Homesteading: a backyard guide to growing your own food, canning, keeping chickens, generating your own energy, crafting, herbal medicine, and more

The home garden. Planning a garden ; Improving your soil ; Conserving water ; Mulching in your garden and yard ; Organic gardening ; Start your own vegetable garden ; Start your own flower garden ; Planting trees ; Container gardening ; Rooftop gardens ; Terracing ; Raised beds ; Growing plants without soil ; Pest and disease management ; Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Bees to your Garden ; Harvesting your garden ; Community Garden ; Farmers' Markets

Pantry. Eating Well

Food Co-Ops ; Canning ; Drying and freezing ; Edible wild plants and mushrooms ; Make your own foods ; Sharing your Bounty

The backyard farm. Chickens ; Ducks ; Turkeys ; Beekeeping ; Goats ; Sheep ; Llamas

Simple structures for your land. Doghouses ; Birdhouses ; Simple stables ; Poultry houses ; Fences, gates, and pens ; Basic bridges ; Tool sheds and workshops ; Smokehouses ; Root cellars ; Treehouses and Brush Houses ; Trellises ; Weathervanes

Energy. Solar energy ; Wind energy ; Hydropower ; Geothermal energy ; Composting toilets ; Greywater

Crafts. Handmade candles ; Making your own soap ; Potpourri From Your Garden ; Pottery basics ; Handmade Jewelry ; Handcrafted Paper ; Knitting ; Bookbinding ; Tying knots ; Kites ; Boomerangs ; Toboggans ; Preserving Flowers ; Cornhusk Dolls ; Basketweaving ; Marketing your Skills

Well-being. Herbal medicine ; Natural Disasters ; First aid ; Managing and Reducing Stress ; Massage ; Interior Design

Stenciling ; Wallpapering ; Lighting ; Feng Shui ; Intentional Communities.

The home garden

Pantry

The backyard farm

Simple structures for your land

Energy

Crafts

Well-being.