Build Your Own Farm Tools: Equipment & Systems for the Small-Scale Farm & Market Garden

See a couple of thing I might build

Excellent

I'd heard about Josh's book "Build Your Own Farm Tools" in a few farm groups. Since my husband & I own a small-scale farm I was curious if there would be anything of interest for us. When the opportunity arose to get a sneak peak I jumped at it.I believe in not reinventing the wheel whenever possible. To say I was impressed with this book is an understatement. With so many new people entering into farming, or growing food for their family, Josh does an excellent job going over basic safety, and wood/metal working for the novice. Josh gives a good run down of different tools that will be needed throughout the book. Many newbies may have to either purchase, rent or borrow some to get the job done. The plans included in this book are items such as seedling benches, germination chambers, hand cart, drip irrigation systems, spray table & more.Instructions are easy to follow with a good list of materials. He explained why he chose to build that particular item that way and other options that may work as well. You're always free to put your own spin to it. The approximate cost may be off due to the rising cost of building materials, but in today's world that's to be expected.Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from author/publisher for review purposes.

The media could not be loaded.  love this book! I want to do the Julie and Julia thing and work my way through it. Starts out with great info on different tools and then moves into projects I know we need. I love the cart made with bicycle tires, the seeding bench, the wash station and so much more!

Los diagramas son complicados y a la vez muy simple. Blanco y negro y de papel mediocre. No ofrece mucho. Otros libros del autor son mucho mejores.

this clever booklet gives good sketches and ideas how to make live easier for homesteaders, vergetable farmers on small to middle sized plots. a general thumbs up - easy read, quite a few ideas, for the most part usefull hints.... some tools are on the market allready and technically solved better. nevertheless a recommendation for the low budget DIY appraoch