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The Mini Farming Handbook

The Mini Farming Handbook
Author: Brett L. Markham
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2014-05-06
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1629142875

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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.


Mini Farming

Mini Farming
Author: Brett L. Markham
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2010-04
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1602399840

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Start a mini farm on a quarter acre or less and provide 85 percent of the food for a family of four and earn an income."


Mini Farming Guide to Vegetable Gardening

Mini Farming Guide to Vegetable Gardening
Author: Brett L. Markham
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2012-05-22
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1620873788

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Make the most of your vegetable garden with Brett Markham, author Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on ¼ Acre. This comprehensive new handbook covers everything you need to know about maximizing and harvesting the best vegetables you can possibly produce. With each chapter addressing a different vegetable, you’ll learn tips and tricks about varietal selection, nutritional merits, how to begin, special hints for growing, and how to deal with particular pests and diseases, plus one or two creative recipes to get you started. With over 150 of Markham’s own photographs guiding you every step of the way, you’ll find this an honest, straightforward guide and a must-have for any vegetable mini-farmer.


Mini Farming Guide to Fermenting

Mini Farming Guide to Fermenting
Author: Brett L. Markham
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2012-08
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1616086130

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Markham, author of "Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on Acre," explains how to ferment just about anything grown. Inside readers will find recipes and instructions with checklists, extensive tables, measurements, and 150 of the author's own photographs.


The Mini Farming Guide to Composting

The Mini Farming Guide to Composting
Author: Brett L. Markham
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2013-03-06
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1616088583

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Outlines composting techniques intended to maximize vegetable output and increase self-sufficiency, and addresses such topics as nutrient cycles, sustainability practices, and indoor composting.--


Maximizing Your Mini Farm

Maximizing Your Mini Farm
Author: Brett L. Markham
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2012-03-21
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1620872978

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Mini farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family’s food on just a quarter acre—and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require. Now expanding exponentially on his bestselling Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on ¼ Acre, Brett Markham gives you tips, tricks, and planning advice on how to make the most of your mini farm. New topics include: -Soil and Fertility yy Tools and Techniques -Planting Guides and Seeders -Easy Trellising -Weed Control Techniques -Greater Food Self-Sufficiency -Making Your Own Country Wines -Making Your Own Vinegars -Making Cheese at Home -Cooking for Self-Sufficiency Keep your costs down and production high with this complete guide to maximizing your mini farm—whether it’s a rooftop urban garden, a suburban backyard, or a more substantial plot of land. Materials, tools, and techniques are detailed with tables, diagrams, and 200 color illustrations and author photographs.


Five Acres and Independence

Five Acres and Independence
Author: Maurice G. Kains
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2013-06-17
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0486316882

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This classic of the back-to-the-land movement is packed with solid, timeless information. Written by a renowned horticulturist, it has taught generations how to make their land self-sufficient. 95 figures.


The Mini Farming Bible

The Mini Farming Bible
Author: Brett L. Markham
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2014-11-04
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1632200473

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When Brett Markham published a small black and white handbook about how to run a successful mini farm—he never dreamed how popular the book would soon become. In 2010 Skyhorse Publishing Inc. published Brett’s book in full color with over a hundred of the author’s own photographs—and Mini Farming became an instant bestseller spawning four additional Mini Farming books on everything from fermenting to composting. Now for the first time all 5 Mini Farming titles are collected together in one massive volume: Mini Farming Maximizing Your Mini Farm Mini Farming Guide to Composting Mini Farming Guide to Vegetable Gardening Mini Farming Guide to Fermenting Learn how to make your own compost, save seeds, start a compost pile, ferment your own wine, get the most out of your vegetable garden—and more! And all on just ¼ acre or less. Learn why tens of thousands of readers across North America have chosen Mini Farming for all their self sufficiency needs. This is the must have guide for any farmer—whether they’re beginners or experienced mini farmers looking for new ideas.


The Market Gardener

The Market Gardener
Author: Jean-Martin Fortier
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2014-03-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0865717656

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Grow better not bigger with proven low-tech, human-scale, biointensive farming methods


Living on an Acre

Living on an Acre
Author: U.S. Department. of Agriculture
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 0762765550

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The classic USDA handbook to self-reliant living, now completely revised and updated.