create a business that can employ and empower local people. The choice, really, is yours. Plus it is extremely healthy and free of pesticides.

There is a lot of information contained in this audiobook, you can always refer back to it as needed. Happy homesteading to you and your own adventure in becoming self sufficient!

©2021 Ramona Meza (P)2021 Ramona Meza