The Seven-Step Homestead: A Guide for Creating the Backyard Microfarm of Your Dreams by Leah M. Webb

Perfect for any aspiring backyard gardeners, this book offers a doable, incremental program for turning any yard into a primary food source with vegetables, fruits, chickens, pollinator plants, and medicinal herbs. Today’s gardeners want a bit of everything—vegetables, fruit, medicinal herbs, flowers for pollinators, and even chickens for eggs. The dream is to build a diverse landscape that serves multiple functions, but achieving that goal can be intimidating and overwhelming. Homesteader Leah M. Webb shares her strategy for implementing a homestead plan in seven stages by starting small and gradually adding more features each year. The Seven-Step Homestead takes readers through the process with a series of doable steps, beginning with establishing one or two raised beds of the easiest vegetables to grow, and gradually building up to the addition of fruit trees and berry bushes on hugelkulture mounds, a coop full of chickens, and a winter’s worth of storage crops. Step-by-step photos from the author’s own homestead, accompanied by her hard-earned advice and instruction, make this a one-of-a-kind guide for anyone who aspires to grow more of their own food.

From the Publisher With author Leah M. Webb’s practical program for turning any yard into a food-producing landscape, readers will learn how to: Start small with one or two raised beds of easy-to-grow crops. Add fruit trees, berry bushes, and chickens for farm-fresh eggs. Grow and harvest nutrient-dense vegetables all year round. The Backyard Homestead The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener Growing Under Cover Freeze Fresh Add to Cart Add to Cart Add to Cart Add to Cart Customer Reviews 4,915 1,820 324 1,434 Price $12 17 $13 17 $13 84 $10 30 More from Storey Publishing: This classic reference provides all the information you need to produce grains, vegetables, eggs, and dairy in your own backyard and preserve your bounty year-round. Harvest fresh produce throughout the year with award-winning author Niki Jabbour’s simple techniques and advice for gardening in every season. In this in-depth guide, Niki Jabbour shows readers how to use cloches, row covers, cold frames, hoophouses, greenhouses, and more to create controlled growing spaces for vegetables to thrive. Capture the peak flavor of freshly harvested produce and preserve it for year-round eating with Crystal Schmidt’s ultimate guide to freezing and enjoying more than 55 popular fruits and vegetables.