Agriculture

Whether you're looking to farm a balcony, backyard, an allotment or an acre, My Tiny Home Farm is bursting with ingenious ideas and savvy solutions to help you transform any plot or planter into a super smallholding. Practical project ideas for potato...

'Build resilience and create a low maintenance edible haven with this accessible guide.' Kim Stoddart Learn how to create an edible forest garden from canopy to groundcover, modelled after nature - perfect for gardeners and growers at any scale! ...

Honeybees are an essential part of farming and the wider ecosystem. Since the middle of the 1990s bee populations around the world have suffered dramatic decline through diseases, intoxication, and unknown causes. Veterinarians have had little training...

Finally, anyone embracing a dairy-free lifestyle (including vegan, paleo, or allergen-free) can make and enjoy the savory goodness of cheese-in one hour or less. In ingenious, step-by-step recipes, traditional cheesemaker Claudia Lucero shows how to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375761393Author Dan O'BrienFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

Everything you need to care for and keep happy, healthy chickens With directives on diagnosing and treating sick or ailing chickens, as well as general information on how to keep chickens in peak condition, Chicken Health For Dummies is your go-to guide...

Roaming Wild details the unconventional and pioneering lives of Anna and Peter Roberts, a British couple who were instrumental in making the animal welfare movement a respectable, highly-impactful and worldwide organisation. This book explores the paths...

This trusted handbook is a must-have for novice and seasoned beekeepers alike. Now totally redesigned and featuring color photos and graphics, the second edition also includes up-to-date information on honey bee health. The go-to reference presents...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781601731647Author William McKibbenFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Acres U.S.A., IncPublisher Acres U.S.A., Inc

Polly Pullar has had a passion for red squirrels since childhood. As a wildlife rehabilitator, she knows the squirrel on a profoundly personal level and has hand-reared numerous litters of orphan kits, eventually returning them to the wild. In this...

'Seasoned and novice growers alike will find a mother lode of information and wisdom packed into this gem of a book!' Nancy Phillips, author of The Herbalist's Way *Updated with new information about herb dryers and construction, soil fertility,...

This pocket guide to Jamie Goode's philosophy divulges what you need to know (and what you don't) about the world of wine. Who will have the last word on wine, if not Jamie Goode? Over the last decade, Goode has embarked on almost nonstop travel through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912271177Author Wally ShawFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Northern Bee BooksPublisher Northern Bee BooksWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 244mm *...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 'Compelling, fascinating, sometimes unexpectedly moving, this vitally important book is, above all, a springboard for hope and transformation.' -Isabella Tree, author of Wilding 'Do your imagination, your...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635651027Author Grace GershunyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Rodale BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 403gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Joel Salatin is perhaps the nation's best known farmer, whose environmentally friendly, sustainable Polyface Farms has been featured in Food, Inc. and Time magazine. Now in his first book written for a faith audience, Salatin offers a deeply personal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804678220Author Sally CrowePage Count 46Imprint Bookvault PublishingPublisher Bookvault PublishingWeight(grams) 159g

One farm's decades-long journey into regenerative agriculture-and how these methods enhance biodiversity, pollinators, and soil health Northern Vermont's Nancy and John Hayden have spent the last 25 years transforming their draft horse-powered,...

A practical yet pretty small-farm planner that serves as a guidebook, record keeper, and task tracker for small-scale farmers and backyard gardeners everywhere. From Jill Ragan, author of The Tiny but Mighty Farm, comes the resource backyard farmers,...

Charismatic David Kennard lives a life most people can only dream about. Farming on a spectacularly beautiful part of the Devon coast he has an almost telepathic bond with nature and with his working sheepdogs. His is a life filled with daily challenges,...

More than ever, Americans care about the quality and safety of the food they eat. They're bringing back an American tradition: raising their own backyard chickens for eggs and companionship. And they care about the quality of life of their chickens.Fresh...

Spoil your chickens and beautify your coop with 101 Chicken Keeping Hacks from Fresh Eggs Daily. Join Lisa Steele, chicken-keeper extraordinaire and founder of Fresh Eggs Daily, on a behind-the-coop tour like you've never seen. Lisa has spent years...

There has never been a better time to be making and selling great cheese. People worldwide are consuming more high-quality, handmade cheese than ever before. The number of artisan cheesemakers has doubled in recent years, and many of the industry's...

Build a stylishly modern home for your poultry. Backyard chickens meet contemporary design in this inventive compilation from authors Matthew Wolpe and Kevin McElroy. Reinventing the Chicken Coop presents 14 complete building plans for chicken houses...

Rachel Carson Environment Book Award, First Place (2018) IPPY Outstanding Book of the Year: Most Likely to Save the Planet (2018) Thorpe Menn Literary Excellence Award (2018) "Reads like a mystery novel as Gillam skillfully...

Ideas and concepts in sedimentology are changing rapidly but fundamental field work and data collection remain the basis of the science. This book is intended as a guide to the recognition and description of sedimentary rocks in the field. It aims to...

Livestock's Longer Shadow is one the most important books of its kind since Ruth Harrison's Animal Machines (1964). Most people have little idea how eating animal-based foods harm animals, our health and our planet. We want to believe the animals we eat...

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This comprehensive introduction contains everything you need to know about the history, botany and cultivation of apples, from planting, pruning and propagation to harvesting, storing and cooking. A stunning identification guide features 800 original...

Providing expert tips on tending the land, caring for animals, and necessary equipment, Ann Larkin Hansen also covers the intricate process of acquiring organic certification and other business considerations important to a profitable operation. Discover...

With Common Sense Natural Beekeeping, learn to keep bees sustainably with limited chemical or human intervention. Today's bees face unprecedented challenges. Chemical treatments for pests like the ubiquitous and deadly varroa mite have become standard...

Field to Palette: Dialogues on Soil and Art in the Anthropocene is an investigation of the cultural meanings, representations, and values of soil in a time of planetary change. The book offers critical reflections on some of the most challenging...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994572202Author Jane MyersFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Equiculture PublishingPublisher Equiculture PublishingWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm)...

'There is no good flock without a good shepherd, and no good shepherd without good dogs.' These age-old words of wisdom have always guided Devon sheep farmer David Kennard. But as he battles to save his farm from extinction, they resonate more loudly -...

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Including recipes for baking with Einkorn Wheat is the most widely grown crop on our planet, yet industrial breeders have transformed this ancient staff of life into a commodity of yield and profit-witness the increase in gluten intolerance and 'wheat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781920769192Author Pat ColebyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Scribe PublicationsPublisher Scribe PublicationsWeight(grams) 362gDimensions(mm) 233mm *...

"Practical advice . . . from the farm field to foraging in the forest . . . a must-have for anyone looking to transition from homeowner to homesteader."-Scott Mann, host of The Permaculture Podcast Build your homesteading dreams with all the affordable...

Shortlisted for the Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award Red kites were once Britain's most common bird of prey. By the early 1900s they'd been wiped out in Scotland and England following centuries of ruthless persecution. When some...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626545441Author Barbara KernFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Echo Point Books & MediaPublisher Echo Point Books & MediaWeight(grams)...