Backyard Homestead, The
A compilation of excerpts from a variety of books on self-sufficient living, this book teaches the reader how to produce all the food a family needs on just one-quarter acre.
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Build the right fence for your horse
Introduction to horse-safe fences - including wire strand, woven wire, Jackleg, post and rail, post and plank - and selecting the most suitable fencing for a large or small pasture, corral, paddock, or training pen.
Contents:
1. Fencing Tools
2. Choosing the Right Fence Posts
3. Anchor Posts and Braces: The Backbone of Every Fence
4. Stringing Wire Fencing
5. Putting up Wove-Wire Fencing
6. The Jackleg Fence
7. Post-and-Rail and Post-and-Plank Fences
8. Fencing the Larger Pasture
9. Fencing the Small Pasture
10. Fencing for Corrals and Paddocks
11. Training Pens
12. The Three Most Common Fencing Problems
Contents:
1. Fencing Tools
2. Choosing the Right Fence Posts
3. Anchor Posts and Braces: The Backbone of Every Fence
4. Stringing Wire Fencing
5. Putting up Wove-Wire Fencing
6. The Jackleg Fence
7. Post-and-Rail and Post-and-Plank Fences
8. Fencing the Larger Pasture
9. Fencing the Small Pasture
10. Fencing for Corrals and Paddocks
11. Training Pens
12. The Three Most Common Fencing Problems
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Building or Renovating a Small Barn for Your Horse
Fundamentals of building horse shelters including design, layout, materials, framing, roofing, stalls, tack room, providing for feed and water.
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Building Stone Walls
Includes equipment requirements, instructions for creating wall foundations, coping with drainage problems, and hints for incorporating gates, fences, and stiles.
112 pages, softcover, 9x6 in
112 pages, softcover, 9x6 in
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Country Plumbing
Practical guide to living with a septic system—how it works, getting a perc test, what not to put into your tank, dealing with back up, slow flush, odor, and other septic problems.
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Fences, Gates and Bridges
Reprint from 1887 offers tips and illustrations for constructing and repairing traditional sod, hedge, wood, stone, and barbed wire fences, with chapters on making posts, portable fences, hurdles, stiles, gates, bridges, and culverts—making this guide indispensable for anyone engaged in historical reconstruction.
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Handy Farm Devices
Reprint of a 1909 book packed with ideas for making practical and ingenious but inexpensive items like stump pullers, gate latches, wheelbarrows, wagon jacks, a non-electric pump, a washer, a cream separator, and hundreds more common and not-so-common tools and implements, many illustrated with line drawings; 296 pages, 4.5x7 paperback.
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New Self-Sufficient Gardener, The
A gorgeous and useful book about gardening, from planning the seedbed to preserving the harvest. This book is dense with valuable information that is well organized and intelligently displayed. Thousands of attractive illustrations complement the text.
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Outdoor Water Features
Projects range from simple to more advanced. Readers can choose among a classic wall-mounted fountain spout, a traditional or contemporary cascade and garden pond, an authentic Japanese-style bamboo water pump, witty water sculptures, and more.
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Pole Building Projects
25 easy low-cost construction plans for some of the most common farm buildings including barns, sheds, cabins, and other shelters plus backyard structures.
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