Agriculture
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Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World: A Global Ecological History
$55.25 Add to cartFor centuries, bird guano has played a pivotal role in the agricultural and economic development of Latin America, East Asia, and Oceania. As their populations ballooned during the Industrial Revoluti… [more below]
- Series: Studies in Environment and History
- Author: Cushman, Gregory T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 02 2014
- ISBN10: 110765596X
- Language: English
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The Year-Round Hoophouse: Polytunnels for All Seasons and All Climates
$32.99 Read moreGrowing in hoophouses reduces the impact of increasingly unpredictable climate on crops, mitigates soil erosion, extends growing seasons, and strengthens regional food supply. The Year-Round Hoophouse
- Author: Dawling, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 13 2018
- ISBN10: 865718636
- Language: English
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The Permaculture Earthworks Handbook: How to Design and Build Swales, Dams, Ponds, and Other Water Harvesting Systems
$34.99 Add to cartMaximize your water harvesting potential with efficient, cost-effective earthworks
In the face of drought and desertification, well-designed, water harvesting earthworks such as swales, ponds, and d
- Author: Barnes, Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 18 2017
- ISBN10: 086571844X
- Language: English
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Bokashi Composting: Scraps to Soil in Weeks
$29.99 Add to cartThe safe, clean, and convenient way to compost all your food scraps.
Bokashi is Japanese for “fermented organic matter.” Bokashi composting is a safe, quick, and convenient way to compost in your kitc
- Author: Footer, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0865717524
- Language: English
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Cool Chickens
$9.99 Read moreUncover all that is interesting about chickens from facts about breeds, to poetry, jokes, and sayings with this comprehensive guide!
Did you know that chickens are the closest living relative of the Ty
- Author: Collins, Fern
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 08 2016
- ISBN10: 0785834508
- Language: English
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The Beekeeper’s Problem Solver: 100 Common Problems Explored and Explained
$24.99 Add to cartAuthor, experienced beekeeper, and apiary expect James E. Tew explains 100 common problems faced by beekeepers, clearly spelling out their underlying causes and how to solve all of them.
Beekeeping r- Author: Tew, James E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 15 2015
- ISBN10: 1631590359
- Language: English
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Yard Birds: The Lives and Times of America’s Urban Chickens
$24.95 Add to cartIn 2009, the New Yorker declared chickens the “it bird” and heralded “the return of the backyard chicken.” This honor occurred as, a host of American cities were changing their laws to allow chickens
- Author: Levy, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0813949653
- Language: English
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The Greenhouse and Hoophouse Grower’s Handbook: Organic Vegetable Production Using Protected Culture
$34.95 Add to cartBest practices for the eight most profitable crops: tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, peppers, leafy greens, lettuce, herbs, and microgreens
“Mefferd’s book fills a gaping void in the literature for mark
- Author: Mefferd, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1603586377
- Language: English
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The Practical Permaculture Project: Connect to Nature and Discover the Best Organic Soil and Water Management Techniques to Design and Build your Thri
$16.99 Add to cartThe freshest and most delicious food possible is waiting for you… and you don’t have to have any experience to get started.
Are you becoming more and more concerned about the global economy and have
- Author: McKay, Sophie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1739735609
- Language: English
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The Road to Bone Hill: A Journey into the Modern Renaissance of Mead-Making
$26.65 Add to cartIn early 2020, amid the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kenton Moore discovered the hobby of homebrewing humanity’s oldest fermentable beverage: Mead.
What follows is a passionate exploration into
- Author: Moore, Kenton J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: July 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1777086655
- Language: English
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The Two-Wheel Tractor Handbook: Small-Scale Equipment and Innovative Techniques for Boosting Productivity
$39.99 Read moreSmall but mighty — a comprehensive guide to the use of two-wheel tractors for highly productive gardens, landscapes, and farms
TWO-WHEEL TRACTORS are multifunctional, economical, practical, maneuver
- Author: Loeks, Zach
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0865719845
- Language: English
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A Country Year: Living the Questions
$18.99 Add to cartWhen her thirty-year marriage broke up, Sue Hubbell found herself alone and broke on a small Ozarks farm. Keeping bees, she found solace in the natural world. She began to write, challenging herself t
- Author: Hubbell, Sue
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 03 2012
- ISBN10: 0395967015
- Language: English
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The Beekeeper’s Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America
$19.99 Add to cart“You’llnever think of bees, their keepers, or the fruits (and nuts) of their laborsthe same way again.” –Trevor Corson, author of The Secret Life of Lobsters
Award-winning journalist Hannah Nordhaus t
- Author: Nordhaus, Hannah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 24 2011
- ISBN10: 006187325X
- Language: English
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An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Keeping Backyard Chickens: Watch Chicks Grow from Hatchlings to Hens
$14.95 Read moreWith delightful photographs, Jenna Woginrich chronicles the life journey of three chickens (Amelia, Honey, and Tilda) from fluffy, newly hatched bundles to grown hens laying eggs of their own. Followi
- Author: Woginrich, Jenna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 21, 2021
- ISBN10: 1635865182
- Language: English
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My Ranch, Too: A Wyoming Memoir
$21.95 Add to cartFor many outsiders, the word “ranching” conjures romantic images of riding on horseback through rolling grasslands while living and working against a backdrop of breathtaking mountain vistas. In this … [more below]
- Author: Flitner, Mary Budd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: January 10 2020
- ISBN10: 0806166150
- Language: English
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Storey’s Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds: Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Emus, Guinea Fowl, Ostriches, Partridges, Peafowl, Pheasants, Quails, S
$24.95 Add to cartMore than 128 birds strut their stuff across the pages of this definitive primer for intrepid poultry farmers and feather fanciers alike. From the Manx Rumpy to the Redcap and the Ancona duck to his A… [more below]
- Author: Ekarius, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 30 2007
- ISBN10: 1580176674
- Language: English
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The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution: High-Production Methods for Small-Scale Farmers
$34.99 Read moreLearn how to use natural no-till systems to increase profitability, efficiency, carbon sequestration, and soil health on your small farm.
The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution is the comprehensive fa
- Author: Mefferd, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0865718849
- Language: English
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A Growers Guide for Balancing Soils
$25.00 Add to cartWhether you’re a serious home gardener or a full-time farmer, A Growers Guide for Balancing Soils will help you expand your understanding of the science behind plant nutrition. It all starts with the
- Author: McKibben, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 262
- Publish Date: February 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1601731647
- Language: English
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Keeping Bees: Looking After an Apiary
$14.99 Read morePacked with practical and professional advice, this beautiful hardback guide is an invaluable companion for anyone wanting to try their hand at keeping bees, beautifully illustrated in full-color.
To- Series: Sirius Hobby Editions
- Author: Head, Vivian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1398826057
- Language: English
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Fifty Years of Biodynamic Farming: Essays From the Field
$53.73 Add to cartA magnum opus, Fifty Years of Biodynamic Farming: Essays From the Field is Henning Sehmsdorf ‘s tribute and testament to biodynamic living and farming. In writing and editing this collection of thirty
- Author: Sehmsdorf, Henning
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: February 16 2023
- ISBN10: 9798985127737
- Language: English
