0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Smallholdings

Buy Now

Hobby Farming For Dummies (Paperback) Loot Price: R454
Discovery Miles 4 540
You Save: R113 (20%)

Hobby Farming For Dummies (Paperback)

TA Husarik

 (sign in to rate)
List price R567 Loot Price R454 Discovery Miles 4 540 You Save R113 (20%)

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 9 - 15 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.

General

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons
Country of origin: United States
Release date: August 2008
First published: August 2008
Authors: TA Husarik
Dimensions: 232 x 186 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-28172-7
Categories: Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Smallholdings
Promotions
Books > Promotion > For Dummies > Technology
LSN: 0-470-28172-3
Barcode: 9780470281727

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

The Virgin Pig Keeper - A Pair of Pigs…
David Brown Paperback R270 Discovery Miles 2 700
Our Wild Farming Life - Adventures on a…
Lynn Cassells, Sandra Baer Hardcover R474 Discovery Miles 4 740
Instant Insights: Supporting Cereal…
Tinashe Chiurugwi, Simon Kerr, … Paperback R1,280 Discovery Miles 12 800
Smallholder Agriculture and Market…
Nigel Poole Hardcover R1,263 Discovery Miles 12 630
Killing It - A Memoir of Love, Life…
Camas Davis Paperback  (1)
R285 R258 Discovery Miles 2 580
A Land Girl's Tale - Concentrating on…
Mona McLeod Paperback R288 R261 Discovery Miles 2 610
Food Security, Gender and Resilience…
Leigh Brownhill, Esther Njuguna, … Paperback R1,433 Discovery Miles 14 330
Food Security, Gender and Resilience…
Leigh Brownhill, Esther Njuguna, … Hardcover R4,731 Discovery Miles 47 310
Smallholders, Forest Management and…
Benno Pokorny Hardcover R3,359 R2,866 Discovery Miles 28 660
Smallholding - A Beginner's Guide to…
Georgina Starmer Paperback R800 Discovery Miles 8 000
Small Farm Agriculture in Southern…
Eric Monke, Francisco Avillez, … Paperback R535 Discovery Miles 5 350
Small Farm Agriculture in Southern…
Eric Monke, Francisco Avillez, … Hardcover R1,383 Discovery Miles 13 830

See more

Partners