Fall at the Fair! Books for the Urban Farmer

Enjoy this list of books about gardening and urban homesteading that follows the theme for our SweetBean Reading Challenge in August!

Updated July 22, 2024
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Ball canning back to basics : a foolproof guide to canning jams, jellies, pickles, and more
Paper Book
Can it, pickle it, and store it with confidence.  If you can boil water, you can make your own delectable jams and jellies, try your hand at fresh-pack pickling, and jar savory sauces. Ball Canning Back to Basics focuses on the building-block...
Can it, bottle it, smoke it : and other kitchen projects
Solomon, Karen.
Paper Book
Have you ever wanted to . . . Bottle your own soda? Press your own tofu? Smoke your own cheese? Boil your own bagels? Ferment your own miso? Can your own tomatoes? Roast your own coffee?nbsp; Can It, Bottle It, Smoke It walks you through a slew of satisfying...
Cheesemaking
Ash, Rita.
Ebook
A comprehensive yet concise guide to making cheese at home, featuring step-by-step instructions, recipes, advice, troubleshooting tips, and more. Inside this book you will find everything you need to know to begin making cheese, from the tools and equipment for the job...
Epic homesteading : your guide to self-sufficiency on a modern, high-tech, backyard homestead
Espiritu, Kevin
Paper Book
Epic Homesteading is the ultimate guide to starting a modern, high-tech homestead with advice on growing and preserving food, raising chickens and bees, utilizing solar power, harvesting rainwater, and so much more.
The Homesteading Handbook A Back to Basics Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More
Gehring, Abigail R.
Paper Book
Who doesn't want to shrink their carbon footprint, save money, and eat homegrown food whenever possible? Even readers who are very much on the grid will embrace this large, fully-illustrated guide on the basics of living the good, clean life. It's written with country lovers in mind--even...
Mini farming : self sufficiency on a 1/4 acre
Markham, Brett L.
Paper Book
Go back to basics--compost, raising chickens, water and irrigation, dealing with pests, and much more--with this unique, full color bestseller (over 400,000 sold). Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent...
Self-sufficiency for the 21st century
Strawbridge, Dick.
Paper Book
Self Sufficiency for the 21st Century includes something for everyone, from urban apartment dwellers to suburbanites to countryside residents.  With step-by-step guidance and techniques, Self Sufficiency for the 21st Century teaches you how to reduce waste,...
Self-Sufficiency: A Complete Guide to Baking, Carpentry, Crafts, Organic Gardening, Preserving Your Harvest, Raising Animals, and More!
Gehring, Abigail
Paper Book
Now, more than ever, people across the country are turning toward simpler, greener, and quieter ways of living--whether they're urbanites or country folk. Following in the footsteps of Back to Basics and Homesteading, this large, fully-illustrated book provides the entire family with...

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