Mini farming self sufficiency on a 1/4 acre
Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family's food on just a quarter acre -- and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require. Even if you have never...
Main Author: | Markham, Brett L. |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York, NY :
Skyhorse Pub.,
c2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Overview of intensive agriculture
- How mini-farming works for you
- Raised beds
- Soil composition and maintenance
- Compost
- Plant nutrients in-depth
- Time and yield
- Watering and irrigation
- Crop proportions and sizing
- Pest and disease control
- Seed starting
- Selecting and saving seed
- Season extension
- Fruit trees and vines
- Raising chickens for eggs
- Raising chickens for meat
- The Markham farm chicken plucker
- Public domain thresher designs
- Preserving the harvest
- Selling your produce
- Putting it all together.