Worn out by city business and its uncertainties, the narrator buys a small farm and sets out to prove that a few acres, well managed, can keep a large family in comfort. He describes the long search for land, planting peach orchards, raspberries, strawberries and blackberries, the garden under his wife’s management, and the services birds render the grower.
A classic of the small-farm and self-sufficiency tradition that still speaks to would-be homesteaders. Download the free EPUB.