The Backyard Beekeeper, now revised and expanded, makes the time-honored and complex tradition of beekeeping an enjoyable and accessible backyard pastime that will appeal to gardeners, crafters, and cooks everywhere. ...

Are you looking for a great way to reconnect with the earth, the community, and your food sources? Keeping backyard chickens is a fun, simple way to start making this happen, even...

Here's the ideal hands-on guidebook for self-sufficient farmers, ranchers, and hunters with step-by-step instructions on butchering beef, venison, pork, lamb, poultry, and goats. ...

Better Beekeeping answers the question, "What do I do now that I'm a beekeeper?" This book builds upon an established knowledge of beekeeping with real-world study, smart, intuitive thinking, and setting of...

 Whether you want to raise a dairy barn full of milkers, a herd of Angoras for mohair, or a few Pygmies as pets, How to Raise Goats is for you. ...

Milking your family cow and experiencing the simple joys that comes with it are explained in this guidebook by veteran dairy farmer and cheesemaker Phil Hasheider.This book leads you...

Longtime goat rancher Yvonne Zweede-Tucker draws on twenty years of hands-on experience to help you raise your own meat goats. Illustrated throughout with color photography, this instructive handbook includes advice about breeds,...

Imagine the bounty of a late-summer farmer's market, right in your backyard! Growing your own fruit ensures a fresh, delicious, abundant harvest for your family and friends for years!...

It’s all about back to basics: consumers are rejecting consumption and looking for more and more ways to reconnect with the earth, the community, and their food sources. Many people who have...

A complete, easy-to-use guide to raising sheep--on a small scale or large--with information on everything from breeds, feed requirements, fencing, and general care to showing, breeding, and marketing. ...