The Backyard Homestead (eBook, ePUB)

Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre!
Redaktion: Madigan, Carleen

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Using this simple step-by-step guidebook discover how to produce fresh, organic food for your family-all year round! This comprehensive guide to homesteading provides all the information you need to grow and preserve a sustainable harvest of grains and vegetables; raise animals for meat, eggs, and dairy; and keep honey bees for your sweeter days. With easy-to-follow instructions on canning, drying, and pickling, you'll enjoy your backyard bounty all winter long. Also available in this series: The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner, The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects, The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals, and The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781603425148
• Artikelnr.: 37953981

Autorenporträt

Before becoming an editor at Storey Publishing, Carleen Madigan was managing editor of Horticulture magazine and lived on an organic farm outside Boston, Massachusetts, where she learned the homesteading skills contained in The Backyard Homestead. She enjoys gardening, hiking, foraging, baking, spinning wool, and knitting.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part 1
GETTING THE MOST FROM FRESH FOOD
1. Setting Up the Homestead Kitchen
2. Fresh Vegetables: Harvesting, Handling, Cooking
3. Fresh Fruit: Harvesting, Handling, Cooking
4. Grains and Beans
5. Homemade Sweeteners: Honey, Maple Syrup, and Apple Cider Syrup
6. Eggs, Birds, and Rabbits
7. Fresh Milk
8. Meat: Goat, Lamb, Pork, and Beef
Part 2
FOOD PRESERVATION
 
1. Cold Storage
2. Freezing
3. Canning: Boiling-Water-Bath and Pressure Canning
4. Drying
5. Pickling
6. Making Fruit Preserves
7. Culturing Milk and Making Cheese
8. Curing Meats and Making Simple Sausage
Part 3
HOMESTEAD COOKING
1. Breakfast and Egg Dishes
2. Vegetable, Cheese, and Bean Dishes
3. Poultry and Meat Dishes
4. Desserts and Baked Goods
Appendix: Basic Cooking Methods
Resources
Metric Conversion Charts
Index