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The Virgin Pig Keeper - A Pair of Pigs in the Garden (Paperback): David Brown The Virgin Pig Keeper - A Pair of Pigs in the Garden (Paperback)
David Brown; Illustrated by Eric Copeland
R281 Discovery Miles 2 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Illustrated by professional artist Eric Copeland, and including amusing anecdotes from the 'joys' of working with pigs for a living, this is the book to read and enjoy preferably before, but certainly the moment those little pigs join the family.A recent report suggests that amateur pig keeping has shot up by 40 per cent since the likes of Gordon Ramsay and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall introduced their young pigs to the TV cameras.But pig experts warn that pig keeping is not for the unwary or uninformed. Apart from the many regulations that have to be observed, there is a great deal to know about feeding, housing, moving and handling your pigs.

Smart Technologies for Sustainable Smallholder Agriculture - Upscaling in Developing Countries (Paperback): David Chikoye,... Smart Technologies for Sustainable Smallholder Agriculture - Upscaling in Developing Countries (Paperback)
David Chikoye, Theresse Gondwe, Nhamo Nhamo
R3,307 R2,711 Discovery Miles 27 110 Save R596 (18%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Smart Technologies for Sustainable Smallholder Agriculture: Upscaling in Developing Countries defines integrated climate smart agricultural technologies (ICSAT) as a suite of interconnected techniques and practices that enhance quantity and quality of agricultural products with minimum impact on the environment. These ICSAT are centered on three main pillars, increased production and income, adaptation and resilience to climate change, and minimizing GHG emissions. This book brings together technologies contributing to the three pillars, explains the context in which they can be scaled up, and identifies research and development gaps as areas requiring further investigation. It stresses the urgency in critically analyzing and recommending ICSAT and scaling out the efforts of both developing and disseminating these in an integrated manner. The book discusses, synthesizes, and offers alternative solutions to agriculture production systems and socio-economic development. It brings together biophysical and socioeconomic disciplines in evaluating suitable ICSAT in an effort to help reduce poverty and food insecurity.

Our Wild Farming Life - Adventures on a Scottish Highland Croft (Hardcover): Lynn Cassells, Sandra Baer Our Wild Farming Life - Adventures on a Scottish Highland Croft (Hardcover)
Lynn Cassells, Sandra Baer
R491 Discovery Miles 4 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

[F]or anyone who has ever sat in a city office dreaming of owning a smallholding one day and living off the land, this book will inspire them to take the plunge. Rated 5 stars by The Telegraph I raced through this beautiful story with mounting awe and excitement. What Lynn and Sandra have achieved on their croft in Scotland is a miracle of rebirth on land Isabella Tree, author of Wilding The inspiring story of two courageous women who took the leap and embraced a whole new way of life. Kate Humble, author of Home Cooked As seen on the BBC’s This Farming Life  Our Wild Farming Life is what happens when you follow your dreams of living on the land; a story of how two people became farmers – and how they learned to make a living from it, their way. Lynn and Sandra left their friends, family and jobs in England to travel north to Scotland to find a small piece of land they could call their own. They had no money, no plan and no experience in farming. They had in mind keeping a few chickens, a kitchen garden and renting out some camping space, but instead, they fell in love with Lynbreck Croft – 150 acres of wild Scottish Highlands filled with opportunity and beauty, shrouded by the Cairngorms mountains. This is the inspirational true story of Lynbreck Croft – a regenerative Scottish croft rooted in local food and community – and the dreams of two women in search of a new, wilder existence. In Our Wild Farming Life, Lynn and Sandra recount their experiences as they rebuild their new home and work out what kind of farmers they want to be. They learn how to work with Highland cattle, become part of the crofting community and begin to truly understand how they can farm in harmony with nature to produce wonderful food for themselves and the people around them. Through efforts like these, Lynn and Sandra have been able to combine regenerative farming practices with old crofting traditions to keep their own personal values intact.

Instant Insights: Supporting Cereal Production in Sub-Saharan Africa (Paperback): Tinashe Chiurugwi, Simon Kerr, Ian Midgley,... Instant Insights: Supporting Cereal Production in Sub-Saharan Africa (Paperback)
Tinashe Chiurugwi, Simon Kerr, Ian Midgley, L. A. Boyd, Johnson Kamwaga, …
R1,280 Discovery Miles 12 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This specially curated collection features four reviews of current and key research on supporting cereal production in sub-Saharan Africa. The first chapter reviews how research and development can support smallholder wheat farmers through improving access to resources and services. The chapter considers current obstacles faced by smallholder farmers, including biophysical limitations such as climatic issues, as well as socio-economic limitations such as land availability. The second chapter assesses the importance of increasing the adoption rate of improved maize technologies within smallholder farming households across Africa. The chapter discusses the economic and institutional barriers inhibiting adoption, as well as farmer attitudes to innovation. The third chapter describes the effect of poor soil fertility, drought and weeds on maize yields in West Africa. The chapter considers strategies for mitigating these constraints, including nutrient management using fertilizers, weed management and resistant varieties of maize. The final chapter discusses phosphorus scarcity in areas of West Africa and details the need to improve sorghum breeding to enhance the crop's tolerance to low-phosphorus soil conditions.

Smallholder Agriculture and Market Participation - Lessons from Africa (Hardcover): Nigel Poole Smallholder Agriculture and Market Participation - Lessons from Africa (Hardcover)
Nigel Poole
R1,312 Discovery Miles 13 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Killing It - A Memoir of Love, Life, Death and Dinner (Paperback): Camas Davis Killing It - A Memoir of Love, Life, Death and Dinner (Paperback)
Camas Davis 1
R285 R258 Discovery Miles 2 580 Save R27 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'Killing It combines three popular, profound topics: where our food comes from, how to achieve purpose in life and how to find lasting love' - Sunday Times

After a career spent writing about food, Camas Davis came to a realization: she had never forced herself to grapple with how it actually got to her plate. Out of love with her life and with the world she found herself in, she knew she had to make a change.

And so she set off for France. There, in the rolling countryside of Gascony, she would learn the art of butchery, and with it the art of eating and drinking well. Surrounded by farmers, producers, cooks and food-lovers, eating some of the world's least processed and most lovingly made food, Camas discovered the very authenticity she'd longed for in her old life. She just needed to return to America, and bring what she'd learnt back with her . . .

Killing It is the story of one woman's quest to understand what it means to be human and what it means to be animal too.

Food Security, Gender and Resilience - Improving Smallholder and Subsistence Farming (Paperback): Leigh Brownhill, Esther... Food Security, Gender and Resilience - Improving Smallholder and Subsistence Farming (Paperback)
Leigh Brownhill, Esther Njuguna, Kimberly L. Bothi, Bernard Pelletier, Lutta Muhammad, …
R1,489 Discovery Miles 14 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Through the integration of gender analysis into resilience thinking, this book shares field-based research insights from a collaborative, integrated project aimed at improving food security in subsistence and smallholder agricultural systems. The scope of the book is both local and multi-scalar. The gendered resilience framework, illustrated here with detailed case studies from semi-arid Kenya, is shown to be suitable for use in analysis in other geographic regions and across disciplines. The book examines the importance of gender equity to the strengthening of socio-ecological resilience. Case studies reflect multidisciplinary perspectives and focus on a range of issues, from microfinance to informal seed systems. The book's gender perspective also incorporates consideration of age or generational relations and cultural dimensions in order to embrace the complexity of existing socio-economic realities in rural farming communities. The issue of succession of farmland has become a general concern, both to farmers and to researchers focused on building resilient farming systems. Building resilience here is shown to involve strengthening households' and communities' overall livelihood capabilities in the face of ongoing climate change, global market volatility and political instability.

A Land Girl's Tale - Concentrating on Winning the War (Paperback, 2nd edition): Mona McLeod A Land Girl's Tale - Concentrating on Winning the War (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Mona McLeod
R300 R272 Discovery Miles 2 720 Save R28 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

“I can see the disgust on the face of one neighbor when Jack, the farmer, asked to lend a man, produced a land girl.†Mona Macleod worked in Kirkubrightshire during the second World War, providing the skilled labour needed on farms before mechanization. The girls were given heavy agricultural work in fields, with animals, carrying hundred weight sacks, sawing wood, felling trees, filling up rat holes. It was a tough way to grow up, but this illustrated memoir provides a record of a time when women faced the rigorous physical challenges involved in winning the war at home.

Hobby Farming For Dummies (Paperback): TA Husarik Hobby Farming For Dummies (Paperback)
TA Husarik
R508 Discovery Miles 5 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Do you long for the country life? Hobby Farming For Dummies is a practical guide that will show you how to handle all the basics of small-scale farming, from growing healthy crops to raising livestock and managing your property. You'll see how to decide what to farm, provide shelter and utilities, select plants, and protect your investment. It's all you need to dig in and start growing! You'll get a real idea of what it really means to jump from your current lifestyle to a life farming in the countryside. You'll get the information you need to decide if the farming lifestyle is right for you and your personality. You'll learn everything you need to know about property and how to access a power supply. You'll get practical advice on which animals would work best for your farm and you'll learn how to acquire them and what you need to know about caring for them properly. You'll get help with all of the major decisions like whether you're better off with subsistence farming or a more ambitious project. Find out how to: Make from change to a farm lifestyle Get along with your neighbors Find and buy rural properties Select and maintain equipment Raise and care for animals Use and preserve food items Avoid common farming pitfalls Choose plans for your farm Complete with lists of the ten unique opportunities for fun and the top ten misconceptions about farm living, Hobby Farming For Dummies will help you discover how you can live the simple life.

Enhancing Smallholder Farmers' Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms - Learning... Enhancing Smallholder Farmers' Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms - Learning from the TLIII project Experiences in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Essegbemon Akpo, Chris O. Ojiewo, Issoufou Kapran, Lucky O. Omoigui, Agathe Diama, …
R1,659 Discovery Miles 16 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This open access book shares the experiences of Tropical Legumes III (TLIII) project in facilitating access to seed of improved legume varieties to smallholder farmers through innovation platforms. It highlights practices and guiding principles implemented in eight developing countries of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This book details key processes that respective teams employed to create an innovation space that delivers seed, other inputs, knowledge and financial services to agricultural communities and most importantly, the underserved farmers in remote areas of the drylands. It offers valuable insights into the pathway to establishing, promoting and operating innovation platforms to enhance the performance and competitiveness of legume crops' value chains, and addresses critical issues that must be considered to make innovation platforms more sustainable and attractive to beneficiaries. The book offers a wealth of practical insights for development workers, technical staff, and project managers. This publication is all about TLIII community of practice. It will definitely inspire other development workers and scientists to share their own experiences for others to learn from.

Food Security, Gender and Resilience - Improving Smallholder and Subsistence Farming (Hardcover): Leigh Brownhill, Esther... Food Security, Gender and Resilience - Improving Smallholder and Subsistence Farming (Hardcover)
Leigh Brownhill, Esther Njuguna, Kimberly L. Bothi, Bernard Pelletier, Lutta Muhammad, …
R4,924 Discovery Miles 49 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Through the integration of gender analysis into resilience thinking, this book shares field-based research insights from a collaborative, integrated project aimed at improving food security in subsistence and smallholder agricultural systems. The scope of the book is both local and multi-scalar. The gendered resilience framework, illustrated here with detailed case studies from semi-arid Kenya, is shown to be suitable for use in analysis in other geographic regions and across disciplines. The book examines the importance of gender equity to the strengthening of socio-ecological resilience. Case studies reflect multidisciplinary perspectives and focus on a range of issues, from microfinance to informal seed systems. The book's gender perspective also incorporates consideration of age or generational relations and cultural dimensions in order to embrace the complexity of existing socio-economic realities in rural farming communities. The issue of succession of farmland has become a general concern, both to farmers and to researchers focused on building resilient farming systems. Building resilience here is shown to involve strengthening households' and communities' overall livelihood capabilities in the face of ongoing climate change, global market volatility and political instability.

Smallholders, Forest Management and Rural Development in the Amazon (Hardcover): Benno Pokorny Smallholders, Forest Management and Rural Development in the Amazon (Hardcover)
Benno Pokorny
R3,499 R2,982 Discovery Miles 29 820 Save R517 (15%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The ongoing debate concerning the Amazon's crucial role in global climate and biodiversity is entirely dependent upon sustainable development in the region. Recognizing that forests are an integral part of the social fabric in the region, initiatives such as community forestry, small-scale tree plantations and agroforestry, as well as payments for environmental services have aimed at conserving the natural forest landscape. At the same time these attempt to protect and enhance the well-being of poor local smallholders including indigenous groups, traditional communities and small farmers. Against this background, this book analyses numerous promising local tree and forest management initiatives taken by smallholders in the Bolivian, Brazilian, Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon to better understand the key success factors. The insights gained from more than 100 case studies analyzed by researchers from Latin-America and Europe in cooperation with local stakeholders reveal the need for critical reflection on the initiatives targeting poor Amazonian families. The book discusses an operational vision of rural development grounded on the effective use of smallholders' capacities to contribute to a sustainable and equitable development of the region. It provides helpful information and ideas not only for scientists, but also for development organisations, decision makers and all who are interested in one of the major challenges facing the Amazon: to combine equitable development with the conservation of its unique ecosystems.

Smallholding - A Beginner's Guide to Raising Livestock and Growing Garden Produce (Paperback): Georgina Starmer Smallholding - A Beginner's Guide to Raising Livestock and Growing Garden Produce (Paperback)
Georgina Starmer
R830 Discovery Miles 8 300 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Smallholding as a concept is not limited to small-scale farming, and anyone can bring parts of it to their everyday lifestyle, whether it's a window box to grow produce, a garden to keep chickens or a field or two for other livestock. Providing a comprehensive overview of smallholding for the beginner, Smallholding is a practical guide to growing food and farming livestock. It helps the reader learn how to incorporate some self-sufficiency into their lifestyle, to become knowledgeable enough to keep livestock, and to enjoy working and being productive with the land they have. It also gives information about making a profit from the fruits of labour, such as selling surplus home grown produce at the farm gate or farmers' markets. Contents include an A-Z growing guide for fruits and vegetables, topics such as buying or renting land, soil health, composting, fruit trees, pasture management, stock fencing; and detailed livestock information about keeping bees, caring for poultry, goats, llamas and alpacas, pigs, sheep and cattle, and the legal requirements that come with it. Smallholding is a practical, comprehensive guide to smallholding for beginners, aimed at people who have access to land, as well as those growing produce in their back garden.

Small Farm Agriculture in Southern Europe - CAP Reform and Structural Change (Paperback): Eric Monke, Francisco Avillez, Scott... Small Farm Agriculture in Southern Europe - CAP Reform and Structural Change (Paperback)
Eric Monke, Francisco Avillez, Scott Pearson
R554 Discovery Miles 5 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1998, this volume features specialists in agricultural economics who have provided case studies on small farms in northern and central Portugal and southern and central Italy. The collaboration is a result of an early 1990s research project on small farm agriculture in Portugal and Italy and the likely impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy. It recognises that small farms have become an unexpected yet durable aspect of the agricultural landscape since World War II. As small farms represent 95% of the number of farms in Portugal and Italy, the contributors provide some much needed analysis of an often overlooked aspect of the agricultural sector.

The Ecological Farm - A Minimalist No-Till, No-Spray, Selective-Weeding, Grow-Your-Own-Fertilizer System for Organic... The Ecological Farm - A Minimalist No-Till, No-Spray, Selective-Weeding, Grow-Your-Own-Fertilizer System for Organic Agriculture (Paperback)
Helen Atthowe; Foreword by Paul Muller
R896 Discovery Miles 8 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Ecological Farm is a breakthrough resource for ecological fruit and vegetable growers at every scale who want to go beyond organic. Through a unique ecosystem-balancing approach focusing on reduced tillage, minimising farm and garden inputs and pest control, you’ll learn how to build higher soil quality and fertility by using fewer harmful inputs.   Farmer, consultant, and educator Helen Atthowe (along with her late husband, Carl Rosato) have decades of farming experience which is shared in this essential book. They guide readers on how to reduce or eliminate the use of outside inputs of fertiliser or pesticides – even those that are commonly used on certified organic orchards and market gardens. With clear, easy to action language and colour photography, charts, and graphs throughout, The Ecological Farm emphasizes the importance of managing the details of an entire growing system over the full life of an enterprise. The Ecological Farm features a crop-by-crop guide to growing more than 25 of the most popular and profitable vegetables and fruits, including specific management advice for dealing with pests and diseases. You’ll also learn how to: design a system that establishes a year-round root-in-soil system for microbial health strengthen the “immune system†of a farm or garden supply crop needs using only on-farm inputs such as cover crops and living mulch maximise the presence of beneficial insects and microbes minimise ecological impact in dealing with insect pest and disease problems The Ecological Farm makes complex, sometimes messy, ecological concepts and practices understandable to all growers, and makes healthy farming, in which nature is invited to participate, possible.

Small Farm Agriculture in Southern Europe - CAP Reform and Structural Change (Hardcover): Eric Monke, Francisco Avillez, Scott... Small Farm Agriculture in Southern Europe - CAP Reform and Structural Change (Hardcover)
Eric Monke, Francisco Avillez, Scott Pearson
R1,437 Discovery Miles 14 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1998, this volume features specialists in agricultural economics who have provided case studies on small farms in northern and central Portugal and southern and central Italy. The collaboration is a result of an early 1990s research project on small farm agriculture in Portugal and Italy and the likely impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy. It recognises that small farms have become an unexpected yet durable aspect of the agricultural landscape since World War II. As small farms represent 95% of the number of farms in Portugal and Italy, the contributors provide some much needed analysis of an often overlooked aspect of the agricultural sector.

Instant Insights: Economics of Key Agricultural Practices (Paperback): Philip R Crain, David W. Onstad, Pieter de Wolf, Saskia... Instant Insights: Economics of Key Agricultural Practices (Paperback)
Philip R Crain, David W. Onstad, Pieter de Wolf, Saskia Houben, William Bijker, …
R1,287 Discovery Miles 12 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This collection features six peer-reviewed reviews on the economics of key agricultural practices. The first chapter assesses the economic impact of horticultural crops and integrated pest management programmes. The chapter highlights the importance of considering agricultural system design and the utilisation of novel control tactics. The second chapter considers the economic consequences of novel integrated weed management (IWM) strategies, as well as the different approaches used to assess the economics of IWM strategies. The third chapter reviews developments in methods to assess the economic value of agricultural biodiversity. The chapter also outlines the limitations of these methods and proposes a possible, novel way forward. The fourth chapter provides an overview of the economic barriers faced by smallholder farmers, including land, labour, capital and inputs, and their impact on farm profitability. The fifth chapter reviews the economics of soil health, focussing on the adoption of soil health management practices by farmers and the effectiveness of incentives. The final chapter examines the use of economic research as a tool to determine the profitability and adoption potential for a number of precision agriculture technologies.

Voluntary Food Intake and Diet Selection of Farm Animals (Hardcover, 2nd edition): John Forbes Voluntary Food Intake and Diet Selection of Farm Animals (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
John Forbes
R3,698 Discovery Miles 36 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The feeding of farm animals directly effects their growth, health, reproduction and ultimately their economic value and is consequently one of the most studied areas of animal science. Building on the first edition and its predecessor, "The Voluntary Food Intake of Farm Animals," Forbes has produced an up-to-date and more focused examination of developments in the understanding of voluntary food intake and new ideas and studies relating to diet selection. Chapters have been reorganized and updated to provide a more streamlined approach.

The First-Time Homesteader - A complete beginner's guide to starting and loving your new homestead (Paperback): Jessica... The First-Time Homesteader - A complete beginner's guide to starting and loving your new homestead (Paperback)
Jessica Sowards
R600 R539 Discovery Miles 5 390 Save R61 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Life on Muskrat Creek - A Homestead Family in Wyoming (Hardcover): Ethel Waxham Love, J David Love Life on Muskrat Creek - A Homestead Family in Wyoming (Hardcover)
Ethel Waxham Love, J David Love; Edited by Frances Love Froidevaux, Barbara Love
R1,173 Discovery Miles 11 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Written by Ethel Waxham Love, a Wellesley College graduate who went to Wyoming in 1905 as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse, and her son, J. David Love, who later became an eminent geologist, Life on Muskrat Creek tells the fascinating story of a family's day-to-day life on an isolated ranch in early twentieth-century Wyoming. Readers will be held in suspense as they learn about the family's battle with a variety of challenges, including a near-fatal bout with Spanish influenza, life-threatening encounters with livestock and wildlife, and disastrous episodes of fires, flooding, blizzards, and drought. The book's depiction of more ordinary events is equally engaging; Ethel describes becoming a wife and raising children without the support of neighbors, women friends, or a wider family network, and David recounts growing up in a wild and remote place where there was no local school to attend. Readers from all walks of life will find Life on Muskrat Creek to be a lively and provocative book.

Subsistence Agriculture in the US - Reconnecting to Work, Nature and Community (Hardcover): Ashley Colby Subsistence Agriculture in the US - Reconnecting to Work, Nature and Community (Hardcover)
Ashley Colby
R1,656 Discovery Miles 16 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Focusing on ethnography and interviews with subsistence food producers, this book explores the resilience, innovation and creativity taking place in subsistence agriculture in America. To date, researchers interested in alternative food networks have often overlooked the somewhat hidden, unorganized population of household food producers. Subsistence Agriculture in the US fills this gap in the existing literature by examining the lived experiences of people taking part in subsistence food production. Over the course of the book, Colby draws on accounts from a broad and diverse network of people who are hunting, fishing, gardening, keeping livestock and gathering and looks in depth at the way in which these practical actions have transformed their relationship to labor and land. She also explores the broader implications of this pro-environmental activity for social change and sustainable futures. With a combination of rigorous academic investigation and engagement with pressing social issues, this book will be of great interest to scholars of sustainable consumption, environmental sociology and social movements.

Backyard Farming: Homesteading - The Complete Guide to Self-Sufficiency (Paperback): Kim Pezza Backyard Farming: Homesteading - The Complete Guide to Self-Sufficiency (Paperback)
Kim Pezza
R212 R190 Discovery Miles 1 900 Save R22 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Agriculture, Livestock Production and Aquaculture - Advances for Smallholder Farming Systems Volume 1 (Hardcover, 1st ed.... Agriculture, Livestock Production and Aquaculture - Advances for Smallholder Farming Systems Volume 1 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Arvind Kumar, Pavan Kumar, S.S. Singh, Bambang Hendro Trisasongko, Meenu Rani
R4,038 Discovery Miles 40 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This two-volume set discusses recent approaches and technological innovations for sustainable agriculture in smallholder farming systems impacted by climate change. The systems covered include crop-based agricultural production, as well as aquaculture and livestock production as related systems using similar techniques to combat food security issues brought about by climate change and resource overuse. The chapters detail innovations involving crop diversification, soil resilience management, geoinformatics and land suitability monitoring for smart farming, information technology in livestock production, and nutrient resource management in fishery aquaculture. Researchers, practitioners and industries will be able to use this information to implement socially and economically sustainable practices to achieve food security in impoverished areas vulnerable to climate change, while also learning about the rapid evolution in information technology that is applicable for and available to small holder farmers. Volume 1 focuses on current innovations in agricultural and livestock practices in response to climate change. It covers the technological challenges, approaches and mitigation strategies encountered by both scholars and practitioners working in livestock and agricultural production systems impacted by climate change.

The Mini Farming Handbook (Paperback): Brett L. Markham The Mini Farming Handbook (Paperback)
Brett L. Markham
R443 Discovery Miles 4 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Bestselling author Brett Markham's new handbook gives us the mini farming basics along with in-depth tips on vegetable gardening, fermenting, composting, and self-sufficiency in a handy new format and design. Includes:
- Soil management and making your own fertilizer
- Crop rotation and cover cropping
- Composting
- Seed starting and timing/planning
- Raised beds and pest management
- Pvc trellising and planting spacers
- Raising chickens, making your own chicken plucker, and butchering
- Growing fruit/nut trees and vines
- Food preservation (canning and freezing)
- Fermenting wine, vinegar and cheese
With the full color photographs that made the original "Mini Farming" so popular, and step by step drawings, projects, graphs, and tables, you'll have everything you need for your new or established mini farm at your fingertips. So dive in a learn how to begin and cultivate your own mini farm on less than a quarter acre.

Poultry Production - The Practice and Science of Chickens (Paperback, 9th Revised and Updated ed.): Leslie E. Card Poultry Production - The Practice and Science of Chickens (Paperback, 9th Revised and Updated ed.)
Leslie E. Card; Cover design or artwork by Robert Plamondon
R921 Discovery Miles 9 210 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
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