The Mini Farming Handbook

Bestselling author Brett Markham's new handbook gives us the mini farming basics along with in-depth tips on vegetable gardening, fermenting, composting, and self-sufficiency in a handy new format and design. Includes:<br>* Soil management and making your own fertilizer <br>* Crop rotation and cover cropping<br>* Composting<br>* Seed starting and timing/planning<br>* Raised beds and pest management<br>* Pvc trellising and planting spacers<br>* Raising chickens, making your own chicken plucker, and butchering<br>* Growing fruit/nut trees and vines<br>* Food preservation (canning and freezing) <br>* Fermenting wine, vinegar and cheese<br>With the full color photographs that made the original <i>Mini Farming</i> so popular, and step by step drawings, projects, graphs, and tables, you'll have everything you need for your new or established mini farm at your fingertips. So dive in a learn how to begin and cultivate your own mini farm on less than a quarter acre.<br>