TY - BOOK AU - Webb,Leah M. TI - The seven-step homestead: a guide for creating the backyard microfarm of your dreams SN - 9781635864113 PY - 2023///] CY - North Adams, MA PB - Storey Publishing KW - Organic gardening KW - Self-reliant living KW - Kitchen gardens KW - Handbooks and manuals KW - lcgft N1 - Includes suggested reading (page 226) and index; Homestead: It's about more than just food -- Starting off small: one or two beds -- Four hundred square feet -- Fruit trees and shrubs -- Edible and flowering perennials -- Four-season growing -- Larger-scale storage crops -- Farm-fresh eggs -- Appendix A: Seeding recommendations -- Appendix B: Hardiness and spacing for select flowering and edible perennials - Appendix C: When to sow for fall and winter harvest N2 - "Homesteader Leah M. Webb shares her strategy for implementing a homestead plan in seven stages by starting small and gradually adding more features each year. Step-by-step photos from the author's own homestead, accompanied by her hard-earned advice and instruction, make this a one-of-a-kind guide for anyone who aspires to grow more of their own food"-- ER -