The Woodland Homestead
How to Make Your Land More Productive and Live More Self-Sufficiently in the Woods
Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Gardening, Vegetables, Science & Nature, Technology, Agriculture & Animal Husbandry, The Home
| Author: | Brett McLeod | ISBN: | 9781612123509 |
| Publisher: | Storey Publishing, LLC | Publication: | July 10, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Storey Publishing, LLC | Language: | English |
| Author: | Brett McLeod |
| ISBN: | 9781612123509 |
| Publisher: | Storey Publishing, LLC |
| Publication: | July 10, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Storey Publishing, LLC |
| Language: | English |
Put your wooded land to work! This comprehensive manual shows you how to use your woodlands to produce everything from wine and mushrooms to firewood and livestock feed. You’ll learn how to take stock of your woods; use axes, bow saws, chainsaws, and other key tools; create pasture and silvopasture for livestock; prune and coppice trees to make fuel, fodder, and furniture; build living fencing and shelters for animals; grow fruit trees and berries in a woodland orchard; make syrup from birch, walnut, or boxelder trees; and much more. Whether your property is entirely or only partly wooded, this is the guide you need to make the best use of it.
Put your wooded land to work! This comprehensive manual shows you how to use your woodlands to produce everything from wine and mushrooms to firewood and livestock feed. You’ll learn how to take stock of your woods; use axes, bow saws, chainsaws, and other key tools; create pasture and silvopasture for livestock; prune and coppice trees to make fuel, fodder, and furniture; build living fencing and shelters for animals; grow fruit trees and berries in a woodland orchard; make syrup from birch, walnut, or boxelder trees; and much more. Whether your property is entirely or only partly wooded, this is the guide you need to make the best use of it.
