Before becoming an editor at Storey Publishing, Carleen Madigan was managing editor of Horticulture magazine and lived on an organic farm outside Boston, Massachusetts, where she learned the homesteading skills contained in The Backyard Homestead. She enjoys gardening, hiking, foraging, baking, spinning wool, and knitting.
"Bottom line is, even if you're not ready for complete
self-sufficiency, in today's economic climate, it just makes sense
to try to produce some of your own food. And this book is a great
way to get your feet wet."
--Bust
"The tone is sweet and accessible, and the well-organized chapters
cover all the bases..." -- July 2009--Everyday Prepper
"Because you need to brace yourself for what's on the horizon: The
Backyard Homestead. This fascinating, friendly book is brimming
with ideas, illustrations, and enthusiasm. The garden plans are
solid, the advice crisp; the diagrams, as on pruning and double
digging, are models of decorum. Halfway through, she puts the pedal
to the metal, and whoosh! At warp speed, we're growing our own hops
and making our own beer, planting our own wheat fields, keeping
chickens (ho hum), ducks, geese, and turkeys (now we're talking)
and milking goats, butchering lamb, raising rabbits, and grinding
sausage. Oh, and tapping our maple trees, churning butter, and
making our own cheese and yogurt. Peacocks, anyone? Need I say
more? Well, yes. Stock up on some knitting books because next
winter, you'll want to grow your own sweaters, too."
"The Backyard Homestead is a comprehensive and accessible guide to
starting a vegetable garden, raising chickens and cows, canning
food, making cheese, and a whole lot more. Editor Carleen
Madigan...a homesteader in her own right, draws on the dozens of
books about country living that Storey has published since its
founding in 1983."--New York Times Book Review
"This book delivers what it aims to sell. Its 368 pages of
information on creating a successful, self sufficient, backyard
homestead that will keep you and your family busy and eating all
year long. 4.5 out of five stars, this is the book homestead
enthusiasts have been looking for. Go buy this book!" --Boston
Sunday Globe
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