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The Sustainable Homestead: Create a Thriving Permaculture Ecosystem with Your Garden, Animals, and Land Paperback – March 28, 2023

by Angela Ferraro-Fanning (Author), Temple Grandin (Foreword)
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Join the permaculture revolution! Author Angela Ferraro-Fanning (Axe & Root Homestead) shares techniques and tips for a homestead with synergy between soil, plants, animals, and trees.

If you’re like most homesteaders, the dream is to make the most of your land by working with it, not against it. From capturing water and building strong soil to helping your animals live their best lives, The Sustainable Homestead is about making your homestead stronger by achieving synergy between what can seem like different parts.

In this book, new and veteran homesteaders alike can find detailed information to put to use this year, this month, even this week! Angela—also the co-host of the HOMESTEADucation podcast and author of the Little Homesteader/Little Country Cottage series of children’s books—has spent more than a decade building and strengthening her small acreage homestead and shares the lessons chapter by chapter:
 
  • Site Selection: Evaluate the elements, water flow and management, wildlife considerations, effective layouts, land elevation, water access points, permaculture zones, considerations based on acreage, how to remedy site shortcomings
  • Soil: The importance of soil, symptoms of poor soil, synthetics, water and erosion, healthier crops and animals, how to regenerate soil, cover crops, no-till method, perennial plantings
  • Growing: Catching and storing water with swales, catchment ponds, and rain barrels; sunlight and garden design including mandala, terrace, and forest; plant choices; companion planting; holistic pest management including cultural, physical, and biological options
  • Pasture: Design considerations, cover cropping, grazing, animal compatibility, pasture rotation, closed-loop grazing systems, maintenance, solar fencing
  • Animals: Chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and the sustainable coop; sheep, goats, pigs, and sustainable living quarters; horses, cows, donkeys, and sustainable stable; natural remedies; livestock guardian dogs and barn cats
  • Compost: What is compost?, hot vs. cold, decomposition and carbon to nitrogen ratios, creating a composting system, tier considerations, access and rotation, uses of compost, compost tea
  • Overstory: Nut trees and permaculture contributions, pollinator groups, fruiting trees, planting in guilds, pest management, tree health

Wherever you want to start first, follow along and make your homestead more resilient by making it more sustainable. 
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tapping a maple tree in the winter

Permacutlure zone map

Waste from horses, cattle, goats, sheep, and other farm animals is generally safe for composting. However, dog and cat waste is best avoided, especially if the compost is to

be used in growing spaces designated for food production.

At Axe & Root Homestead, all maples on the property are tapped for sap to be boiled into syrup. This includes sugar maples, silver maples, and Norway maples.

This map illustrates all of the elements included on a sample quarter-acre (0.1-ha) homestead. Once all items are accounted for, the map is divided into zones. Zones with lower numbers indicate areas that are visited most often. Higher numbered regions are those with less daily traffic. By grouping objects together based on the frequency in which they are accessed, a more efficient homestead design can be achieved. This also allows some portions of the property to be more inviting to local wildlife as they host less daily traffic.

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Angela Ferraro-Fanning is a self-taught first-generation farmer who built Axe & Root Homestead, a six-acre farm in central New Jersey. Originally a graphic and website designer by trade, she owned and operated her own design firm for over a decade. After the birth of her first child, she realized she wanted to be outdoors, aligning her life with the seasons and with nature. She now grows and preserves her own homegrown produce for her young family and runs a farm bustling with Clydesdales, geese and ducks for eggs, an apiary with ten beehives, sheep, and a small orchard. She shares this love for eco-conscious, self-sufficient living with others through social media as @axeandroothomestead, her books and online homesteading classes, public speaking, and regular contributions to publications such as Countryside Magazine, Backyard Beekeeping, and Backyard Poultry Magazines.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cool Springs Press (March 28, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0760380481
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0760380482
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.23 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.45 x 0.65 x 9.75 inches
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Angela Ferraro-Fanning is a self-taught homesteader living on a six-acre farm in central New Jersey. After 10 years of owning and operating her own graphic design business, she sought a lifestyle more in tune with the seasons and Mother Nature. Angela started growing and preserving as much of her own homegrown produce as possible. This quickly grew from a home garden to a permaculture farm bustling with Clydesdales, geese and ducks for eggs, an apiary with ten beehives, sheep and a small orchard. She shares her passion for self-sufficient, eco-friendly living on her Instagram account @AxeAndRootHomestead.

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There is so much knowledge in this book. From layers of soil to types of ducks and what they’re for to fruit trees. Layout ideas for ALL amounts of land, 1/4 acre to 5 acres to prove you can homestead anywhere! I love the visuals and charts especially. Great information that you don’t just look at one time and never pick up the book again. I have book marked multiple pages to refer back to. Years worth of information.
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Jewel Henley
5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn’t put it down!
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2024
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I read this cover to cover in 4 days! Very well written and tons of great information! Will be recommending to all my friends!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book AND outstanding content!
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This book checks all the boxes, I can’t even… The information is written in a very informative, conversational tone with just enough personal anecdotes. You feel like you’re learning from an enthusiastic and caring friend, not a condescending eco supremacist or overly scientific naturalist. The content is well organized, thorough, and the accompanying infographics are extremely helpful. And then there’s the lovely layout and stunning photography. This would be a spectacular gift for any gardener, or really for anyone who has a spot of dirt. Or eats food. Coffee table book, guest room read… it’s a little gem. The author inspires stewardship of the natural world and humankind, and I hope this book is the first of many!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great read for beginners
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Most of this I already knew from previous books or experience. But I wanted to support Annette in her new book and it’s very well written!
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4.0 out of 5 stars There's No Place Like Home....
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So…I'm not much of a reader but I love books like this that involve nature, survival..things like that. So…I gave this a try!

Living out in the boonies my entire life, there was a lot of info in here that I already knew so it wasn't super helpful in that sense. Where this would come in super handy is for city folks that choose to become country folks! Or possibly for younger first time home buyers!

What I did really enjoy were all of the charts with information such as which veggies you should plant together and why. Also what certain weeds growing in certain areas told you about your soil. That being said, I wouldn't have minded more dealing with how to live off the homestead with more natural forms…such as edible weeds/etc.

Anyway, the pictures are gorgeous and this could come in super handy for homestead beginners! If you're seasoned, it probably won't be a ton of help for you..but again..charts are lovely!
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4.0 out of 5 stars There's No Place Like Home....
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2023
So…I'm not much of a reader but I love books like this that involve nature, survival..things like that. So…I gave this a try!

Living out in the boonies my entire life, there was a lot of info in here that I already knew so it wasn't super helpful in that sense. Where this would come in super handy is for city folks that choose to become country folks! Or possibly for younger first time home buyers!

What I did really enjoy were all of the charts with information such as which veggies you should plant together and why. Also what certain weeds growing in certain areas told you about your soil. That being said, I wouldn't have minded more dealing with how to live off the homestead with more natural forms…such as edible weeds/etc.

Anyway, the pictures are gorgeous and this could come in super handy for homestead beginners! If you're seasoned, it probably won't be a ton of help for you..but again..charts are lovely!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Super informative
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2023
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There is so much knowledge in this book. From layers of soil to types of ducks and what they’re for to fruit trees. Layout ideas for ALL amounts of land, 1/4 acre to 5 acres to prove you can homestead anywhere! I love the visuals and charts especially. Great information that you don’t just look at one time and never pick up the book again. I have book marked multiple pages to refer back to. Years worth of information.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Super informative
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2023
There is so much knowledge in this book. From layers of soil to types of ducks and what they’re for to fruit trees. Layout ideas for ALL amounts of land, 1/4 acre to 5 acres to prove you can homestead anywhere! I love the visuals and charts especially. Great information that you don’t just look at one time and never pick up the book again. I have book marked multiple pages to refer back to. Years worth of information.
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Ron
5.0 out of 5 stars My kid can't put it down
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2023
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Bought this book as we just bought some land and wanted to get some ideas from someone that has been successful with a small homestead. I never get to look at it because my teenager loves it so much. From what I have seen, it is very good.
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Just biding my time....
3.0 out of 5 stars its okay
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2023
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the book is printed in china...very disappointing. why not support the united states? why support china? the material is...for very beginners.
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Scooter SCADA
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2023
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This book is wonderful for those who need more of a comprehensive look at homesteading, instead of piece by piece
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bouvardia
5.0 out of 5 stars TOP NOTCH!!!
Reviewed in Canada on August 18, 2023
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This is one of the best homesteading books I have come across. Most homesteading books are merely meh! at best, but this one is FANTASTIC! I'm so glad I bought this book. I'm now planning to get a copy of her other books as soon as I can and I hope she writes more books. Happy customer.
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