The Backyard Homesteader

How to Save Water, Keep Bees, Eat from Your Garden, and Live a More Sustainable Life Absolutely all you need to know to provide you and your family with homegrown food throughout the year. Alison Candlin offers easy-to-follow advice on planning, establishing, and maintaining a small-acre farm, an allotment, or a backyard garden. She also includes essential tips for selecting, housing, and looking after chickens, goats, pigs, bees, and other animals. Learn how to collect and recycle water, compost your leftover scraps, and generate renewable energy for your own home in order to save money and minimize your impact on the environment. With step-by-step instructions and more than 350 photographs and charming illustrations, this book is a practical and comprehensive guide to living off the land.

Hardcover 256 pgs House & Home /

Sustainable Living / Gardening

Alison Candlin lives with her family in rural Wiltshire, England, where she tends her own kitchen garden.