40 Projects for Building Your Backyard Homestead

This was the first book I ever bought that was directed towards homesteading and learning how to mini farm, and this is the best first book in this category I could have purchased! So much useful information and how to guides on specific areas on your homestead!

I have been buying books related to homestead ideas and this is by far the BEST all round book that gets you going with several practical projects. Another book I had was all TEXT no photos/illustrations but this one provides the missing pieces to put several projects into practice. An easy read and step by step guide for many different areas of the homestead at very reasonable cost. Get This One First...

Book came falling apart, and printed and stuck with glue upside down. The printed pages are also cut off. I have taken pictures to show you that it the book is defective. UPDATE The replacement book was in perfect new condition and the read was actually great giving full details and pricing on projects. If you are experienced in homestead then this book is not for you, but great for beginners and definitely worth it.

I enjoyed this book a lot more than I thought I would. It does have some redundancy, but it does give you lots of ideas for projects. Being knowledgeable in a few of the projects, it gives you the correct advice without a lengthy justification for it. This book doesn't waste time telling you about all the inferior ways of doing a project, it just tells you about the best way. You can take what you want from it too, because it is doesn't necessarily make you stick to a blueprint. It teaches you what you need to know to make it happen, and it's up to you to put it together for your needs. I did enjoy the details that it does have and it really does make the projects seem very doable.

Excellent book for the DIY Person that has no clue Or maybe a clue but not sure about the specifics of projects-This book covers it All!! Thanks for a great book!

I did not even get a chance to open this book after receiving it. Wifey was all over it the moment it came in. She enjoyed the ideas presented in the book and showed how some of the ideas were fairly easy to implement.

If you want a book that basically tells you and guides you setting up a little backyard homestead, then get this book. You won't be disappointed, in fact I love this book. Easy to read and follow. Thank you!

Amazon got its starts with books. Shame how they seem to treat them now. This review is not a comment on the book itself (which seems great and useful) but on the lack of care and protection when packing this (new) book with the rest of my order. Do better, Amazon.

Muy instructivo

Has excellent diagrams and illustrations. I've built a raised vegetable garden and used some of the advice in this book already. Looking forward to building a tool shed in the next year.

Estamos hablando de un libro con mas de 1.5K opiniones y muchas buenas. De la editoral Creative Homeowner (tendré en torno a 15 libros de la misma). Después de un tiempo en la lista de deseos me decidí a comprarlo. Mi opinión personal es que es un libro de proyectos sencillos que no está mal pero no es nada de otro mundo. Para los que saben poco de madera o apenas tienen literatura sobre trabajos en madera, no es una mala elección. Pero siendo sincero, creo que los proyectos que se describen aquí son básicos. Teniendolo sé que no necesitaba comprarlo, ahora queda en mi librería, pero apenas lo voy a consultar.

I bought this book as a gift for my friends that recently bought a property and want to build their own homestead. It's loaded with great step by step projects and detailed photos. I believe it's going to be a great help to them. The only minus is the apparent carelessness of Amazon workers that are packing these packages. The book is a paperback and I received mine with back cover slightly torn close to spine on both top and and bottom. The front cover was lightly bent as well. As a person that cares for my books, I find this unacceptable. I did fix it with a bit of a clear tape, but I shouldn't need to do this to a brand new item. If I wasn't gifting this and had more time, I would have returned it and ordered a new one. I still think it shouldn't affect the rating of this great book, and it rightfully deserves 5 stars!

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