The backyard homestead book of building projects

Ch 1. Tools, materials & skills : my go-to hand tools

Safety and safety equipment

Lifting and moving heavy stuff

Woods and plywoods

Glues and caulks

Exterior fasteners

Drilling holes and driving screws

Tool sharpening and maintenance

Digging holes and setting posts

Circular saw basics

Measuring, leveling, and squaring

Paints and finishes

Ch 2. For the garden : two-wheel garden cart

Cold frame

Compost bin trio

Critter-proof fence

Shadow box fence panel

Drip irrigation basics

Simple hose guides

Garden marker/stepping stone

Super-simple path

Sitting and kneeling garden stool

Five raised-bed gardens

Five simple plant supports

Bent rebar pergola

Golf cart garden dolly

Rain barrel basics

Potting bench

Hoop greenhouse

Rustic trellis

Ch 3. Harvesting & food preparation : harvesting tote

Foldaway countertop rack

Harvest trug

Shoulder bucket yoke

Outdoor workbench

Multipurpose produce rack

Fire pit grilling station

Root cellar

Root cellar storage system

Flowerpot smoker

Ch 4. Storage & workspaces : overhead storage cradles

Sawbuck bench

Firewood storage and splitting station

Knockdown sawhorses

Stand-up tool rack

Patio storage chest

Wall-hung tool rack

Mini tool shed

Modular shed

Homestead emergency cart

Ultimate yard shed

Hose headquarters

Ch 5. Animal shelters & feeders : nesting box buckets

Rabbit hutch

Bat house

Animal shelter

Chicken ark

Outdoor outlets, Switches, and lights

Run-in shelter

classy, classic chicken coop

Coffee can bird feeder

Top bar beehive

Ch 6. For the house & yard : boot scraper and jack

Leopold bench

Firewood cradle and carrying sling

Lawn bag stand

Backdoor storage locker

Punched tin jelly cabinet

Clothes pole trellis

Spice planter

Rustic garden table

Concrete planter

Seedling rack

Outdoor shower

Pickin' and grinnin' chair

Solar window heater.