Carleen Madigan

The Backyard Homestead (Bound for Schools & Libraries) Carleen Madigan

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 354) and index. Review Quotes: 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.""Brief Description: For use in schools and libraries only. Suggests organic methods for growing plants and raising animals on a small plot of land, explains how to determine the proper times for planting, and provides tips for using and preserving food. Publisher Marketing: Put your backyard to work! Enjoy fresher, organic, better-tasting food all the time. The solution is as close as your own backyard. Grow the vegetables and fruits your family loves; keep bees; raise chickens, goats, or even a cow. "The Backyard Homestead" shows you how it's done. And when the harvest is in, you'll learn how to cook, preserve, cure, brew, or pickle the fruits of your labor. From a quarter of an acre, you can harvest 1,400 eggs, 50 pounds of wheat, 60 pounds of fruit, 2,000 pounds of vegetables, 280 pounds of pork, 75 pounds of nuts. Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 05/31/2009 pg. 15 (EAN 9781603421386, Paperback) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2009 pg. 63 (EAN 9781603421386, Paperback) Library Journal 02/01/2014 pg. 39 (EAN 9781603421386, Paperback) - *Starred Review Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2013 pg. 647 (EAN 9781603421386, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Madigan, Carleen Before becoming an editor at Storey, 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.