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The tiny but mighty farm : cultivating high yields, community, and self-sufficiency from a home farm / Jill Ragan.

Ragan, Jill, (author.).

Summary:

"Discover how to turn a typical suburban property into a food-growing machine in The Tiny But Mighty Farm. Feed your family and maybe even turn a profit."-- Provided by publisher.
The backyard mini farming movement is about regular people who live in regular houses turning all or part of their land into productive small farms. Ragan shows that food self-sufficiency and seasonal, organic eating is an achievable goal. Whether your property is one-tenth of an acre, one full acre, or somewhere in between, you'll find answers to all of your pressing questions. In the process of cultivating food, you'll also be cultivating yourself, your family, and your community -- adapted from back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 076037645X
  • ISBN: 9780760376454
  • Physical Description: 208 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: Beverly, MA : Cool Springs Press, 2023.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Chapter 1. -- Small-farm values -- Chapter 2. -- What kind of farmer and gardener do you want to be? -- Chapter 3. -- Grow with purpose -- Chapter 4. -- Soil: the health & longevity of your farm -- Chapter 5. -- In-ground, raised beds & indoor growing: which is right for you? -- Chapter 6. -- Growing from seed -- Chapter 7. -- Tools & efficient systems to grow on -- Chapter 8. -- How structures, high tunnels & greenhouses help -- Chapter 9. -- Growing for community: turning your tiny farm into a business.
Subject: Gardening.
Vegetable gardening.
Urban agriculture.
Farms, Small.
Agriculture.
Genre: Handbooks and manuals.

Available copies

  • 7 of 10 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 0 of 2 copies available at Sandhill Regional Library.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 10 total copies.
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Kemp Sugg Memorial Library 635 (Text) 58198070012342 Adult Nonfiction In transit -
Moore County Library 635 RAG (Text) 48198000987798 Adult Nonfiction Checked out 04/30/2025

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520 . ‡a"Discover how to turn a typical suburban property into a food-growing machine in The Tiny But Mighty Farm. Feed your family and maybe even turn a profit."-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
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