Discovering Nature Series: The Homesteading Life (6th-12th)

Description

“The Homesteading Life” is the perfect year long course to introduce your upper elementary through high school students to all aspects of homesteading and self-sufficiency!  180 daily lessons cover the following material:

1. What is a Homestead?
2. Shelter – On Grid, Off Grid
3. Water – City Water, Wells, Springs, Catchment Systems
4. Power – Solar
5. Power – Wind
6. Power – Water
7. Heating/Cooling
8. Food – Perennial Vegetables
9. Food – Berries
10. Food – Fruit Trees
11. Food – Nut Trees
12.Food – Gardening – Acreage or In–Ground Gardening
13.Food – Gardening – Raised Beds/Container Gardening
14.Food – Gardening – Hugelkultur/Straw Bale Gardening
15. Food – Gardening – Hydroponics/Aquaponics/Aeroponics/Vertical Gardening
16. Food – Gardening – Soil/Composting/Companion Planting
17. Food – Gardening – Other Soil Amendments/Permaculture/Placement
18. Food – Gardening – Garden Pests
19. Food – Gardening – Cold Frames/Greenhouses/Organic vs. Conventional
20.Food – Animals – To Raise or Not to Raise – That is the Question!
21. Food – Animals – Poultry – Chickens, Guinea Hens, Turkey, Peacocks
22. Food – Animals – Poultry – Ducks, Geese/Butchering Poultry
23. Food – Animals – Meat Rabbits/Butchering/Recipes
24. Food – Animals – Goats/Sheep/Llamas/Alpacas – Meat/Dairy
25. Food – Animals – Pigs/Butchering
26. Food – Animals – Cattle – Meat & Butchering/Using Your Milk
27. Dealing With Predators – Alarm Animals/Working Dogs/Beekeeping
28. Dealing With Predators – Fencing/Deterrent/Trapping/Hunting
29. Preserving Your Bounty – Freezing
30. Preserving Your Bounty – Canning
31. Preserving Your Bounty – Dehydrating
32. Preserving Your Bounty – Freeze Drying/Smoking/Other Methods
33. Preserving Your Bounty – Root Cellar
34. Sharing Your Bounty for Profit/Sharing Your Bounty As a Blessing
35. Many Hands Make for Light Work/Projects/Using What You Have Onhand
36. Your Ideal Homestead/Amenities of Your Land/ Mixing Animals

And MORE

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