40 Projects for Building Your Backyard Homestead: A Hands-On, Step-By-Step Sustainable-Living Guide (Spiral Bound)

Biographical Note:
Dave Toht, once the proud owner of eight brown-egg biddies, has more than 60 how-to books to this credit, including the best-selling Backyard Homesteading. He considers harvesting a sun-warmed tomato from his own garden one of life's sweetest pleasures. He and his wife, Rebecca, live in Olympia, Washington.

Table of Contents:

Garden structures

- raised beds

- arbors

- bottom-watered boxes and variations

- vertical gardening

- rooftop gardening

- tool maintenance, organizing

Fences and pens

- gates

- wire fences

- wooden fences (wind break, privacy)

- electric fences

- deer-proof fences

- pens for chickens

Basic coop building

-step-by-step small coop

-step-by-step big coop

-roosting

-nesting boxes

-step-by-step chicken tractor

Step-by-step shed building

- foundation

- framing

- cladding

- roofing

- step-by-step large shed

- step-by-step goat shed

- goat manger

- setting up a homesteading shop

Wind power

- options

- water pumping

- electrical generation

Solar power

- inatalling solar panels

Aquaponics

- pond and tank options

- fish

- feed

- filtering

- irrigation

Hydroponics

- do-it-yourself systems

- off-the-shelf options

Building beehives

- Langstroth

- top bar

- Warre

Farmyard plumbing

- soldering basics

- workjing with PVC pipe

- quick plumbing repairs

- underground pipes

- freeze protection for spigots

- drip and other irrigation

Farmyard wiring

- underground lines

- GFCI protection

- lighting

Learn all about how to build 40 backyard homestead projects including sheds, feeders, fences, and other backyard structures to enhance your sustainable living! Each project is designed with simplicity, convenience, and budget in mind. You will also find help on how to expand or contract the projects to suit your needs. Each project includes step-by-step instructions, tools and materials lists, exploded views, and easy-to-understand techniques. Even if you are a novice craftsman, you'll discover how to build your own feeders, fences, and structures. In the process, you'll save money and have the satisfaction of doing it yourself! Author David Toht is well-known in the homesteading community with a background in home repair, remodeling, and gardening.

Contributor Bio:Toht, David

Dave Toht, a former contractor with decades of hands-on experience, fondly remembers his first house located in the sometimes frigid, sometimes frying Midwest. Built in 1854, it was loaded with opportunities for caulking, glazing, weatherstripping and insulating. He has written or edited more than 60 books on home repair and remodeling.