Books about Farming

Renowned cook, Sally Wise has always wanted her own cooking school, and her own farm, where she could grow the things she wants to cook with.One day she and her husband came across a property in Tasmania’s Derwent Valley with an orchard full of fruit trees, and a funny old chalet/cabin out the ..

Backyard Poultry- Naturally by Alanna Moore3rd edition.What is the difference between a Frizzle and a Fav? a Pekin and a Polish? A Welsummer and a Wyandotte? How do you successfully determine the sex of day old chickens? What natural products can be used to treat lice infestations? And what ..

The Comprehensive Photographic Guide to Humane Slaughtering and ButcheringSlaughter and butcher your own animals safely and humanely with this award-winning guide.Providing detailed photography of every step of the process, Adam Danforth shows you everything you need to know to butcher poul..

Cattle Lameness and Hoofcare by Roger BloweyWritten by the well known UK hoofcare specialist Roger Blowey, this is a fully illustrated guide to the causes and prevention of cattle lameness. It also contains comprehensive details of hoof anatomy and trimming techniques.Colour photos. 208 p..

In The Complete Mushroom Hunter, mushroom guru Gary Lincoff escorts you through the cultural and culinary history of the mushroom, hunting and identifying wild mushrooms, mushroom safety, and on to preparing and serving the fungi. Stunning photographs and Lincoff's fascinating anecdotes from the fie..

How to Design and Build an Inexpensive System for Growing Plants in WaterFarmer Tyler show home DIYers how to build over a dozen hydroponics growing systems, some of which cost only a few dollars to make.DIY Hydroponic Gardens takes the mystery out of growing in water.With practical info..

For the first time, a definitive field guide covering more than 500 fungi species with 548 superb colour photographs. All fungi photographed in their natural environment - many for the first time with information on fungal biology, ecology, classification, distribution, roles of fungi in nature, and..

Bee keeping isn't just for the professional farmer-bees can be kept in any situation from simple backyards and rooftops to large expanses of farmland.Discover whether honey beekeeping is right for you, and find out everything you need to know to keep and acquire bees in this updated guide.Ho..

Jack has researched 41 of the breeds of cattle which you would be most likely to see grazing Britain's farms. They are presented here in a handy reference guide. For each animal, he gives a description of their appearance, a brief history and considers their uses today. In this title, each text is a..

Know Your Chickensby Jack ByardThis title introduces 44 breeds of chicken which can be seen pecking and preening in Britain today. Jack accompanies each with a description of the animal's appearance and explains the different colours and patterns which appear within the breed. Jack has tho..

In this sheep breeds book Jack Byard takes us alphabetically through 40 of the breeds which are the most likely to be seen on British farms (and as many Australian breeds originate in Britain the content is relevant in the Australian context).For each breed he dedicates two pages, the left being..

Compiled from previously published books and in a handy, pocket-sized format, this is a fresh look at Henry Brewis’s fondest enemy: the mule yow.Each pair of pages has a Brewis cartoon on one page with one of his verses or snippets facing it. They writings and drawings complement each other as t..