Books | Agriculture & Farming

The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency: The Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers

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Review: I opened the book, dipped into its pages and immediately started dreaming of changing my way of life. This book really can inspire you to re-think how you do things, but it can be short on detail ( I build Drystone walls and Stone faced earth banks (Cornish or Devo....

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The Biodynamic Sowing and Planting Calendar 2009

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Review: I felt a bit misled by this. I was trying to order a gardening calendar for my husband's uncle for Christmas and ordered this, thinking that's what it was. When it arrived however, I was very disappointed. Its a thin book, more like a thick pamphlet that tells y....

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Vegetable and Herb Expert

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Review: Too many gardening authors take time out to wax lyrical about seasons and the joys of blackbirds and dew on your runner canes. Their books end up as a decent afternoon's read, but difficult to use when you're trying to work out what's going wrong with your kohlrabi....

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Gardening Secrets: From National Trust Experts

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Review: This is a neat and compact little book full of hints and tips from 25 National Trust Head Gardeners, plus staff from the Parks and Gardens Department at the Trust's headquarters in Swindon. Between them all there must be decades, if not centuries of gardening exper....

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Starting with Pigs: A Beginners Guide (Starting with ...)

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Review: I've read at least 10 pig books in the past couple of years, but this gets my vote as the best one for the small-scale pig keeper. Covers everything you need to know (including what to do if you have to raise piglets without the mother's help, something a surprisi....

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Keeping Bees and Making Honey

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Review: I bought this book knowing virtually nothing about bees (they exist, they live in hives and they make honey was about the sum total of my knowledge). I have been considering keeping bees for a while and thought that a little reading would help guide me to a decisi....

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Mole Catching: A Practical Guide

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Review: We found that not a lot is written about the mole, but we were delighted to find several books at Amazon, among them this one. It is very informative and as environmentally friendly farmers catching moles has become a way of life on a daily basis. We appreciate tha....

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The Right Way to Keep Chickens

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Review: We were thinking of keeping 2 or 3 for the pleasure it would give us and our two children but this book has put us off the idea completely... At times confusingly written with far too many negative aspects described in detail and not enough positives. Some might ....

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The Greenhouse Gardener

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Review: I bought this book as I'm a novice to greenhouse gardening. This book is a must for others like me. It is written in an easy to understand manner and is structured so that you can pick out the sections you want or need without having to wade through endless pages o....

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Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance

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Review: A little bit funny in places and an occasional insight but by and large poorly written and forgetable. ....

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