Maximizing Your Mini Farm
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Maximizing Your Mini Farm
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Maximizing Your Mini Farm
Describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family's food on just a quarter acre - and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require. The author gives you tips, tricks, and advice on how to make the most of your mini farm.
The essential guide to producing food for your family and earning money from a small plot of land.
Mini farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family's food on just a quarter acre—and earn £10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require.
Now expanding exponentially on his bestselling Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre, Brett Markham gives you tips, tricks, and planning advice on how to make the most of your mini farm. New topics include:
- Soil and Fertility Tools and Techniques
- Planting Guides and Seeders
- Easy Trellising
- Weed Control Techniques
- Greater Food Self-Sufficiency
- Making Your Own Country Wines
- Making Your Own Vinegars
- Making Cheese at Home
- Cooking for Self-Sufficiency
Keep your costs down and production high with this complete guide to maximizing your mini farm—whether it's a rooftop urban garden, a suburban backyard, or a more substantial plot of land. Materials, tools, and techniques are detailed with tables, diagrams, and 200 colour illustrations and author photographs.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781616086107
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 May 2012
Country: United States
Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 216.0mm
Height: 279.0mm
Weight: 1080g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Brett Markham is an engineer, third generation farmer and polymath.Using the methods explained in his book, he runs a profitable, Certified Naturally Grown mini-farm on less that an acre.Brett works full time as an engineer for a broadband ISP and farms in his spare time.The author of Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1 / 4 Acre he lives in New Ipswich, New Hampshire.
Also by Brett L. Markham
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