50 Projects for Building Your Backyard Homestead, Updated Edition: a Hands-On, S

This updated edition of the wildly popular 40 Projects for Building Your Backyard Homestead adds 10 NEW PROJECTS and tons of updates to your favorite homesteading guide!

• Garden structures: Raised beds, planters and arbors, self-watering beds, grow-light stand, soil blocks
• Fences and pens: Fence post basics, picket fence, solar electric fence, installing and stretching fences, hen pen and hurdle, gates, PVC hen pen
• Housing chickens: Basics for housing chickens, building a coop and run, complete material and cutting lists, exploded views, building an A-frame chicken tractor
• Building sheds: Basics for building, goat shed, saltbox garden shed, backyard-homestead shop, roofing alternatives
• Solar and wind power: Compressor and gearbox windmills, how solar works, erecting a windmill, installing a solar power system
• Aquaponics and hydroponics: Understanding aquaponics, understanding hydroponics, basics of a DIY aquaponic system, how to install a hydroponic system
• Building beehives: Langstroth beehive, Warré beehive, top-bar beehive (aka the Kenyan or Tanzanian beehive), step-by-step building instructions and exploded views
• Plumbing and wiring: Plumbing basics, ground-fault circuit interrupters, freeze-proof watering options, outdoor wiring, supplemental lighting

Ready for ten more inspiring ideas from the undisputed master of homesteading? 50 Projects for Building Your Backyard Homestead updates one of the most popular books in the field and adds 10 new projects to help your homestead thrive!

Inside, author David Toht will teach you backyard homestead project ideas like accessible garden paths, insulated chicken coops, and backyard essentials from fences to feeders. This is an all-encompassing, comprehensive beginner's guide to thriving in nearly any climate — and building wheelchair-accessible paths. The projects in this book are 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.

Are you a beginner? Don't worry; you'll learn how to handle simple builds like raised gardens. Getting a little more advanced as a homesteader? Learn how to build a drought-resistant landscape or build passive ventilation systems to keep your chickens comfortable. Gardens, gates, PVC, pens, aquaponics, hydroponics, wind turbines, solar panels, roofing — it's all here. No matter what your homestead looks like, you'll come away from 50 Projects with encyclopedic knowledge and inspiration for what project to tackle next.

With step-by-step instructions, tools and materials lists, exploded views, and easy-to-understand techniques, even if you are only moderately handy, 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!

Making "keyhole" gardens for dry climates? Insulating your chicken coops for winter? Adding accessible garden paths and raised planters? Whatever your next addition to the homestead is, 50 Projects for Building Your Backyard Homestead, Updated Edition will tell you exactly how to start.