40 Projects for Building Your Backyard Homestead by Toht, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Contents Introduction Garden Structures

Building a Wooden Raised Bed Constructing a Concrete-Block Raised Bed Irrigating a Rooftop Raised Bed Making a Bottom-Watered Container Garden Building an Inclined Planter Building an Arbor Adding a Trellised Arbor Installing a Tool-Storage Rack Making a Grow-Light Stand Making Soil Blocks

Fences and Pens

Post Foundations Installing Posts Notching Posts Installing a Picket Fence Choosing a Horizontal-Board Fence Installing a Horizontal-Board Fence Installing a Vertical-Board Fence Installing a Wood-and-Wire Fence Choosing Gate Latches Making a Picket Gate Stretching a Fence Adding a Gate Installing a Solar-Powered Electric Fence Making a PVC Hen Pen Making a PVC Hurdle

Housing Chickens

Building a Chicken Coop and Run Building an A-frame Chicken Tractor

Building Sheds

Building Basics Saltbox Shed Goat shed Roofing Alternatives Setting Up a Backyard-Homestead Shop

Solar and Wind Power

Installing a Pump or Aeration Windmill Installing Solar Power

Aquaponics and Hydroponics

Understanding Aquaponics Understanding Hydroponics

Building Beehives

Building a Langstroth Beehive Making a Warré Beehive Building a Top-Bar Beehive

Plumbing and Wiring for Backyard Homesteaders

No-Sweat Sweating Water Where You Need It Installing an Anti-Freeze Spigot Repairing a Freeze-Proof Spigot Adding a Freeze-Proof Yard Hydrant Your Friend, the GFCI Receptacle Installing a GFCI Receptacle Running Outdoor Conduit and Cable Outdoor Electrical Boxes Installing Outdoor Receptacles and Switches Conduit and Fittings Installing UF Cable Installing a Stand-Alone Receptacle Adding Supplemental Light for Poultry

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