21st-Century Smallholder by Waddington, Paul -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover About the Book Contents Title Page Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction: Who wants to be a 21st-Century Smallholder? 1 Growing your own food

Why grow your own food? What are vegetables and fruit? Where to start? How are you going to garden? Planning your space Preparing and managing the ground Compost Sowing, planting and propagation Organic gardening practices Weed, pest and disease control Meet the fruit and veg

2 Raising your own food

Bees Chickens Pigs Ducks Fish Other livestock

3 Getting the most from your home harvest

Storing and preserving fruit and vegetables Livestock

4 Building biodiversity

How to design for biodiversity

5 The 21st-Century Smallholder’s year planner 6 Making your home more self-reliant

Saving energy Generating energy Dealing with water and waste Case studies

7 Going all the way

How to get your smallholding What you will need to make your smallholding work Making a living Building an ‘eco-home’ Case studies

Further Reading Index About the Author Also by Paul Waddington Copyright

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