I just finished flicking through this one again, and I'm dreaming of a slightly bigger piece of land, no hoa, and miniature dairy goats...

I love this book. It really gets you excited about the potential of your backyard. It works as a quick primer for growing vegetables, making your own wine, cheese, and all sorts of great things, but the information on each of these topics doesn't get too deep. If you really want to know how to make wine, for example, you can read the section in here first to see if it looks like a process you could see yourself dealing with, before you go elsewhere for all the nitty gritty. Also, I'd like illustrations on my how tos, and while there are illustrations in this book, they aren't instructive ones really. But! This IS a great encyclopedia of basic level knowledge for all sorts of homesteading techniques that can be used in your own backyard, it makes you feel like you can really do them yourself, it's very inspiring. So even given its lack of depth, I love this book.