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Whether maintaining a second home, starting a part-time farm, or going back to the land, LIVING ON AN ACRE is the leading handbook for the small-scale farmer, and a comprehensive approach to solutions to every land-related problem. LIVING ON AN ACRE covers:
· considering the rural versus the urban life
· choosing a region
· what to think about when remodeling an older house
· how to build a barn
· growing for self-sufficiency versus growing for profit
· beekeeping
· raising livestock
· taking in visitors
· farming fish.
· and much more!
| Foreword: The New Back-to-the-Land Movement | 1 | |
| Part 1 | Pluses and Minuses | |
| Living in the Country--a Diversity of People | 5 | |
| Consider the Trade-Offs Before Leaving the City | 8 | |
| Face the Realities | 13 | |
| Changing to a New Lifestyle: Little Things Add Up | 20 | |
| Part 2 | Acquiring That Spot | |
| Selecting a Community | 27 | |
| Alternative Rural Communities | 32 | |
| Making Your Final Choice | 35 | |
| Part 3 | Improvements for Your Place | |
| Remodeling a House--Will It Be Worthwhile? | 41 | |
| A Personal Experience | 50 | |
| Building That Dream House: Don't Be Caught Napping | 53 | |
| Work and Storage Areas Outside | 58 | |
| Landscaping: Get Help, Plan Carefully | 67 | |
| Land Improvements--What You Need to Know | 75 | |
| Your Farmstead Buildings | 83 | |
| Water and Waste Disposal | 95 | |
| Power Sources and Equipment | 105 | |
| Part 4 | The Big Picture | |
| Five Years on Five Acres | 115 | |
| Welcome to SweetAire Farm | 118 | |
| Pigs and Pumpkins | 123 | |
| The View from Golden Hill Farm | 126 | |
| Attracting Wildlife to Your Land | 129 | |
| The Benefit of a Woodlot | 134 | |
| Part 5 | Growing and Raising: How to Do It | |
| Fruit Trees | 141 | |
| Grapes | 148 | |
| Four Kinds of Berries | 155 | |
| Vegetables | 163 | |
| Ornamental Plants | 169 | |
| Dried Flower Arrangements | 172 | |
| Herbs | 175 | |
| Organic Food | 179 | |
| Starting Up a Kennel | 182 | |
| Greenhouse Gardening | 187 | |
| Beekeeping | 195 | |
| Christmas Trees | 204 | |
| Raising Pigs | 212 | |
| A Plant Nursery | 217 | |
| Growing English Walnuts, Pecans, and Chestnuts | 224 | |
| Keeping Hens | 229 | |
| How to Market Produce | 239 | |
| Rabbits | 250 | |
| Mink | 255 | |
| Beef Cattle | 258 | |
| Raising Sheep Part-Time | 266 | |
| Dairy Cows | 269 | |
| Dairy Goats | 276 | |
| Horses | 282 | |
| Raising Fish | 291 | |
| Vacation Farms | 298 | |
| Dude Ranches | 302 | |
| Earthworms in a Washtub | 306 | |
| Part 6 | Property | |
| Disposing of Property | 313 | |
| Transferring Land with Preservation in Mind | 317 | |
| Providing for Your Heirs--Nonsale Property | 319 | |
| How to Get Help | 323 | |
| Notes | 325 | |
| Further Reading | 329 | |
| List of Contributors | 331 | |
| Index | 335 |
Overview
Whether maintaining a second home, starting a part-time farm, or going back to the land, LIVING ON AN ACRE is the leading handbook ...