The Mini Farming Handbook

Brett L. Markham

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Skyhorse Publishing
01 August 2014

Smallholdings

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:

Soil management and making your own fertilizer

Crop rotation and cover cropping

Composting

Seed starting and timing/planning

Raised beds and pest management

Pvc trellising and planting spacers

Raising chickens, making your own chicken plucker, and butchering

Growing fruit ut trees and vines

Food preservation (canning and freezing)

Fermenting wine, vinegar and cheese With the full color photographs that made the original Mini Farming 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.

By: Brett L. Markham
Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 626g
ISBN: 9781629141978
ISBN 10: 1629141976
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 01 August 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Brett L. Markham is an engineer, third-generation farmer, and polymath. Using the methods explained in his bestselling series Mini Farming, he runs a profitable, Certi?ed Naturally Grown mini farm on less than half an acre. Brett works full time as an engineer for a broadband ISP and farms in his spare time.

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The Mini Farming Handbook

Brett L. Markham

$35.95

Paperback

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