{"product_id":"critter-tales-what-my-homestead-critters-have-taught-me-about-themselves-their-world-and-how-to-be-a-part-of-it-paperback","title":"Critter Tales: What my homestead critters have taught me about themselves, their world, and how to be a part of it - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeigh Tate\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritter Tales presents an entertaining but honest exploration of the challenges of sustainable critter keeping on a self-reliant homestead: suitable breeds, numbers of animals, housing, fencing, growing one's own feed, health issues, mysterious disappearances and deaths, dealing with predators, critters that won't stay put, and how the animals themselves don't always agree with \"the experts.\" Discusses the various philosophies of keeping livestock, and includes the author's extensive research and real-life learning experiences with chickens, goats, llamas, puppies, guinea fowl, cats, pigs, and honeybees on the homestead. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeigh Tate homesteads five acres in the foothills of the southern Appalachian Mountains with her husband Dan. Their goals are simpler, sustainable, more self-reliant living, and a return to agrarian values. In addition to critter keeping, gardening, food preservation, cheese making, and woodstove cookery, Leigh loves to write about homesteading. She is the author of the popular \u003ci\u003e5 Acres \u0026amp; A Dream The Book: The Challenges of Establishing a Self-Sufficient Homestead\u003c\/i\u003e, an eBook series entitled \u003ci\u003eThe Little Series of Homestead How-Tos\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCritter Tales: What my homestead critters have taught me about themselves, their world, and how to be a part of it.\u003c\/i\u003e Her ongoing homestead adventures can be read at her blog, \u003ci\u003e5 Acres \u0026amp; A Dream The Blog\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 390\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46029223297221,"sku":"9780989711128","price":44.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/j_JlY7JRpx9780989711128.webp?v=1775250113","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/critter-tales-what-my-homestead-critters-have-taught-me-about-themselves-their-world-and-how-to-be-a-part-of-it-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}