title: Living on an Acre: A Practical Guide to the Self-Reliant Life
author: U.S. Department. of Agriculture
description: <DIV>Who hasn't daydreamed at one time or another about selling produce at a farmer's market, keeping chickens, or planting an orchard of fruit trees? Inside every do-it-yourselfer is a longing for a more independent lifestyle and the satisfaction that can come from getting your hands dirty while turning some earth.<br>Whether you're thinking about a second home in the country, starting a part-time farm, or going back to the land, Living on an Acre is the classic USDA handbook, offering a comprehensive and fully updated approach to:. <br>&#183; considering the benefits of rural versus urban life<br>&#183; what to think about when remodeling an older house<br>&#183; how to build a barn <br>&#183; growing for self-sufficiency versus growing for profit<br>&#183; beekeeping<br>&#183; raising livestock<br>&#183; land conservation<br>&#183; and much more!<br></div>
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  # The Home Acre
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### E. P. Roe
  
  
  This page copyright © 2002 Munsey's.
  
  
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  CHAPTER I. TREE-PLANTING
  
  
  CHAPTER II. FRUIT-TREES AND GRASS
  
  
  CHAPTER III. THE GARDEN
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. THE VINEYARD AND ORCHARD
  
  
  CHAPTER V. THE RASPBERRY
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. THE CURRANT
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. STRAWBERRIES
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. THE KITCHEN-GARDEN
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. THE KITCHEN-GARDEN (concluded)
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  
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  ### CHAPTER I. TREE-PLANTING
  
  
  
  
  
    
  Land hunger is so general that it may be regarded as a natural
  
  
  craving. Artificial modes of life, it is true, can destroy it, but it
  
  
  is apt to reassert itself in later generations. To tens of thousands
  
  
  of bread-winners in cities a country home is the dream of the future,
  
  
  the crown and reward of their life-toil. Increasing numbers are taking
  
  
  what would seem to be the wiser course, and are combining rural
  