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Homesteading: Self Sufficiency Guide To Gardening gives the reader an insight into what exactly they need to do if they want to get into homestead gardening and learn how they can construct the garden and the best crops that they can plant. The author has gone to great lengths to explain it in terns that can easily be understood and the instructions outlined can easily be executed as well. Homesteading is not a new phenomenon as it has existed for decades in some form or other. It is just that nowadays resurgence in this practice has started as more and more individuals realize that they have to do start growing some of what they eat in a bid to save on the amount they spend every week. As it is aptly named the text acts as a self help guide to self sustaining gardening practices. In the long run it will be extremely fulfilling and beneficial. About the Author: Richard Anderson never grew up in a family that did homesteading but when he became an adult he started to learn about the various things that he could do to save money and to have food that is not filled with various pesticides. He started to do a bit of urban homesteading. As the years went on he managed to acquire a property in the country and from that point on he was able to grown even more things and even rear some animals as well. Richard is aware that the economical crisis is affecting everyone and that it is quite a challenge to have a sound budget when things are getting more expensive and the pay is not increasing. As such he chose the opportunity to introduce a book on homesteading to let others know the things that they could do to save some money and have fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Homesteading:Self Sufficiency Guide To Gardening
HomesteadersGuide To Growing What You Eat
By:Richard Anderson
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This publication is intended toprovide helpful and informative material. It is not intended to diagnose,treat, cure, or prevent any health problem or condition, nor is intended toreplace the advice of a physician. No action should be taken solely on thecontents of this book. Always consult your physician or qualified health-careprofessional on any matters regarding your health and before adopting anysuggestions in this book or drawing inferences from it.
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2013
Manufactured in the United Statesof America
This book is dedicated to myparents who encouraged me to follow my dreams.
Homesteadingand self-sufficiency go hand-in-hand. The concept of self-sufficiency is beingable to provide yourself and your family with everything that is needed forliving without depending on the government or other sources for yourelectricity, water, food, communication and other costs which are usually partof your monthly utility bills.
Acommon theme in self-sufficiency is having a plan and logistics in place fordisaster-preparedness, with the goal of being protected and safe from harm inthe event of a disaster or any other emergent major threat.
Peoplewho practice self-sufficiency oftentimes equip their home and land with solar,wind or other sources of self-provided electricity. They also have their ownfood sources such as farm animals or crops, and they oftentimes have storage ofextra food in case of disaster. Another common theme among self-sufficiencyfollowers is to have their own well or other source of water.
Thewhole goal with self-sufficiency is to provide all of the necessities of lifeby your own power, so that you are not dependent on the government, grocerystores or other powers-that-be to keep yourself and your family going.Self-sufficiency is essentially a form of survivalism. The goal of survivalismis to be able to take care of yourself and those who are dependent upon you inevery circumstance, including disasters or times of war, or other threats toyour ability to live safely and be provided with daily living needs.
HomesteadingToday
Todayhomesteading is a social trend which some consider the lifestyle of choice, ora way of living which is a conscious choice to go back to the old ways of doingthings. Homesteading has been called by other names throughout its practice,such as the back-to-the-land movement, which was made popular in the 1970s inthe United States.
Homesteadersfocus their lives and energies on activities which people did in the old days.Homesteading oftentimes involves growing your own food and preserving foods forthe winter, as well as making most of the items which you need, such asclothing, blankets and items for use in farming.
Acommon theme in homesteading is to adopt practices which have gone out of stylein our modern lifestyles. These practices include fermenting foods to preservethem, using unpasteurized milk and dairy products for food, pickling foods,using old-world methods to preserve meats and practicing herbal medicine.
UrbanHomesteading
Todaya new trend is emerging in cities, which is known as urban homesteading. Thisis the practice of creating a homestead within the geographical area of a city.People with a house and less than an eighth of an acre of land are replacingtheir lawns with raised bed gardens and a chicken coop, taking care of chickensand growing as much of their food as they can in their back and front yards.Some folks even have a milking goat or two situated on their city lot.Currently this trend is beginning to take root and many people are choosingthis way of life.
Eachof these lifestyle approaches can be very rewarding and can provide for aslower way of life, even in the confines of a city lot. It is a consciouschoice, and it can be very rewarding. This book will look on homesteading andgardening to be self sufficient.
Imaginegrowing fresh lettuce, baby spinach and all the fixings for a tender saladwhile the world is buried under snow and ice. Imagine extending the growingseason by months, even in winter. You can, with a cold frame.
Skepticsmight say, Its too cold to grow plants over the winter. However, plants likespinach, corn salad (or mche), radishes, or lettuce really dont need a lot ofheat to grow. Even in the depths of winter, when you push away the snow, youstill find a bit of determined green in the grass beneath it. The same is trueof these crops.
Thecrops can even freeze with no ill effects. Some of them, like lettuce andmche, can even be harvested while theyre frozen, just as long as they thawout naturally when you bring them in.
Agood guide to the world of cold frames is Eliot Colemans Four-Season Harvest(Chelsea Green, 1992). Coleman, a market gardener, grows crops all winter longby using cold frames as well as unheated walk-in tunnels a series of curvedPVC pipes with greenhouse plastic fastened over the top that are large enoughto stand up in. Coleman is able to grow crops all winter in Maine, though hispart of Maine is in zone 5. However, he has also grown crops through the winterwhile living in zone 3 think northern Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota.
Acold frame doesnt have to be elaborate. The frame can be simple as a woodenbox with no bottom, set directly on the ground. To cover your frame, use an olddoor with glass panels in it, or cast-off storm windows, or a simple sheet ofPlexiglas anything that will let light in. The top of the box should beangled toward the sun to capture sunlight and shed water. You also will need astick or venting mechanism to prop the box open on warm days.
Fast-growingcrops, such as salad greens, work best in the cold frame. Some root vegetables,such as turnips and carrots, can be grown there successfully. Coleman reportedthat the winter carrots were really sugary so much so that the kids, whenthey came home from school, ran out to the cold frames and ate them, callingthem candy carrots. The freezing temperatures had turned much of the starchinto sugar.
Youcan transplant some of your herbs out of the garden into the cold frame, too. Chervil,sorrel, and parsley will do well in the cold frame. The same goes for spinach. Thespinach will die off in January, when temperatures get too cold, but then youcan sow spinach seed for an early spring harvest.
Mche,or corn salad, is Colemans favorite crop. Mche makes a little rosette ofleaves about four inches across and is easy to grow. The tiny plants can beharvested whole and used for salad. Mche used to grow as a winter weed infarmers fields, where it was picked for salads before it became domesticated.
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