The Joy of Hobby Farming: Grow Food, Raise Animals, and Enjoy a Sustainable Life

When the farm is a lifestyle, not just a way to earn a living, that's hobby farming. Most of us want to live a sustainable life in which we protect the land and keep it safe from development and overproduction. But we can take this a step further by learning how to grow and savor what we can produce ourselves--while still maintaining an alternative career to fund this passion. Michael and Audrey Levatino here share how to:

- Grow your own food.
- Raise chickens, horses, llamas, bees, and more.
- Practice being (a little) off the grid.
- Sell the bounty in your local community.
- Balance a professional career with a rural lifestyle.

The Joy of Hobby Farming is a book that will excite armchair farmers and inspire any do-it-yourselfer.

Author: Michael Levatino, Audrey Levatino
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 04/01/2011
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.06w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781616082284
ISBN10: 1616082283
BISAC Categories:
- House & Home | Sustainable Living
- House & Home | Cleaning, Caretaking & Organizing
- House & Home | Small Spaces

About the Author
Michael and Audrey Levatino have been hobby farming for almost ten years, producing and selling flowers, vegetables, honey, eggs, and handmade jewelry and crafts at several local farmers' markets. Michael Levatino works off the farm at a major publishing house. Their twenty-three-acre farm, Ted's Last Stand, is located outside of Gordonsville, Virginia.