<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Bestselling author Brett Markham's new handbook gives us the mini farming basics along with in-depth tips on vegetable gardening, fermenting, composting, and self-sufficiency in a handy new format and design. Includes: <br>- Soil management and making your own fertilizer <br>- Crop rotation and cover cropping<br>- Composting<br>- Seed starting and timing/planning<br>- Raised beds and pest management<br>- Pvc trellising and planting spacers<br>- Raising chickens, making your own chicken plucker, and butchering<br>- Growing fruit/nut trees and vines<br>- Food preservation (canning and freezing)<br>- Fermenting wine, vinegar and cheese<br>With the full color photographs that made the original <i>Mini Farming</i> so popular, and step by step drawings, projects, graphs, and tables, you'll have everything you need for your new or established mini farm at your fingertips. So dive in a learn how to begin and cultivate your own mini farm on less than a quarter acre.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Brett L. Markham is an engineer, third-generation farmer, and polymath. Using the methods explained in his bestselling series Mini Farming, he runs a profitable, Certi?ed Naturally Grown mini farm on less than half an acre. Brett works full time as an engineer for a broadband ISP and farms in his spare time.