The backyard homesteader’s beginner-friendly guide to raising chickens—from planning and hatching to caring for your birds and enjoying their farm-fresh eggs!

1. RAISING CHICKENS
Discover how to care for your flock! As a comprehensive primer for first-time chicken farmers,Raising Chickens includes detailed illustrations and informative photographs to ease new homesteaders into the world of backyard chicken farming.

2.GROWING VEGETABLES & HERBS
A bountiful vegetable garden is a mainstay of the backyard farm; when done right, it can form the foundation for all your future farming successes. Whether you’re aiming at self-sufficiency or just looking to add the freshest ingredients possible to your own kitchen table, starting your own backyard vegetable garden is the best possible first step.

3.KEEPING HONEY BEES
Make beekeeping a part of your backyard farming experience: enjoy honey, beeswax and a more fruitful garden, as your bees will work as hard as you do to make your backyard farm a success!

4.HOME HARVESTING
Make the most of your homestead’s produce with this beginner’s guide to preparing and preserving your hard-earned harvest—all year long!

5.RAISING GOATS FOR DAIRY AND MEET
A comprehensive guide for preparing and caring for the addition of goats to your backyard farm—the ideal resource for the beginner farmer

6.RAISING CATTLE FOR DAIRY AND BEEF
Whether for milk or beef, cattle are among the most versatile livestock for your new homestead.

7.GROWING GARLIC
Garlic is one of the most valuable and versatile additions you can make to your garden.

8.CANNING AND PRESERVING
The homesteader’s accessible, comprehensive guide to canning and preserving the produce grown in your own backyard garden!

9.HOME STEADING: COMPLETE GUIDE TO SELF SUFFICENCY
Any home can be a sustainable homestead—whether you’re in the country, city, or suburbs!

10.FRUIT TREES, BERRIES & NUTS
Your Backyard Farming Experience Begins Here!

11.COMPOSTING: HOW TO PLAN, BUILS & MAINTAIN

Give Back to Your Garden by Composting!