This addition to the Backyard Homestead series offers expert advice on what tasks to do around your farm and when to do them - no matter where on the planet you call home. Author Ann Larkin Hansen sets the priorities for each area of the farm, including the barn, garden, orchard, field, pasture, and woodlot. For every critical turn of the year (12 in all), Hansen provides an at-a-glance to-do list along with tips and a more in-depth discussion of...

Provides information about turtles and how to feed and care for, house and handle them, and keep them as pets.

A comprehensive guide to beef cattle that provides detailed information on the feeding, handling, and raising of a small herd of beef cattle.

An overview of the creature that is more like people than any other farm animal.

Describes the housing, feeding, care, and handling of hamsters and gerbils.

An overview of the most playful and affectionate of all farm animals.

Discusses what farmers do and how their work has changed and continues to change over the years.

Provides instructions for setting up and maintaining an aquarium and for caring and feeding the fish that will make it their home.

Describes some of the more unusual animals that can be found on farms today, including ostriches, buffalo, and pygmy goats.

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, uses, and needs of this farm animal which was brought to North America by the first settlers.