Living on an Acre A Practical Guide to the Self-Reliant Life

Name: Living on an Acre A Practical Guide to the Self-Reliant Life
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ISBN: 9781599218854

ISBN-10: 1599218852

ISBN-13: 9781599218854

Edition: 2nd

Authors: Christine Woodside, Adjustment Administration Staff U. S. Department of Agriculture

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List price: $23.95
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 6/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.066
Language: English



Foreword to the Original Edition, Living on a Few Acres


Editor's Preface to the Second Lyons Press Edition


Acknowledgments



Pluses and Minuses


Living in the Country-a Diversity of People


Consider the Trade-Offs Before Leaving the City


Face the Realities


Changing to a New Lifestyle: Little Things Add Up



Acquiring that Spot


Selecting a Community


Alternative Rural Communities


Making Your Final Choice



Improvements for Your Place


Remodeling a House-Will it be Worthwhile?


A Personal Experience


Building That Dream House: Don't be Caught Napping


Work and Storage Areas Outside


Landscaping: Get Help, Plan Carefully


Land Improvements-What You Need to Know


Your Farmstead Buildings


Water and Waste Disposal


Power Sources and Equipment



The Big Picture


Five Years on Five Acres


Welcome to SweetAire Farm


Pigs and Pumpkins


The View from Golden Hill Farm


Attracting Wildlife to Your Land


The Benefit of a Woodlot



Growing and Raising: How to Do it


Fruit Trees


Grapes


Four Kinds of Berries


Vegetables


How to Market Produce


Ornamental Plants


A Plant Nursery


Dried Flower Arrangements


Herbs


Greenhouse Gardening


Beekeeping


Christmas Trees


Growing Nut Trees


Keeping Chickens and Other Fowl


Raising Pigs


Raising Rabbits


Raising Beef Cattle


Raising Sheep Part-Time


Raising Dairy Cows


Raising Dairy Goats


Raising Horses


Vacation Farms



Property


Disposing of Property


Transferring Land with Preservation in Mind


Providing for Your Heirs-Nonsale Property


How to Get Help


Notes


Further Reading


Contributors to the USDA 1978 Yearbook of Agriculture


Index