You can just tell that Angela England, the author of Backyard Farming on an Acre (More or Less) is a get-it-done type of person. On a half acre of land she and her husband raise fruit, vegetables, bees, chickens for meat and eggs, goats, and 5 kids of the human variety. They produce 40% of all the food that they eat in a year – quite impressive for such a small piece of land. That’s really encouraging for those of us who don’t own acreage. And in Backyard Farming on an Acre (More or Less), she shows us how we can do it, too. She doesn’t make it sound easy, but she makes it sound doable with lots of hard work and dedication.
Her 414 page book covers a myriad of homesteading topics beginning with why backyard farming is a such a good idea. Topics include finding property and building, gardening, animal husbandry, preserving and preparing the harvest, and some fun things like brewing wine, making goat’s milk soap, and spinning and dyeing fiber. Angela is an encourager and makes us feel as if we, too, can do it. I appreciate the Resource section in the back of the book. If there is a topic she covers that you wish to explore in further depth, she provides sources for that information.
About a fourth of the book is dedicated to gardening, the area that most interests me. I’m pretty opinionated when it comes to gardening, and Angela passes muster – for the most part. I’m a bit of a zealot for no-dig gardening, and Angela does dig and even uses a rototiller once a year, but she is also very diligent to build soil, so I’ll forgive her this one indiscretion.
If you need some encouragement because your property is small, I highly recommend Backyard Farming on an Acre (More or Less) . It’s available here (affiliate link).
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Joy says
We are beginner homesteaders on about an acre of land and this book would certainly help us to “grow” in so many ways!!
Penny says
I would love to win this book. Am trying my hand at gardening with a raised bed and a few containers on my back deck.
Jacqueline @ Deeprootsathome.com says
Susan, I would love to enter, but it won’t take me for some reason. I will try later! 🙂 This sounds like an excellent book with an honest approach!! Blessings!
Susan says
Oh, dear. That’s not good. I hope it works for you later – hopefully no one else is having problems. Can you try another browser?
Carol Woodside Guenzel says
I have just under 2 acres so this would give me lots of ideas. Thanks for the opportunity to win this book. Great give away!
daisy says
This one sounds like a must-read. Thanks for the review!
Hannah J says
We hope to purchase a couple acres soon, I think I’d get her book with or without the giveaway!
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Teresa says
The link to purchase the book is not working. 🙁
Teresa says
To clarify, the “copy” here link does not work. The first link will take you to Amazon, but I don’t know that you will receive the affiliate commission if purchased from Amazon.
Susan says
Thank you for pointing that out, Teresa. I fixed the link. I am an Amazon affiliate, so that link is correct. I appreciate you caring about that. Blogging takes a lot of hours, so it helps to make a few dollars here and there.
Backyard Chicken Lady says
Sounds like a wonderful book! I hope I win!
May have entered under my personal email “HollyParper at gmail dot com because the system wouldn’t let me sign in under my blog ID that I try to use with all my chicken related stuff. Either way will work though.
angi says
Thanks for sharing at Non-Fiction Book Love, http://www.schneiderpeeps.com/2013/05/non-fiction-book-love-monthly-link-up_29.html. This is one of the books on my list to read and this makes me want to read it all the more. Hope to see you again next month.
Jenny says
I have yet to read this! Thanks for sharing on the HomeAcre Hop! See you tomorrow: http://blackfoxhomestead.com/the-homeacre-hop/
Patti says
This looks to be a valuable book for me! My hubby has the ‘green thumb’ –but I’d like to read this book, I may just nd up buying it!! Thanks!!!