Overview
When the farm is a lifestyle, not just a way to earn a living, that's hobby farming. Most of us want to live a sustainable life in which we protect the land and keep it safe from development and overproduction. But we can take this a step further by learning how to grow and savor what we can produce ourselves-while still maintaining an alternative career to fund this passion. Michael and Audrey Levatino here share how to: Grow your own food. Raise chickens, horses, llamas, bees, and more. Practice being (a little) off the grid. Sell the bounty in your local community. Balance a professional career with a rural lifestyle. The Joy of Hobby Farming is a book that will excite armchair farmers and inspire any do-it-yourselfer.
Full Product Details
Author: Audrey Levatino ,
Michael Levatino
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing
Edition: 2nd Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.610kg
ISBN: 9781616082284
ISBN 10: 1616082283
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 21 April 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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General
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
The Joy of Hobby Farming will guide you toward self-sufficiency and restore your faith in your own two hands, if you d just start digging. (Ferenc Mate, author of A Vineyard in Tuscany and A Real Life) As the title of the book suggests, this is not a guide for those who want to become full-time, year-round farmers. It s for those who want the ground they live on to nourish their bodies as well as their spirit. (The Daily Progress) Detailed but never excessively so, and richly illustrated with color photos, the Levatinos' book is a useful manual for would-be hobby farmers and a world of entertainment for readers with a passion for going green or simply with fond recollections of farm life. (Richmond Times-Dispatch) in this book, they provide tips for everything from growing your own food to choosing the right blooms for your garden to running your farm as a business for additional revenue. (North Jersey Record)
Friends, check out this dope lifestyle book authored by one of our BaduWorld family members! A easy manual to healthy living... please spread the word. peace and light.--Erykah Badu, Grammy Award-winning artist
The Levatinos offer plenty of detailed guidance based on husbanding their own Virginia acreage . Entrepreneurs contemplating starting a small farm will find the Levatinos experience provides a bit of useful direction to avoid costly mistakes.
Author Information
Michael and Audrey Levatino have been hobby farming for almost ten years, producing and selling flowers, vegetables, honey, eggs, and handmade jewelry and crafts at several local farmers' markets. Michael Levatino works off the farm at a major publishing house. Their twenty-three-acre farm, Ted's Last Stand, is located outside of Gordonsville, Virginia.
