Have you been secretly desiring to establish a self-sufficient homestead, complete with a colony of productive bees and all manner of other self-sustaining systems but don't know what to do to get started and are looking for a guide that will show you the steps to take to achieve that? If you've answered YES, keep reading… You Are About To Discover The Specific Steps To Take To Set Up A Thriving Idyllic Self-Sufficient Homestead That Has All Manner Of Crops And Animals (Including Bees) To Make Your Homesteading Experience Fully Self-Sustaining! Homesteading and beekeeping are two of the most lucrative, therapeutic and health-boosting activities which, unsurprisingly, most people dream of getting into, but for one or more reasons, never get to start. There's a good chance that you've also had a desire to create your own homestead, or at least keep bees for their honey and wax (for domestic use or for sale), as a hobby or for cash- but you never got to start because of unresolved concerns. As an example, do these questions sound familiar? How do I start a homestead from scratch without any experience? How do I start beekeeping safely? How would I avoid the costly mistakes? How do I monetize? What are the kinds of bees or plants I need to look for? …if such questions are the ones that have been holding you back from making your first step, then this 2 in 1 book is all you need. It will answer these and many more questions, as it offers you all the information you've been looking for to start your journey successfully Here's a bit of what the book contains: • The basics of homesteading, including how it has evolved over the years, the approaches to homesteading that you can take and how you can benefit from it • How to set up a homestead that is welcoming and self-sustaining • How to put up a traditional homestead, in simple steps • The most critical homesteading skills to flourish in a homestead, and how to get them • How to choose cash crops and profitable plants to grow • How to make sustainable income money out of your homestead by conducting the right marketing, saving cash properly and selling your products well • How to get started with beekeeping • The different types of beekeeping you need to know • What you stand to gain and risk in beekeeping • How to choose the right bee type and set up the bee colony • The types of hives you need to know about and how to select the right one for you • How to purchase and transport bees • How to feed new bees • The most important things you need to consider as you inspect your beehive • What you need to know about bee stings • How to approach common problems in beekeeping • Important honey prices and market demand details • How the colonies' activities change according to the different seasons • How to harvest honey and beeswax …And much more! As you'll soon discover, it doesn't take much to start a successful homestead, or a beekeeping business. All you require is a simple and comprehensive beginners' guide- and that is one click away! What's more; even if you are a complete beginner to the world of homesteading in general and bee keeping in specific, this book will usher you into this new and exciting world in an assuring, positive step by step language that will see you take the leap and succeed at it! Don't wait…. Scroll up and click Buy Now With 1-Click or Buy Now to get started!

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Twelve months to self-sufficiency! This fully updated second edition of the popular Weekend Homesteader series includes exciting, short projects that you can use to dip your toes into the vast ocean of homesteading without getting overwhelmed. If you need to fit homesteading into a few hours each weekend and would like to have fun while doing it, these projects will be right up your alley, whether you live on a forty-acre farm, a postage-stamp lawn in suburbia, or a high rise. The April volume includes the following projects: * Find room to homestead * Survey your site * Plan your summer garden * Start a no-till garden with a kill mulch The second edition has been revised and expanded to match the paperback, with extra photos and feedback from weekend homesteaders just like you, plus permaculture-related avenues for the more advanced homesteader to explore.

Jill Winger, creator of the award-winning blog The Prairie Homestead, introduces her debut The Prairie Homestead Cookbook, including 100+ delicious, wholesome recipes made with fresh ingredients to bring the flavors and spirit of homestead cooking to any kitchen table. With a foreword by bestselling author Joel Salatin The Pioneer Woman Cooks meets 100 Days of Real Food, on the Wyoming prairie. While Jill produces much of her own food on her Wyoming ranch, you don’t have to grow all—or even any—of your own food to cook and eat like a homesteader. Jill teaches people how to make delicious traditional American comfort food recipes with whole ingredients and shows that you don’t have to use obscure items to enjoy this lifestyle. And as a busy mother of three, Jill knows how to make recipes easy and delicious for all ages. "Jill takes you on an insightful and delicious journey of becoming a homesteader. This book is packed with so much easy to follow, practical, hands-on information about steps you can take towards integrating homesteading into your life. It is packed full of exciting and mouth-watering recipes and heartwarming stories of her unique adventure into homesteading. These recipes are ones I know I will be using regularly in my kitchen." - Eve Kilcher These 109 recipes include her family’s favorites, with maple-glazed pork chops, butternut Alfredo pasta, and browned butter skillet corn. Jill also shares 17 bonus recipes for homemade sauces, salt rubs, sour cream, and the like—staples that many people are surprised to learn you can make yourself. Beyond these recipes, The Prairie Homestead Cookbook shares the tools and tips Jill has learned from life on the homestead, like how to churn your own butter, feed a family on a budget, and experience all the fulfilling satisfaction of a DIY lifestyle.

In the ’60s it was called the "back to the land" movement, and in Helen and Scott Nearings’ day, it was "living the good life." Whatever the term, North Americans have always yearned for a simpler way. But how do you accomplish that today? Blending inspiration with practical how-to’s, Rural Renaissance captures the American dream of country living for contemporary times. Journey with the authors and experience their lessons, laughter and love for the land as they trade the urban concrete maze for a five-acre organic farm and bed and breakfast in southwestern Wisconsin. Rural living today is a lot more than farming. It’s about a creative, nature-based and more self-sufficient lifestyle that combines a love of squash, solar energy, skinny-dipping and serendipity . . . The many topics explored in Rural Renaissance include: "right livelihood" and the good life organic gardening and permaculture renewable energy and energy conservation wholesome organic food, safe water and a natural home simplicity, frugality and freedom green design and recycled materials community, friends and raising a family independence and interdependence wildlife conservation and land stewardship. An authentic tale of a couple whose pioneering spirit and connection to the land reaches out to both the local and global community to make their dream come true, Rural Renaissance will appeal to a wide range of Cultural Creatives, free agents, conservation entrepreneurs and both arm-chair and real-life homesteaders regardless of where they live. Lisa Kivirist and John Ivanko are innkeepers, organic growers, copartners in a marketing consulting company, and have previously published books. John is also a photographer. Former advertising agency fast-trackers, they are nationally recognized for their contemporary approach to homesteading, conservation and more sustainable living. They share their farm with their son, two llamas, and a flock of free-range chickens. Rural Renaissance also offers a foreword by Bill McKibben.

Build your own passive solar greenhouse for year-round food production in any climate Fresh, local nutrient-dense fruits vegetables are hard to find in winter in cold climates. Growing warm-weather crops like tomatoes, bananas, avocados, and other perennials is nearly impossible using conventional structures. The solution for millions of backyard and small-scale commercial growers is self-heating solar greenhouses. The Year-round Solar Greenhouse is the one-stop guide to designing and building greenhouses that harness and store energy from the sun to create naturally heated, lush growing environments even in the depths of winter, covering principles of solar greenhouse design and siting, glazing material properties and selection, controlling heat loss, ventilation, and construction methods. Additionally, an in-depth section covers sustainable ways of heating the greenhouse without fossil fuels, including using thermal mass and storing heat underground with a ground to air heat exchanger. Variations include attached solar greenhouses, earth sheltered greenhouses, plus integrating hydroponics and aquaponics. More than a dozen case studies from across North America provide inspiration and demonstrate specific challenges and solutions for growing year-round in any climate. Grow your own food, anytime, anywhere using the power of the sun!

For readers who want to shrink their carbon footprint, save money, and eat homegrown food whenever possible, this large, fully-illustrated guide--and companion to the bestseller "Back to Basics"--provides the basics of living a good, clean life.

The Self-Sufficient Backyard is helping Americans transforming from an honest homeowner into an independent, self-sufficient person that has an extra income and doesn't owe anybody a thing. You will not be troubled with what happens to the world around you, because everything you need is where is should be: on your property!