Agriculture

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912271900Author John McMullanFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Northern Bee BooksPublisher Northern Bee Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780911311853Author Charles WaltersFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Halcyon House PublishersPublisher Acres USAWeight(grams) 524gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

Ruth Harrison's Animal Machines now a unique historical classic, had a profound impact on public opinion and the quality of life of farmed animals when it was published in 1964. * Reprinted in its entirety, gives an accurate, and sometimes shocking,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614760641Author Michael BushFormat HardbackPage Count 670Imprint X-Star Publishing CompanyPublisher X-Star Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

With in-depth information on electric fencing, watering, and husbandry for ruminants, poultry, and pigs, plus butchering, dairying, and more "If we work hard, we sleep well." Twenty years ago, when authors Shawn and Beth Dougherty purchased the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607747635Author Kate FreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 669gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

In 1944 Lady Park Wood (45 hectares of woodland in Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, UK) was set aside indefinitely by the Forestry Commission so that ecologists could study how woodland develops naturally. Since then, in a unique long-term study,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780195144529Author Robert F. DarntonFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University Press

The enormous significance of the Sun to our lives has been felt ever since ominous eclipses and mysterious sunspots were observed many thousands of years ago. Scientists and astronomers from many different fields have contributed over the centuries to...

The New England loggers and river drivers were a unique breed of men. Working with their axes and peaveys through Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, they contributed mightily to the development of the United States. The daily life of the loggers was hard...

Create a thriving garden or allotment that works in harmony with nature and will flourish in the face of ever-changing environmental conditions. In The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook, expert organic gardener Sally Morgan shares a wide range...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912271818Author Wally ShawFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Northern Bee BooksPublisher Northern Bee BooksWeight(grams) 86gDimensions(mm) 244mm *...

This Storey BASICS (R) title offers exactly what you need to know to keep your small farm's equipment in good working order. Long-time farmers Steve and Ann Larkin Hansen cover everything from tractors and mowers to trimmers, tillers, ATVs, plows, discs,...

At Clay Bottom Farm, author Ben Hartman and staff practice kaizen, or continuous improvement, cutting out more waste-of time, labor, space, money, and more-every year and aligning their organic production more tightly with customer demand. Applied...

Disease is an inevitable everyday risk for all those who keep cattle and very often it has a huge impact on the animal's welfare, as well as its productivity. This clearly written and easy-to-understand book covers the principal diseases and conditions...

We know that our diet influences our health. But is there more to the adage "you are what you eat?" Connecting the dots from agriculture to medicine, geologist David R. Montgomery and biologist Anne Bikle argue we overlook the other half of a healthy...

Top-Bar Beekeeping is an offering designed to encourage beekeepers around the world to keep bees naturally by providing beekeeping basics, hive management and the utilization of top-bar hives. In recent years, beekeepers have had to face tremendous...

On 'Lady Day', March 1943 a group of Christian pacifists took possession of a vacant farm in Frating, a hamlet on the Essex Tendring Peninsula. There they established a working community, inspired by their association with The Adelphi journal, where D.H...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946918010Author Amos A. FordFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Karia PressPublisher Karia Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780572036300Author Caroline Radula-ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint QuantumPublisher W Foulsham & Co Ltd

Martin Crawford is an internationally acknowledged expert on growing perennial food systems. It features a selection of the 100 best trees to grow. It includes appendices with lists of suitable trees for specific situations. Martin Crawford has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849022552Author Henry StephensFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Benediction ClassicsPublisher Benediction ClassicsWeight(grams) 819gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780911311709Author Murray MaynardFormat PaperbackPage Count 109Imprint Halcyon House PublishersPublisher Acres USA

A lively, engaging introduction to the history of goats in Britain, and the recent renaissance of goat-related products. Ever wondered why a goat's eyes have rectangular pupils? Or what happened to Thor's goats each day after they finished pulling his...

The 2024 Maria Thun Biodynamic Calendar, adapted for North American (Eastern Standard Time) dates and times.The original biodynamic sowing and planting almanac, now in its 62nd year. The easy-to-view layout features detailed planting, tending and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781601731463Author Mark ShepardFormat PaperbackImprint Acres U.S.A., IncPublisher Acres U.S.A., Inc

'I never knew how fascinating a book about herding and grazing could be... This book is remarkable.' Joanna Lumley 'Ilse's deep understanding of herding cultures, and their relationship with the land and life itself, is both moving and revelatory... I...

A hands-on guidebook chock full of recipes for cooking with goat, making cheese and soap, and crafting with goat fibers. Goats are the hottest animal today to raise for hobby farmers, commercial farmers, and members of both 4-H and FFA. But using the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951791506Author Janet WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Drip DigitalPublisher Drip DigitalWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 7mm

The fifth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small.In Every Living Thing James Herriot brings back familiar and much-loved friends, including his partner Siegfried and his most lucrative...

Launched in 1958, as the successor to the ubiquitous Ferguson TE20, the Massey-Ferguson 35 was a product of the merger of Massey-Harris and Ferguson. It incorporated numerous improvements and new features and became massively popular worldwide. Its...

Curly tails, snouts, trotters, 'oinks', mud and unpleasant smells - these are the cliches of the pig. With their varied roles as sources of food, as pets and in medical testing, pigs have been materially and culturally associated with humans for...

A forest garden is a place where nature and people meet halfway, between the canopy of trees and the soil underfoot. It doesn't have to look like a forest - what's important is that natural processes are allowed to unfold, to the benefit of plants,...

Monty Roberts is known as 'the man who listens to horses' because of his amazing ability to understand and communicate with his equine partners. He has written this book to celebrate the horses throughout his life that have had a special significance:...

This book will teach you everything you need to know about feeding your garden, orchard or smallholding with homemade and chemical-free `teas'. It is packed with recipes for creating nutrient-rich, healthy soil, to give you healthy plants and...

There is currently much concern about our trees and woodlands. The terrible toll taken by Dutch elm disease has been followed by a string of further epidemics, most worryingly ash chalara - and there are more threats on the horizon. There is also a...

The grass/clover ley plays a central role in most organic farms, since clover is the foundation stone for the whole farm system through its ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen. As well as providing an essential forage resource for farm livestock,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849024068Author F. H. KingFormat HardbackPage Count 452Imprint Benediction ClassicsPublisher Benediction ClassicsWeight(grams) 573gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780933280649Author Andre VoisinFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Island PressPublisher Island PressWeight(grams) 648g

Rudolf Steiner, the often undervalued, multifaceted genius of modern times, contributed much to the regeneration of culture. In addition to his philosophical teachings, he provided ideas for the development of many practical activities including...