Smallholding: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Livestock and Growing Garden Produce
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Smallholding: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Livestock and Growing Garden Produce

A Beginner''s Guide to Raising Livestock and Growing Garden Produce

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eBook - ePub

Smallholding: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Livestock and Growing Garden Produce

A Beginner''s Guide to Raising Livestock and Growing Garden Produce

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About this book

Smallholding as a concept is not limited to small-scale farming, and anyone can bring parts of it to their everyday lifestyle, whether it''s a window box to grow produce, a garden to keep chickens, or a field or two for other livestock. Providing a comprehensive overview of smallholding for the beginner, Smallholding is a practical guide to growing food and farming livestock. It helps the reader learn how to incorporate some self-sufficiency into their lifestyle, to become knowledgeable enough to keep livestock, and to enjoy working and being productive with the land they have. It also gives information about making a profit from the fruits of labor, such as selling surplus home grown produce at the farm gate or farmers'' markets. Contents include: an A-Z growing guide for fruits and vegetables; buying or renting land; soil health; composting; fruit trees; pasture management; and stock fencing. Detailed livestock information is also given on: keeping bees; caring for poultry; goats; llamas and alpacas; pigs; sheep and cattle; and the legal requirements that come with it. Smallholding is a practical, comprehensive guide to smallholding for beginners, aimed at people who have access to land, as well as those growing produce in their back garden. Georgina Starmer is an experienced writer on rural topics, and author of several smallholder articles for 5M websites. She shares her passion for smallholding, sustainability and natural food on her blog. [Subject: Farm Studies, Agriculture Studies, Agricultural Policy]

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. CONTENTS
  6. Notes on Smallholding
  7. 1. SUSTAINABLE LIVING
  8. 2. THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDEN
  9. 3. A-Z GROWING GUIDE
  10. 4. HOW TO MAKE COMPOST
  11. 5. STORING AND SELLING PRODUCE
  12. 6. LAND FOR A SMALLHOLDING
  13. 7. LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT
  14. 8. CHICKENS
  15. 9. DUCKS AND GEESE
  16. 10. INCUBATING EGGS AND CARING FOR CHICKS
  17. 11. GOATS
  18. 12. LLAMAS AND ALPACAS
  19. 13. PIGS
  20. 14. SHEEP
  21. 15. CATTLE
  22. 16. BEEKEEPING
  23. 17. COMMUNITY SMALLHOLDING
  24. Afterword
  25. Useful organisations
  26. Index