BACK YARD FARMER - MAKE GROW COOK KEEP NUMBER NINE by Tunnicliff, Fiona (Ed) - 2012

Trentham, Vic: Earth Garden Books. Very Good+. 2012. Paperback. 0980848741 . We need our back yards and our back yards need us. We are turning our inner-city balconies and little patches of dirt into productive food-producing havens. Places where we can dig in and grow our own tomatoes or sow some parsley seed in a few pots or whip up a stunning cake from freshly laid eggs or lie back in the banana lounge with a great book - like this one! Backyarders in cities, suburbs and country towns are getting busy out the back matter how much space they have. People are chasing chooks, setting up raised veggie beds, turning compost, stoking up wood fired ovens and munching on hand-produced local goodies across the land. It's a busy time for back yard farmers everywhere and this book will let you see what others are up to in their gardens and kitchens. Inspiration and ideas are bursting from these pages, so get stuck in and join the ranks of back yard farmers who are making, growing, cooking and keeping their way to back yard happiness. This volume features a re-vamped design, with a fresh, more modern look. Plus there is a greater focus on food and recipes. Australian. This issue features articles on goat cheese; preserving olives broccoli, seasonal recipes, earth worms. Cheaper postage rate applies for this title. ; Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 80 pages .