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Twelve months to self-sufficiency!
This fully updated second edition of the popular Weekend Homesteader series includes exciting, short projects that you can use to dip your toes into the vast ocean of homesteading without getting overwhelmed. If you need to fit homesteading into a few hours each weekend and would like to have fun while doing it, these projects will be right up your alley, whether you live on a forty-acre farm, a postage-stamp lawn in suburbia, or a high rise.
The Spring volume includes the following projects:
- Plant easy berries
- Stock up on dried goods
- Prepare for an emergency with backup lighting
- Set homesteading goals
- Plant a spring garden
- Grow edible mushrooms
- Attract native bees
- Learn to enjoy what you've got
- Bonus epilogue: Becoming true weekend homesteaders
The second edition has been revised and expanded to match the paperback, with extra photos and feedback from weekend homesteaders just like you, plus permaculture-related avenues for the more advanced homesteader to explore. Dive right in and start your homesteading journey today!
Titles in the series (5)
- Weekend Homesteader: April: Weekend Homesteader, #1
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Twelve months to self-sufficiency! This fully updated second edition of the popular Weekend Homesteader series includes exciting, short projects that you can use to dip your toes into the vast ocean of homesteading without getting overwhelmed. If you need to fit homesteading into a few hours each weekend and would like to have fun while doing it, these projects will be right up your alley, whether you live on a forty-acre farm, a postage-stamp lawn in suburbia, or a high rise. The April volume includes the following projects: * Find room to homestead * Survey your site * Plan your summer garden * Start a no-till garden with a kill mulch The second edition has been revised and expanded to match the paperback, with extra photos and feedback from weekend homesteaders just like you, plus permaculture-related avenues for the more advanced homesteader to explore.
- Weekend Homesteader: Summer: Weekend Homesteader, #2
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Twelve months to self-sufficiency! This fully updated second edition of the popular Weekend Homesteader series includes exciting, short projects that you can use to dip your toes into the vast ocean of homesteading without getting overwhelmed. If you need to fit homesteading into a few hours each weekend and would like to have fun while doing it, these projects will be right up your alley, whether you live on a forty-acre farm, a postage-stamp lawn in suburbia, or a high rise. The summer volume includes the following projects: * Plant your summer garden * Decipher nutrition * Choose the right mulch for each plant * Make homesteading easy with teamwork * Start a compost pile * Build a worm bin * Experiment with seasonings * Calculate your real hourly wage * Plant a fall garden * Freeze delicious garden produce * Hang your clothes out to dry * Make a budget The second edition has been revised and expanded to match the paperback, with extra photos and feedback from weekend homesteaders just like you, plus permaculture-related avenues for the more advanced homesteader to explore. Dive right in and start your homesteading journey today!
- Weekend Homesteader: Fall: Weekend Homesteader, #3
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Twelve months to self-sufficiency! This fully updated second edition of the popular Weekend Homesteader series includes exciting, short projects that you can use to dip your toes into the vast ocean of homesteading without getting overwhelmed. If you need to fit homesteading into a few hours each weekend and would like to have fun while doing it, these projects will be right up your alley, whether you live on a forty-acre farm, a postage-stamp lawn in suburbia, or a high rise. The Fall volume includes the following projects: * Save your own seeds * Preserve garden produce by drying * Build a chicken coop or tractor * Make a rain barrel * Eat seasonally * Can tomatoes * Bring your chickens home * Experience voluntary simplicity * Extend the fall gardening season with quick hoops * Store vegetables on the shelf * Scavenge biomass for the garden * Become an apprentice The second edition has been revised and expanded to match the paperback, with extra photos and feedback from weekend homesteaders just like you, plus permaculture-related avenues for the more advanced homesteader to explore.
- Weekend Homesteader: Winter: Weekend Homesteader, #4
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Twelve months to self-sufficiency! This fully updated second edition of the popular Weekend Homesteader series includes exciting, short projects that you can use to dip your toes into the vast ocean of homesteading without getting overwhelmed. If you need to fit homesteading into a few hours each weekend and would like to have fun while doing it, these projects will be right up your alley, whether you live on a forty-acre farm, a postage-stamp lawn in suburbia, or a high rise. The winter volume includes the following projects: Rotate your garden vegetables Roast a chicken Store drinking water Diversify your income Plant a fruit tree Cook up a pot of soup Narrow down your list of essential tools Stay warm without electricity Test your garden soil Bake bread Awaken your media consciousness Turn trash into treasures The second edition has been revised and expanded to match the paperback, with extra photos and feedback from weekend homesteaders just like you, plus permaculture-related avenues for the more advanced homesteader to explore. Dive right in and start your homesteading journey today!
- Weekend Homesteader: Spring: Weekend Homesteader, #5
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Twelve months to self-sufficiency! This fully updated second edition of the popular Weekend Homesteader series includes exciting, short projects that you can use to dip your toes into the vast ocean of homesteading without getting overwhelmed. If you need to fit homesteading into a few hours each weekend and would like to have fun while doing it, these projects will be right up your alley, whether you live on a forty-acre farm, a postage-stamp lawn in suburbia, or a high rise. The Spring volume includes the following projects: Plant easy berries Stock up on dried goods Prepare for an emergency with backup lighting Set homesteading goals Plant a spring garden Grow edible mushrooms Attract native bees Learn to enjoy what you've got Bonus epilogue: Becoming true weekend homesteaders The second edition has been revised and expanded to match the paperback, with extra photos and feedback from weekend homesteaders just like you, plus permaculture-related avenues for the more advanced homesteader to explore. Dive right in and start your homesteading journey today!
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