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The Smallholder's Manual
Katie Thear
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Description for The Smallholder's Manual
Hardcover. Whether you are an established smallholder, or just starting to take the first tentative steps towards farming at your home, this book contains a wealth of useful information on all the key aspects of small-scale agriculture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 200 colour photographs and diagrams. BIC Classification: TV; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 856. 240 pages, 200 colour photographs and diagrams. Whether you are an established smallholder, or just starting to take the first tentative steps towards farming at your home, this book contains a wealth of useful information on all the key aspects of small-scale agriculture. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: TV; WNG. Dimension: 255 x 199 x 20. Weight: 856.
Whether you are an established smallholder, or just starting to take the first tentative steps towards farming at your home, this book contains a wealth of useful information on all the key aspects of small-scale agriculture. The book covers the rural property - buying a small farm, preparing outbuildings and equipping it with machinery and tools; the land - the kitchen garden, protected cultivation, orchards and pasture; livestock - from bees, rabbits and chickens to goats, cattle and exotic species; and commercial considerations, regulations and organic farming.
Whether you are an established smallholder, or just starting to take the first tentative steps towards farming at your home, this book contains a wealth of useful information on all the key aspects of small-scale agriculture. The book covers the rural property - buying a small farm, preparing outbuildings and equipping it with machinery and tools; the land - the kitchen garden, protected cultivation, orchards and pasture; livestock - from bees, rabbits and chickens to goats, cattle and exotic species; and commercial considerations, regulations and organic farming.
Product Details
Publisher
Crowood Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Ramsbury, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861265555
SKU
V9781861265555
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Katie Thear
For thirteen years Katie Thear and her husband David lived on a smallholding in Essex, where they combined small-scale farming with publishing Country Smallholding magazine. Katie has advised on organic and welfare standards for poultry and livestock, and currently lectures in the UK and USA.
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