"The author of Ecothrifty shows you how to life more self-sufficiently with her guide to modern homesteadingno farm required.
Food recalls, dubious health claims, scary and shocking ingredients in health and beauty products. Our increasingly industrialized supply system is becoming more difficult to navigate, more frightening, and more frustrating, leaving us feeling stuck choosing in many cases between the lesser of several evils. That's why author Deborah Niemann is here to offer healthier, more empowering choices, by showing us how to reclaim links in our food and purchasing chains, to make choices that are healthier for our families, ourselves, and our planet.
In this fully updated and revised edition of Homegrown and Handmade, Deborah shows how making things from scratch and growing some of your own food can help you eliminate artificial ingredients from your diet, reduce your carbon footprint, and create a more authentic life.
Whether your goal is increasing your self-reliance or becoming a full-fledged homesteader, this book is packed with answers and solutions to help you rediscover traditional skills, take control of your food from seed to plate, and much more. This comprehensive guide to food and fiber from scratch proves that attitude and knowledge is more important than acreage. Written from the perspective of a successful, self-taught modern homesteader, this well-illustrated, practical, and accessible manual will appeal to anyone who dreams of a more empowered life.
""Dreaming of a mindful life? Niemann's advice on gardening, cooking, orcharding, raising livestock, and much more demonstrates that it's possible to begin the journey in your own backyard."" -Rebecca Martin, Managing Editor, Mother Earth News"
By:
Deborah Niemann
Foreword by:
Joel Salatin
Imprint: New Society Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Revised and Expanded
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 184mm,
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 643g
ISBN: 9780865718463
ISBN 10: 0865718466
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 04 July 2017
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Foreword: Joel Salatin, Polyface Farm Acknowledgments Preface to the Second Edition Introduction Part 1: The Sustainable Garden Chapter 1: Planning the Sustainable Garden What do you need? What will you grow? How much will you grow? Chapter 2: Growing the Sustainable Garden Composting Vermicomposting Vertical Gardening Organic Solutions Seed Saving Growing Herbs Indoors Growing Sprouts Extending the Tomato Harvest Winter Gardening Chapter 3: Cooking from the Sustainable Garden Tomatoes Freezing Tomatoes Drying Tomatoes Canning Tomatoes Recipe: Creamy Heirloom Tomato Soup Recipe: Gazpacho Step-by-step Canning Recipe: Pizza Sauce Recipe: Canned Salsa Peppers Drying Peppers Recipe: Pickled Peppers Green Beans Recipe: Pickled Green Beans Herbs Recipe: Iced Lemon Spearmint Tea Recipe: Kombucha Root Cellar Vegetables Part 2: The Backyard Orchard Chapter 4: Planning the Backyard Orchard What do you need? What will you grow? Chapter 5: Growing the Backyard Orchard Planting Watering Mulching Pruning Chapter 6: Cooking from the Backyard Orchard Freezing Berries Canning Fruit Recipe: Canned Pears Recipe: Caramel Apple Butter Part 3: The Backyard Poultry Flock Chapter 7: Planning the Backyard Poultry Flock What do you need? What will you raise? Glossary - Poultry Chapter 8: Raising the Backyard Poultry Flock Brooding Chicks Brooding Ducklings Coop Management Laying Feeding Injury Prevention and Treatment Chapter 9: Raising the Backyard Poultry Flock for Meat Chickens Turkeys Ducks and Geese Chapter 10: Cooking from the Backyard Poultry Flock Eggs Recipe: Crème Brûlée Pie Recipe: Quick Quiche Recipe: Brioche Recipe: Noodles Recipe: Mayonnaise Recipe: Ranch Dressing Meat Recipe: Chicken Soup Recipe: Faux Barbecue Chicken Recipe: Turkey Stroganoff Recipe: Bone Broth Part 4: The Home Dairy Chapter 11: Planning the Home Dairy Cows Goats Sheep Donkeys Camels Herd Animals Pasture or Dry Lot Bedding Feeding Minerals and Supplements Breeding Males Babies Veterinary Care Milking Equipment Breeds Buying Dairy Animals Glossary - Dairy Animals Chapter 12: Managing the Home Dairy Natural Dairy Management Training a Milker Milking by Hand Milking by Machine Health Basics Natural Parasite Control Birthing Pasteurization Chapter 13: Producing from the Home Dairy Butter Buttermilk Yogurt Cheese Recipe: Queso Blanco Recipe: Ricotta Recipe: Chèvre Recipe: Easy Mozzarella Recipe: Feta Meat Soap Recipe: Gardener's Scrub Bar Recipe: Castile Soap Recipe: Facial Soap Part 5: Homegrown Pork Chapter 14: Planning for Hogs Choosing a Breed Housing Fencing Feeding Glossary - Hogs Chapter 15: Living with Hogs Breeding Farrowing Raising Piglets Choosing Breeding Stock Pork Chapter 16: Cooking with Pork and Lard Rendering Lard Recipe: Autumn Pork Breakfast Skillet Part 6: Homegrown Sweeteners Chapter 17: Maple Syrup What do you need? Step-by-step Maple Syrup What do you do with all that maple syrup? Recipe: Peanut Butter Brownies Chapter 18: Honey What do you need? Package Bees Nucleus Colony Feeding Bees Maintenance Harvesting Honey Part 7: The Home Fiber Flock Chapter 19: Planning and Managing the Home Fiber Flock Choosing Fiber Animals Rabbits Goats and Sheep Llamas and Alpacas Bedding Shearing Breeding Veterinary Care Feeding and Supplements Glossary - Fiber Animals Chapter 20: Producing from the Home Fiber Flock Processing Fiber Felting Project: Felted Soap Spinning Knitting Project: Scarf Part 8: Homegrown Business Chapter 21: Turning Your Passion into a Business Where to sell your wares? Chapter 22: Selling Non-Food Products Fiber, Yarn, Clothing Leather and Sheepskins Soap Manure and Compost Breeding Stock Chapter 23: Selling Food Products Eggs Dairy Products Meat and Meat Products Produce Honey Maple Syrup Prepared Foods Afterword Appendix A: Cookware Appendix B: Cob Oven Notes Bibliography Index About the Author A Note about the Publisher
Deborah Niemann and her family moved to the country in 2002, and soon 2 goats turned into 20, and a desire to make a simple chevre launched a new career helping people raise goats. Deborah is the author of Homegrown and Handmade, Ecothrifty, and Raising Goats Naturally. She blogs at thriftyhomesteader.com from her farm in Illinois. Joel F. Salatin is an American farmer, lecturer, and author whose books include Folks, This Ain't Normal, You Can Farm, and Salad Bar Beef.
Reviews for Homegrown & Handmade - 2nd Edition: A Practical Guide to More Self-reliant Living
Budding homesteaders who want to live simpler, healthier, and more self-sufficient lives will treasure this updated edition of Niemann's encyclopedic reference. The additional material on operating a home-based business is worth the price of admission alone. Dreaming of a mindful life? Niemann's advice on gardening, cooking, orcharding, raising livestock, and much more demonstrates that it's possible to begin the journey in your own backyard. -- Rebecca Martin, Managing Editor, Mother Earth News ...buy this book, read it and then go do something. You are not alone. Mentors to help you along the way are out here. -- Joel Salatin, from the Foreword Our beautiful world would be such a healthier and happier place if every home treasured a well-thumbed edition of this book! Whether the desire is to simply grow a few veggies or to fulfill the much grander vision of producing meats and dairy products, fruits, preserves and natural fibre products, Deborah has shared her vast extent of knowledge and experience in a way that is instantly accessible. Whether it be growing pigs or pumpkins, making cheese or felting wool, I can find out all I need to know with the turn of a page. Simply -- I love this book! -- Jenni Blackmore, author, Permaculture for the Rest of Us and The Food Lover's Garden I am so impressed with this new edition of Homegrown and Handmade. Deborah Niemann has shown once again not just her wide range of skills and experience, but also her curiosity and ongoing willingness to learn. Having grown up with a mom who cooked from scratch, I deeply appreciate Deborah's emphasis on cooking for ourselves, as well as the numerous recipes included. Not everyone has the room or the time to raise their own food crops or meat or dairy animals, but everyone does have choices about what and how they eat. Wherever you are on your journey toward a more self-reliant lifestyle, Homegrown and Handmade provides practical guidance and gentle encouragement to help you make the choices that work best for you. -- Victoria Redhed Miller, author, Pure Poultry and Craft Distilling Deborah Niemann is the real homesteading deal. She walks the talk and practices what she preaches, all of which authentically and vividly comes through in the engaging pages of Homegrown and Handmade. A treasure-trove of seasoned advice and resources, this book will serve as idea fuel for your homesteading journey. -- Lisa Kivirist, author of Soil Sisters
