books: of farming

books: of farming

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Of farming

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)

Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, ...

Harper Perennial, 2008

Terrific book!
Barbara Kingsolver has struck a wonderful balance among educating readers about gardening, slow food, food science and telling a great tale of a family's adventure of local eating. The recipes are great, too! What a revelation to learn that we have all been ...

You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start & Succeed in a Farming Enterprise

Joel F. Salatin

Polyface, 1998

excellent advice
Joel Salatin has at least 20 years of successful farming behind him. and i mean farming where the land has not only not been damaged, but improved. in sharp contrast to traditional farming methods. he also produces clean healthy food that tastes better than most ...

Building Chicken Coops: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-224

Gail Damerow

Storey Publishing, LLC, 1999

Good plans
This is very good for those who wish to have an idea as to amount of space needed. The only thing that I would have like to see is alternative material for building the hen house.

Let it Rot!: The Gardener's Guide to Composting (Third Edition) (Storey's Down-to-Earth Guides)

Stu Campbell

Storey Publishing, LLC, 1998

Creating the best garden ever starts at the bottom
Composting, in case you aren't terribly familiar with it yet, is simply the practice of allowing waste matter to rot and decompose until it's fit to be tilled right into the soil. However, while the basic concept is as old as mother nature and often very easy to ...

The Backyard Beekeeper: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden

Kim Flottum

Quarry Books, 2005

This is the one
Before purchasing this book, I first went to the local library and took out a bunch of books on beekeeping. Most were too technical, and the rest were just plain dull. This is the one with not only down to earth information, but a lot of really great photos to guide ...

Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats: Breeds, Care, Dairying

Jerry Belanger

Storey Publishing, LLC, 2001

Very Informative
Very good and complete information for someone like me who knows nothing about raising dairy goats.

The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener (A ...

Eliot Coleman

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1995

simply down to earth - literally
This is absolutely the best, straightforward, down to earth, organic gardening book I have ever read. No hype, no buzzwords, no new age crap, no agenda. Simply down to earth - literally.

Beekeeping for Dummies

Howland Blackiston

For Dummies, 2002

A Great Place To Start
This is an excellent resource for the aspiring beekeeper. No prior knowledge of the subject of beekeeping is necessary. This book is jam packed with great information, and does a great job of recommending other books if you are interested in learning about specific ...

The Chicken Health Handbook

Gail Damerow

Storey Publishing, LLC, 1994

Great Reference book
This is just what I wanted in a book on chicke health. Raising a large flock of chickens this helps me identify health problems big and small. A great addition to our farm library.

Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle: Health/Handling/Breeding

Heather Smith Thomas

Storey Publishing, LLC, 1998

Everything we needed to know...and more
I bought this book for my husband who has always wanted to raise a small farm of beef cattle. He took the book along on our 2 week vacation to Europe and completely devoured the book! He loved it, says it's the best single book on the subject he's ever seen! He has ...

Small Scale Livestock Farming: A Grass-Based Approach for Health, Sustainability, and Profit

Carol Ekarius

Storey Publishing, LLC, 1999

I loved this book
Small Scale LivestockFarming:... is a simple easy to read text containing a broad overview of many more topics with more depth than expected and providing numerous references for areas which the text is not indepth enough for your needs. This book had to be the best ...

Micro Eco-Farming: Prospering from Backyard to Small Acreage in Partnership with the Earth

Barbara Berst Adams

New World Publishing, 2005

Educational and Inspiring
If you've ever dreamed of having a small, productive farm but didn't know where to begin or how to creatively make money and have fun at the same time, this book is The Source for you. Barbara Berst Adams' "Micro Eco-Farming" is loaded with great ideas, sensible how-to ...

Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal: War Stories From the Local Food Front

Joel Salatin

Polyface, 2007

Great Book
Well written, humorous stories from an independent small farmer detailing his struggles with government oversight and inspection. The role of the USDA in particular and government regulators as presented by Salatin is to make things as difficult as possible for the ...

Betty Crocker's Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cooking Today

Betty Crocker Editors

Betty Crocker, 2000

Best cookbook I have!
I'm a vegetarian and my boyfriend is a meat eater with high cholesterol and we both love this cookbook. Our favorites are the mac n' cheese, pesto, and the chicken casserole with cornbread stuffing. (The worst thing we tried was something that was even bad -- just ...

The Apple Grower: Guide for the Organic Orchardist

Michael Phillips

Chelsea Green, 2005

Fabulous Resource!
I LOVE this book. I'm particularly impressed with the density of information: too many hobby farm/small farm books take a once-over-lightly approach, but this one is deep on detail. I also appreciate the discussion of seedling trees: typically I've seen them ...