The Complete Illustrated Guide to Farming


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"The Complete Illustrated Guide to Farming" explains farming from start to finish. It's an encyclopedia for the beginning farmer, hobby farmer, small-scale family farmer, or dreamer.




The Complete Illustrated Guide to Farming


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The Complete Illustrated Guide to Farming is a comprehensive, one-stop encyclopedic guide for the beginning farmer, hobby farmer, and small-scale family farmer. Are you interested in the country lifestyle or becoming more self-reliant? Do you think about someday raising livestock or growing crops? If you’re ready to make these thoughts a reality, The Complete Illustrated Guide to Farming is the perfect place to start. Farming experts Philip Hasheider and Samantha Johnson explain farming from start to finish: build your own fence, repair your own machinery, and know what to look for when you’re buying a tractor. Instead of buying a book on each subject area, you need just this one, which condenses the most important and relevant information on every aspect of running a farm into a single handy volume. And unlike other books, it’s designed specifically for the owner of a working farm. This practical illustrated guide provides hard-won expert advice on raising livestock and growing crops, making repairs, harvesting and butchering, managing a woodlot, and more. It’s everything you need to know to establish and maintain your farm.







The Everything Backyard Farming Book


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Self-sufficiency doesn't have to mean getting off the grid entirely. That level of independence isn't practical for most people. A backyard farm can provide an abundance of inexpensive food as well as additional income which can bring you real independence. Whether you're a first-timer who wants to start growing vegetables or an experienced gardener looking to expand a small plot into a minifarm, The Everything Backyard Farming Book has all you need, from growing fruits and vegetables to raising animals to preserving and storing food. With this common-sense guide, you will be able to take control of the food you eat - in an urban or suburban setting.




Organic Farming


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Organic Farming includes everything you need to know to begin and maintain a healthy, productive, and profitable organic farm. Don't miss out on the book Mother Earth News named a Recommended Product for Wiser Living!




The Illustrated Guide to Chickens


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The unique attributes and personalities of 100 breeds of chickens--with stunning full-color...




The Self-Sufficient Gardener


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Carefully explains the entire process of growing more than one hundred twenty-five vegetables, fruits, and herbs, recommending which vegetables to grow according to the space available and how to improve soil conditions




The Illustrated Guide to Ducks and Geese and Other Domestic Fowl


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Covering 65 domestic breeds of ducks, geese, guineafowl, quail, turkeys and peafowl, the book gives an insight into the individual personalities and attributes of each kind of bird. With just a little land and available water, you can raise a variety of domestic fowl, from friendly ducks and characterful geese to guineafowl, dainty quail, placid turkeys or even peafowl. Illustrated with the author's charming watercolour paintings, this book is packed with practical tips on keeping domestic fowl and selecting the right breed for your circumstances. The breed profiles are written in engaging text and include the history and place of origin, colour combinations, differences between male and female birds, the appearance of hatchlings and the numbers of eggs to expect. As well as selecting an appropriate breed, you need to consider your neighbours, the kinds of bird you can and should keep, whether you want them for eggs or as pets, and whether you want to breed them. The book offers helpful advice on all these issues and also on housing, the provision of water, feeding and the noise and impact your birds will have, as well as preventing and treating common ailments. Whether you are starting out as a smallholder, are interested in raising a few ducks or geese in a suburban or rural setting, or are simply a devotee of domestic fowl there is plenty to captivate you in this book.




Swainston's Fishes of Australia: The complete illustrated guide


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'A culmination of more than 25 years of work, this is a fish-Identification lover's bible!' G Magazine In this essential guide for collectors and lay fish enthusiasts, more than 1500 remarkable acrylic on watercolour paper illustrations portray every family of fishes ever recorded from Australian waters. The names of all known species are listed alongside detailed information of each families' taxonomy, biology, characteristics and distribution. In addition this volume includes- - a summary of fish evolution and geological history - fish distribution, fisheries and conservation details - detailed fish anatomy and physiology - a useful glossary and index that includes common and scientific names 'A scholarly, exquisite, surprising volume, a catch for a collector.' Australian