The Frugal Homesteader by Moody, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Foreword by Joel Salatin Preface Introduction

Money in the Yard A Few Tools to Rule Them All: A Basic Tool Box Wheelbarrow or Garden Cart? Holidays, Birthdays, and Achieving a Homestead

1. In the Garden

Small Starts Lead to Success: Garlic in Boxes Perennial Cardboard Plant Protectors Easy Raised Beds with Slab, Scrap Wood, Straw Bales, or Concrete Blocks The Mess of Hay, Straw, Manure and Compost Fencing and Mulching with Sheet Metal Mineral Tote Growing Bins Growing Up Instead of Out: Plant Cages, Trellising, and More Safety First Turn Your Homestead Work into Wages Pallet Propagation and Drying Tables Compost Underneath the Tables Compost Extending the Seasons and Excluding Pests: Low Tunnels Multi-Use Makes a Big Difference Simple Garden Gate Plastic Baggies and Pantyhose Don’t Underestimate the Danger of Drift Information Box: Turn a Trampoline into Almost Anything

Basic Conversion Where You Can Go from Here

2. For Your Animals

Fencing Keeping Them Fed and Watered Kid-Sized Infrastructure Keeping Animals Warm and Dry Brooding, Roosting, and Bedding Keeping the Bugs at Bay Winter-Time Light and Water Information Box: Climbing Rope

Tire Swing Bale Toppling Snow Cleaning Load Securing

3. In the Barn and Workshop

Low-Cost Shelves, Quick Shelves Tool Storage “Oiled Sand” to Stop Rust and Protect Your Tools Storing All Your Stuff Let There Be Light Information Box: The Many Uses of IBC Totes

Storing Kindling and Small-Sized Wood Scraps Baker’s Green Acre’s Animal Feed Storage Worm Compost Animal Shelter or Chicken Brooder So Many Other Uses IBC Tote, Plastic Barrel, and Other Material Safety Concerns What About a Cage With No Tote?

4. Outfitting Your Home

Trading Time for Money Making Your Own Cleaning Supplies Storing Your Surplus: Sloped Bucket Storage from Scrap Wood Can You Store What You Grow? Turning Trash into Treasure Pieces of Scrap Pipe to Move Heavy Objects Cinder-Block Shelves Two Pairs of Shoes Paint Your Entire House for Under a Hundred Bucks? Cutting the Cost on Good Clothes Finding Appliances and Furniture Other Great Places to Grab Furniture—If the Amish Don’t Come a-Calling Information Box: Greenhouse Plastic

Covering Wood Piles Solarizing Weeds Low Tunnels Cold Frames and Hot Boxes

5. Becoming More Self-Sufficient

Food What is the Best Animal? Learn Plant Propagation Truly Free Food: Foraging from the Homestead Eat Your Yard Out: The Benefits of Edible Landscaping Medicine Cooking When it Counts Water Heat Community Information Box: Combining Pieces and Projects

Pallets Plus Cattle Panels: Andy Buchler’s Animal Shelter Sheet Metal or Greenhouse Plastic + IBC Tote Cages for Wood Storage Simple Outdoor Storage Speeding Up Wood Seasoning Caleb’s Composite Bow

6. Sourcing and Resources

Construction Sites and Construction Supply Stores Libraries Craigslist You Have Not Because You Ask Not Freecycle Facebook and Facebook Marketplace Friends Barter Makes Friendships Better Salvage and ReStores Pawnshops and Similar Businesses Salvage and Tear Down Estate Sales, Auctions, and Farm Auctions Online Auctions Thrift Stores Roadsides and Parking Lots Your Local Landfill or Recycling Center Automated Online Shopping

Acknowledgements Final Note Index About the Author About New Society Publishers