The seven-step homestead: a guide for creating the backyard microfarm of your dreams

Homestead: It's about more than just food

Starting off small: one or two beds

Four hundred square feet

Fruit trees and shrubs

Edible and flowering perennials

Four-season growing

Larger-scale storage crops

Farm-fresh eggs

Appendix A: Seeding recommendations

Appendix B: Hardiness and spacing for select flowering and edible perennials - Appendix C: When to sow for fall and winter harvest.