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A tree farmer teaches his grandson about trees.
Author : Chuck Leavell
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,88 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : 9781893622166
A tree farmer teaches his grandson about trees.
Author : Ann Purmell
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 23,64 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780823418862
A boy describes how he, his grandfather, and the rest of his family work on their tree farm throughout the year to prepare Christmas trees.
Author : Nancy Dickmann
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 45,53 MB
Release : 2010-09
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 1432939386
Learn about the uses of different plants you might find on a farm.
Author : Emmet Van Driesche
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 17,22 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1603588264
When he first envisioned becoming a farmer, author Emmet Van Driesche never imagined his main crop would be Christmas trees, nor that such a tree farm could be more of a managed forest than the conventional grid of perfectly sheared trees. Carving Out a Living on the Land tells the story of how Van Driesche navigated changing life circumstances, took advantage of unexpected opportunities, and leveraged new and old skills to piece together an economically viable living, while at the same time respecting the land's complex ecological relationships. From spoon carving to scything, coppicing to wreath-making, Carving Out a Living on the Land proves that you don't need acres of expensive bottomland to start your land-based venture, but rather the creativity and vision to see what might be done with that rocky section or ditch or patch of trees too small to log. You can lease instead of buy; build flexible, temporary structures rather than sink money into permanent ones; and take over an existing operation rather than start from scratch. What matters are your unique circumstances, talents, and interests, which when combined with what the land is capable of producing, can create a fulfilling and meaningful farming life.
Author : Stephen Diamond
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,30 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Collective settlements
ISBN :
"What the Trees Said is the history of a successful communal farm, one example of how an alternative American way of life is being built, told by one of the farm's young founders. Stephen Diamond is 23, attended Columbia College, edited for Liberation News Service, and wrote free-lance magazine articles before turning his hand to milking cows"--Cover
Author : Patrick White
Publisher : Storey Publishing
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 48,49 MB
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1612123651
Growing beautiful Christmas trees is a great way to generate off-season farm income and make better use of your land. From selecting a site and planting the right species to marketing and selling trees, this Storey BASICS® guide shows you how to build and maintain your own small tree nursery. Including handy tips for making handcrafted kissing balls and holiday wreaths, Growing Christmas Trees covers everything you need to know to successfully cultivate stunning evergreens that will provide income and bring holiday cheer.
Author : Ken Mudge
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 37,44 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1603585079
Learn how to fill forests with food by viewing agriculture from a remarkably different perspective: that a healthy forest can be maintained while growing a wide range of food, medicinal, and other nontimber products. The practices of forestry and farming are often seen as mutually exclusive, because in the modern world, agriculture involves open fields, straight rows, and machinery to grow crops, while forests are reserved primarily for timber and firewood harvesting. In Farming the Woods, authors Ken Mudge and Steve Gabriel demonstrate that it doesn’t have to be an either-or scenario, but a complementary one; forest farms can be most productive in places where the plow is not: on steep slopes and in shallow soils. Forest farming is an invaluable practice to integrate into any farm or homestead, especially as the need for unique value-added products and supplemental income becomes increasingly important for farmers. Many of the daily indulgences we take for granted, such as coffee, chocolate, and many tropical fruits, all originate in forest ecosystems. But few know that such abundance is also available in the cool temperate forests of North America. Farming the Woods covers in detail how to cultivate, harvest, and market high-value nontimber forest crops such as American ginseng, shiitake mushrooms, ramps (wild leeks), maple syrup, fruit and nut trees, ornamentals, and more. Along with profiles of forest farmers from around the country, readers are also provided comprehensive information on: • historical perspectives of forest farming; • mimicking the forest in a changing climate; • cultivation of medicinal crops; • cultivation of food crops; • creating a forest nursery; • harvesting and utilizing wood products; • the role of animals in the forest farm; and, • how to design your forest farm and manage it once it’s established. Farming the Woods is an essential book for farmers and gardeners who have access to an established woodland, are looking for productive ways to manage it, and are interested in incorporating aspects of agroforestry, permaculture, forest gardening, and sustainable woodlot management into the concept of a whole-farm organism.
Author : Mark Shepard
Publisher : Acres U.S.A., Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,39 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Agricultural ecology
ISBN : 9781601730350
Around the globe most people get their calories from "annual" agriculture - plants that grow fast for one season, produce lots of seeds, then die. Every single human society that has relied on annual crops for staple foods has collapsed. Restoration Agriculture explains how we can have all of the benefits of natural, perennial ecosystems and create agricultural systems that imitate nature in form and function while still providing for our food, building, fuel and many other needs - in your own backyard, farm or ranch. This book, based on real-world practices, presents an alternative to the agriculture system of eradication and offers exciting hope for our future.
Author : Mary Lyn Ray
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 43,22 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780152162900
Wilma decides to plant Christmas trees with the help of her young neighbor, Parker.
Author : Roger Deakin
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 39,40 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
From the author of the acclimed and much-loved Waterlogand Wildwood. For the last six years of his life, Roger Deakin kept notebooks in which he wrote his daily thoughts, impressions, feelings and observations. Discursive, personal and often impassioned, they reveal the way he saw the world, whether it be observing the teeming ecosystem that was Walnut Tree Farm, thinking about the wider environment, walking in his fields or on Mellis Common, or quietly contemplating his past and present life. Notes From Walnut Tree Farmcollects the very best of these writings, capturing Roger's extraordinary, restless curiosity into the natural and human worlds, his love of literature and music, his knack for making unusual and apposite connections, and of course his distinct and subversive charm and humour. Together they cohere to present a passionate, engaged and - in spite of the worst pressures of contemporary life - optimistic view of our changing world.