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Farming Post-Z So you’ve survived Z-Day and the Panic. You’ve fought off raiders, chainswarms and every other thing the Apocalypse had to throw at you.

Well, that’s just dandy. What were you planning on eating?
This section will teach you the basics of farming with the absolute minimum of equipment and space.

The following sections are planned. If there’s anything you want to add – or another section you would like me to put in – either just add it yourself or drop me a line and I’ll see if I can find out more about what you’re looking for.

  • How to Get a Lot of Food From a Small Garden plans for a garden 12x12m that should produce about 10kg vegetables, 2kg rabbit meat and 5 dozen eggs per week.
  • Homesteading 101 – Crops and Livestock: Instructions on the growing of the following crops and livestock.
    o Crops:
    § Tomatoes
    § Onions
    § Spinach
    § Maize
    § Sorghum
    § Potatoes
    § Sweet Potatoes
    § Beans
    § Cowpeas
    § Soya Beans
    § Groundnuts (Peanuts)
    § Pumpkins
    § Squashes
    § Cassava
    § Sunflowers
    § Wheat
    § Lucerne
    § Cotton
    § Tobacco
    § Sugar Cane
    o Livestock:
    § Pigs
    § Chickens
    § Sheep
    § Rabbits
    § Ducks and Geese
    § Goats
    § Cattle
    § Bees
  • Homesteading 102 – The Care And Feeding of Dirt
    o Types of Soil
    o Trenching
    o Compost
    o Crop Rotation
  • Homesteading 103 – Water
    o Rain Water
    o Protecting a Spring
    o Wells and Boreholes
    o Drilling a Borehole By Hand
    o Hand-Dug Wells
    o Pumps
    o Making a Hand Pump For Irrigation
    o Water Storage
    o Dams
    o Fishing
    o Making Water Safe to Drink
  • Homesteading 104 – Self-Sufficiency
    o Making Clothes
    o Making a Blanket Jacket
    o Knitting
    o Dyeing
    o Blockprinting
    o Making Shoes and Sandals
    o Making Candles
    o Making Furniture
    o Where to Build
    o Foundations
    o Walls
    o Making Bricks
    o Soil Cement
    o How to Build a Wall
    o Doors and Windows
    o Floors
    o Roofs
    o Solar Geysers
    o Building a Pit Toilet

As you can see, this is a truly massive undertaking and I would be thrilled if anyone wanted to jump in and share their expertise.

If anyone has detailed information on beekeeping, please either send it to me or enter it – I don’t have much experience with bees other than being stung, but I’m sure everyone can see how useful bees can be – especially considering I like my coffee sweet.

Much of the information has been sourced from The People’s Workbook, published in 1981 by the Environmental And Development Agency.