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©2021
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160 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Includes index
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
"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"--
Homesteading is a lifestyle based on simple living, producing more than you consume, and treading lightly on the land. Pilarchik provides easy-to-employ ideas and lessons for improving your food self-sufficiency, no matter how much land you have. From laying out planting beds and containers to making the harvest, Pilarchik is a helpful guide on your homesteading journey. -- adapted from back cover
Issued also in electronic format