The Modern Homesteader's Guide to Keeping Geese

Name: The Modern Homesteader's Guide to Keeping Geese
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9780865718616
Price: 39.99 NZD
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By Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

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The Modern Homesteader's Guide to Keeping Geese by Kirsten Lie-Nielsen delves into the practicalities and joys of raising geese on a homestead. This informative guide covers everything from basic care and feeding to habitat requirements and the benefits geese bring to a sustainable lifestyle. With a focus on natural and ecological practices, the book equips readers with the knowledge to successfully integrate geese into their homesteading endeavours.
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You might enjoy this book if you have an interest in sustainable living and backyard farming. With practical advice and personal insights, it offers a comprehensive look into the joys and challenges of keeping geese, making it ideal for aspiring homesteaders and nature enthusiasts looking to expand their farmyard beyond chickens.

The Modern Homesteader's Guide to Keeping Geese

Well-raised geese are the ultimate homesteading companion, providing weed control, eggs, entertainment, and more. The Modern Homesteader's Guide to Keeping Geese covers everything you need to know from selecting breeds, feeding, housing, and animal health, to how geese can benefit your land as workers and providers of eggs and meat.

Raise a gaggle of geese, the unsung heroes of the small farm

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While chickens preen in the spotlight, geese are the historic unsung heroes of small farms and homesteads. Providing weed control, large eggs, and entertainment, and acting as "security" over other animals, geese are the ultimate modern homesteading companion.

The Modern Homesteader's Guide to Keeping Geese covers everything you need to know to raise geese, including:

Profiles of breeds and how to select the best one for your needs
How to "imprint" goslings on a person
Feeding, housing, animal health, and cold weather care
Using geese for weed control, soil improvement, and as "watch geese"
Cooking with goose eggs and meat

Additional coverage includes a look at the rich history of geese on farms in North America and Europe that will enhance any goose keeper's enjoyment of these intelligent and unique birds.

This practical guide is a must-have essential for the kitchen table of homesteaders, small farmers, permaculturists, and professional farmers looking to add the power of geese to their land.

Kirsten Lie-Nielsen has been raising geese for most of her life. She writes about homesteading and farming for Grit, Mother Earth News, Backyard Poultry, and hobbyfarms.com. She and her partner's experiences farming, raising animals, and restoring a 200-year-old farm in Liberty, Maine, are chronicled at hostilevalleyliving.com.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780865718616

Publisher: New Society Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 September 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: New Society Publishers

Illustration: 1 Plates, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 7.0mm

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 299g

Pages: 144

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About the Author

Kirsten Lie-Nielsen grew up on a farm and has been raising geese and enjoying the quirky personalities and practicality of these beautiful birds for most of her life. Always intrigued by self-sufficiency and working with her hands, Kirsten and her partner are restoring a 200-year old farm in Liberty, Maine, where they raise animals and grow vegetables and native medicinal herbs. Kirsten writes about her experiences and the lessons of life on the farm for publications such as Grit and Mother Earth News, Backyard Poultry , and Hobbyfarms.com. She also blogs about the good life at hostilevalleyliving.com.