Roll Up Your Sleeves and Build a Better Farm! Loaded with complete plans and easy-to-follow construction tips, this book offers a creative mix of both practical and decorative projects for working and hobby farms. Veteran family farmers and 4-H alumni Samantha and Daniel Johnson present 20 essential projects for aspiring homesteaders. From log jacks, rabbit hutches, and milking stools to a goat see-saw and a barn quilt, clear step-by-step color photographs guide the reader through each hands-on project. An introduction to the DIY mindset explains the positive benefits and satisfaction of building things yourself, and provides an overview of the basic tools and skills needed to complete each task. Farm DIY also includes a background discussion of farming today, and instructions for building an effective farmer's market display stand for selling your products. Inside Farm DIY · 20 step-by-step, do-it-yourself projects for creating the farm of your dreams. · Build practical items like gates, bee houses, log jacks, rabbit hutches, and milking stools. · Make fun items like a barn quilt and a goat see-saw. · Create an attractive display stand for selling your products at farmer's markets. · Easy-to-complete projects all feature inexpensive materials and basic techniques.
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[*] A complete guide to 20 step-by-step, do-it-yourself projects for creating the farm of your dreams
[*] Build practical items like gates, bee houses, log jacks, rabbit hutches, and milking stools
[*] Make fun items like a barn quilt and a goat seesaw
[*] Create an attractive display stand for selling your products at farmer's markets
[*] Easy-to-complete projects all feature inexpensive materials and basic techniques
