Living on Acreages: What You Need to Know
SKU: MWPS-50
Price: $17.00
This book is now available from the ISU Extension Store:
https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/12284
Consider this an owners manual for living in the country. Offering tips, tricks, and insights!
Topics include
- Selecting a rural living site
- Designing a homestead adaptable to lifelong needs
- Establishing or accessing systems for utilities including septic systems
- Understanding effects of seasonal weather and wind
- Minimizing damage by insects and animals
- Developing outdoor living areas
- Planning and managing a pond
- Planning and building driveways and roadways
- Establishing a routine preventive maintenance schedule
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