The home garden -- Preserving the harvest -- For the love of chickens -- The family dairy -- Raising meat in small places -- Beginning your apiary -- Homestead orchard -- Highlights from other homesteaders.
Summary
Whether you want to dabble in the homesteading movement or immerse yourself completely in the do-it-yourself, back-to-basics lifestyle, Welcome to the Farm is a comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to growing the very best food right in your own backyard. Shaye Elliott takes readers on a journey that teaches them how to harvest baskets full of organic produce, milk a dairy cow (and make butter), plant a homestead orchard, can jams and jellies, and even raise chickens and bees.
