The backyard homestead

**From a Quarter of An Acre, You Can Harvest:**
1400 Eggs
50 Pounds of Wheat
60 Pounds of Fruit
2000 Pounds of Vegetables
280 Pounds of Pork
75 Pounds of Nuts

**The Indispensable Guide to Food Self-Sufficiency**
Learn How To:
-milk a goat
-prime a fruit tree
-dry herbs
-make dandelion wine
-bake whole-grain bread
-tap a maple tree
-make fresh mozzarella
-brew beer
-mill grains for flour
-save seeds for next season, and a whole lot more

**Put Your Backyard To Work**
Enjoy fresher, organic, better-tasting food all the time. The solution is as close as your own backyard. Grow the vegetables and fruits your family loves, keep bees, raise chickens, goats, or even a cow. The Backyard Homestead shows you how it's done. And when the harvest is in, you'll learn how to cook, preserve, cure, brew, or pickle the fruits of your labor.