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Author Shelton, Neil.

Title The everything backyard farming book : a guide to self-sufficient living through growing, harvesting, raising, and preserving your own food / Neil Shelton.

Imprint Avon, Mass. : Adams Media, 2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  635.09 She    ---  Available
Description 304 p. ; 23 cm.
Series An everything series book.
Everything series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Backyard-farming basics -- How to become a backyard farmer -- Things you'll need and things you won't need -- Backyard farming obstacles -- Farming when you don't have a backyard -- Backyard farming on a small lot -- Backyard farming on a larger lot -- Compost -- Intensive planting -- Growing vegetables -- Berries and grapes -- The backyard orchard -- Poultry -- Small livestock -- Pests and pestilence -- Fencing -- Equipment -- Hand tools -- Expanding the growing season -- Food storage -- Truck farming: cash from your crops.
Source NBK 12/13 PPL
Subject Urban agriculture -- United States.
Farms, Small -- United States.
Backyard gardens -- United States.
Gardening -- United States.
Other Title Guide to self-sufficient living through growing, harvesting, raising, and preserving your own food.
ISBN 9781440566011 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1440566011 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781440566028 (alk. paper)
144056602X (alk. paper)

 
    
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