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Deborah Niemann and her family moved to the country in 2002, and soon 2 goats turned into 20, and a desire to make a simple chevre launched a new career helping people raise goats. Deborah is the author of Homegrown and Handmade, Ecothrifty, and Raising Goats Naturally. She blogs at thriftyhomesteader.com from her farm in Illinois. Foreword: Joel Salatin, Polyface Farm Acknowledgments Preface to the Second Edition Introduction Part 1: The Sustainable Garden Chapter 1: Planning the Sustainable Garden What do you need? What will you grow? How much will you grow? Chapter 2: Growing the Sustainable Garden Composting Vermicomposting Vertical Gardening Organic Solutions Seed Saving Growing Herbs Indoors Growing Sprouts Extending the Tomato Harvest Winter Gardening Chapter 3: Cooking from the Sustainable Garden Tomatoes Freezing Tomatoes Drying Tomatoes Canning Tomatoes Recipe: Creamy Heirloom Tomato Soup Recipe: Gazpacho Step-by-step Canning Recipe: Pizza Sauce Recipe: Canned Salsa Peppers Drying Peppers Recipe: Pickled Peppers Green Beans Recipe: Pickled Green Beans Herbs Recipe: Iced Lemon Spearmint Tea Recipe: Kombucha Root Cellar Vegetables Part 2: The Backyard Orchard Chapter 4: Planning the Backyard Orchard What do you need? What will you grow? Chapter 5: Growing the Backyard Orchard Planting Watering Mulching Pruning Chapter 6: Cooking from the Backyard Orchard Freezing Berries Canning Fruit Recipe: Canned Pears Recipe: Caramel Apple Butter Part 3: The Backyard Poultry Flock Chapter 7: Planning the Backyard Poultry Flock What do you need? What will you raise? Glossary – Poultry Chapter 8: Raising the Backyard Poultry Flock Brooding Chicks Brooding Ducklings Coop Management Laying Feeding Injury Prevention and Treatment Chapter 9: Raising the Backyard Poultry Flock for Meat Chickens Turkeys Ducks and Geese Chapter 10: Cooking from the Backyard Poultry Flock Eggs Recipe: Crme Brle Pie Recipe: Quick Quiche Recipe: Brioche Recipe: Noodles Recipe: Mayonnaise Recipe: Ranch Dressing Meat Recipe: Chicken Soup Recipe: Faux Barbecue Chicken Recipe: Turkey Stroganoff Recipe: Bone Broth Part 4: The Home Dairy Chapter 11: Planning the Home Dairy Cows Goats Sheep Donkeys Camels Herd Animals Pasture or Dry Lot Bedding Feeding Minerals and Supplements Breeding Males Babies Veterinary Care Milking Equipment Breeds Buying Dairy Animals Glossary – Dairy Animals Chapter 12: Managing the Home Dairy Natural Dairy Management Training a Milker Milking by Hand Milking by Machine Health Basics Natural Parasite Control Birthing Pasteurization Chapter 13: Producing from the Home Dairy Butter Buttermilk Yogurt Cheese Recipe: Queso Blanco Recipe: Ricotta Recipe: Chvre Recipe: Easy Mozzarella Recipe: Feta Meat Soap Recipe: Gardener’s Scrub Bar Recipe: Castile Soap Recipe: Facial Soap Part 5: Homegrown Pork Chapter 14: Planning for Hogs Choosing a Breed Housing Fencing Feeding Glossary – Hogs Chapter 15: Living with Hogs Breeding Farrowing Raising Piglets Choosing Breeding Stock Pork Chapter 16: Cooking with Pork and Lard Rendering Lard Recipe: Autumn Pork Breakfast Skillet Part 6: Homegrown Sweeteners Chapter 17: Maple Syrup What do you need? Step-by-step Maple Syrup What do you do with all that maple syrup? Recipe: Peanut Butter Brownies Chapter 18: Honey What do you need? Package Bees Nucleus Colony Feeding Bees Maintenance Harvesting Honey Part 7: The Home Fiber Flock Chapter 19: Planning and Managing the Home Fiber Flock Choosing Fiber Animals Rabbits Goats and Sheep Llamas and Alpacas Bedding Shearing Breeding Veterinary Care Feeding and Supplements Glossary – Fiber Animals Chapter 20: Producing from the Home Fiber Flock Processing Fiber Felting Project: Felted Soap Spinning Knitting Project: Scarf Part 8: Homegrown Business Chapter 21: Turning Your Passion into a Business Where to sell your wares? Chapter 22: Selling Non-Food Products Fiber, Yarn, Clothing Leather and Sheepskins Soap Manure and Compost Breeding Stock Chapter 23: Selling Food Products Eggs Dairy Products Meat and Meat Products Produce Honey Maple Syrup Prepared Foods Afterword Appendix A: Cookware Appendix B: Cob Oven Notes Bibliography Index About the Author A Note about the Publisher
