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Modern Homestead: Grow, Raise, Create
by
Renee Wilkinson (Goodreads Author)
Everything you ever wanted to know about homesteading, all with a cool, modern style. From windowsills to backyards, cities hold more potential for growth than just urban sprawl. We can grow vegetables, raise small livestock, and fill our cupboards with canned decadence. Regardless of space or green thumb know-how, Renee Wilkinson offers something for everyone.
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Paperback, 256 pages
Published
May 10th 2011
by Fulcrum Publishing
(first published April 1st 2011)
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There are a lot of books out there about getting started in homesteading in urban environments now, and the truth is, I don't think you can have too many because a lot of them offer different approaches and information.
This book is great for beginners. It's easy to get overwhelmed when you're first getting interested in trying to grow more produce for your dinner table or when you're considering taking the next step in homesteading.Renee writes in an easy and clear way. It's so easy to read that...more
This book is great for beginners. It's easy to get overwhelmed when you're first getting interested in trying to grow more produce for your dinner table or when you're considering taking the next step in homesteading.Renee writes in an easy and clear way. It's so easy to read that...more
Sixth generation gardener and homesteader, Renee Wilkinson shares generations of knowledge in thie easy to read book. Books on city homesteading are a bit harder to find than the full farming types of books, and Renee solves that problem by designing her own helpful resource.
Even if you are nestled deep in the heart of a city there are basic things you can grow and raise for a healthier lifestyle.
Renee shares ideas for container gardens, raised beds, and community gardens and gives an indepth...more
Even if you are nestled deep in the heart of a city there are basic things you can grow and raise for a healthier lifestyle.
Renee shares ideas for container gardens, raised beds, and community gardens and gives an indepth...more
another blog-to-book: http://www.hipchickdigs.com/
general overview: finding space to make your homestead, gardening, livestock (chickens, ducks, goats, bees), preserving the harvest.
My favorite part was in the intro of this book. Renee Wilkinson can trace her family's ancestry back to pioneers on the Oregon Trail. She discusses how those original pioneering families were mostly city-dwellers without knowledge of food-production or livestock. Many of them only had small pamphlets of information a...more
general overview: finding space to make your homestead, gardening, livestock (chickens, ducks, goats, bees), preserving the harvest.
My favorite part was in the intro of this book. Renee Wilkinson can trace her family's ancestry back to pioneers on the Oregon Trail. She discusses how those original pioneering families were mostly city-dwellers without knowledge of food-production or livestock. Many of them only had small pamphlets of information a...more
From composing to bee keeping to raising ducks and chickens to the smallest of gardens this beautifully organized and photographed book is a delight to the home gardener who loves to read as well as garden. Showing pictures of real gardens in tubs, pots and even a bed of sideways cinderblocks is an inspiration to even the most space-bound and reluctant gardener. I learned a lot from this gardening book, and even more important to me, I love the process of reviewing and using some of the informat...more
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A good springboard with basic information on many topics. I would have liked more specifics, but this book was a good starting point. Now I have to find the specific books on the topics I want to know more about.
This book has some great tips, although it can get a little repetitive at times. The photos in this book are lovely and illustrative. The recipes are awesome.
Overall a good book to start with if you are interested in gardening and homesteading.
This book has some great tips, although it can get a little repetitive at times. The photos in this book are lovely and illustrative. The recipes are awesome.
Overall a good book to start with if you are interested in gardening and homesteading.
I can't say enough good things about this book. It is superb in quality. The photos, the type of paper used, the colors, it's all fantastic! Wilkinson has some great ideas and it's just an all around amazing book! I highly recommend this book to pretty much anyone - Go get it if you don't have it!
This is a good, solid book about urban/suburbia homesteading. There were color pictures and a few extra tidbits not included in the other books I've read (for example, a whole section on duck raising.) However, I didn't appreciate the author's voice as much as some of the others I've come across. Nor could I shake the feeling that despite my desire to raise chickens and keep bees, I just wasn't 'hip' enough for Renee Wilkinson.
Billed as an informational encyclopedia, but not as informative as the other homesteading books I've read. Got the idea for indoor fruit trees here, though. Also - hydrponic window curtains. Reads more like a blog.
Excellent for those who want to live with the least impact, but in modern society!
Great book!
I'm loving this! After the first few chapters I came home and started a compost bin! I never realized I could compost even living in an apartment.
I'd LOVE to have chickens in my backyard!!! I really like this book so far. Now, I just need to find out if my city allows backyard chickens. Probably not! I'd highly recommend this book - it's great reading and I love the author's hands-on approach.
Great info and inspirational, too. Overland Park City Council, I shake my fist at you for your shortsighted closed-mindedness on this whole chicken thing!
Pretty good intro to gardening, chicken, duck, goat keeping, canning. I would recommend this book to someone just starting out, but it's too basic for someone that has already started any of these.
Great way to get started! Well written, and love the photos.
Good light reading on urban homesteading... Touches on a little of everything in a well laid out manner.
It was a little basic from my perspective. However, if you are new to this genre, it was excellent.
Very enjoyable and great for newbies
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