Mini-Farming: A Starting Guide for Practical Farming at Your Very Own Home: Urban Gardening & Homesteading
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If you are concerned about what is in the food that your family eats, this book is for you. If you have always wanted to take a chance at growing food for fun, nutrition and maybe a little extra spending money, this book is for you. Even if you only have a little space, even just a balcony or a patio, this book is for you. Whether you have always had a green thumb or have never managed to keep plastic plants happy, then this is the book for you.
For years people have kept their family’s fed by what they have raised on their own farms. After industrialization the family farm started shrinking and shrinking and people started getting their food from grocery stores. More and more people are returning to the land as concerns over additives and chemicals in commercially grown foods become more valid. This is the perfect book to get started no matter how small your growing area may be.
You will learn:
- How to create a growing plan for your area- from patio containers, balcony boxes and even plans for very small, urban backyards.
- How to grow an orchard in just a small area.
- The truth about how much time and energy it takes to maintain a farm of any size- especially if you branch out to more than one type of plant.
- How to get your garden growing the right way.
- Tips on raising animals and which ones are easiest to care for and offer the biggest potential returns on your investment.
- What to do when your garden starts producing: harvesting, storage and even tips on selling surplus if you would like.
- How to set up a farmer’s co-op so that you can grow community bonds while you are growing vegetables and more.
You can grow enough of your family’s favorite vegetables to eliminate them from your grocery list and then some. Once you see how easy mini-farming can be you will want to grow more and more! This book will get you started on the right foot!
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Mini-Farming - Lillian Harper
Introduction
Back in the old days, the family farm was the thing and often the big thing. It was not uncommon for even poorer families to have at least 10-20 acres, and some farms could stretch for hundreds of acres or more. As times changed and people started moving toward other lines of work, the family farm got smaller out of necessity. Times got tight, and bits and pieces of these larger farms would be sold off to keep the family afloat. These days large yards which are often not even an acre are a selling point in the suburbs while little blots of dirt are called yards
in more urban settings. The family farm had become a distant memory, relegated to the past.
But, in recent years something has happened. People are starting to question the chemicals and additives in their foods. Organic foods went from being the quirky collection of foods in the corner of the grocery store to being a major business. Organic foods may be safer but they are also more expensive, and the average family cannot afford to choose between good health and staying on a tight budget. Those families started exploring ways to grow their own foods even when they had very little land to work with. Mini-farming is the answer to their concerns and has increased in popularity.
My family has always had a garden. All of the relatives on my dad’s side of the family have had gardens even my aunt who lived in an apartment in a very urban city. There has only been one time in my own life that I did not have a garden for myself, and it was more of a lack of time rather than a lack of space that held me back. I now have two acres of land with some major challenges but manage to do fairly well with plants of various kinds and some smaller animals. I am even thinking of branching out to some mid-size animals since I have the space now. Let me show you what I have done and what I have learned from others over the years. Trust me there is nothing better than eating foods that you have grown for yourself.
Chapter One: Small, Very Small and Micro-Mini: Work with What You Have