2010, ISBN: 1907030115

[EAN: 9781907030116], [PU: Cico Books. London and New York.], NEW COCH-Y-BONDDU BOOKS FARMING AGRICULTURE PIGS 15J RABBITS POULTRY GEESE GOOSE DUCKS GOATS CHICKENS HENS EGGS SELF SUFFICIE… More...

[EAN: 9781907030116], [PU: Cico Books. London and New York.], NEW COCH-Y-BONDDU BOOKS FARMING AGRICULTURE PIGS 15J RABBITS POULTRY GEESE GOOSE DUCKS GOATS CHICKENS HENS EGGS SELF SUFFICIENCY UK BARGAIN, (New, Hardcover, 1974). (2010) later reprint. Large square 8vo (196 x 241mm). Pp192. Colour photographs and illustrations throughout. Pictorial paper-covered boards. Mint in dust-wrapper. This is a useful general manual for the small smallholder. The emphasis is on the kitchen garden, maybe with the odd animal, without attempting large-scale production. This is the American edition of Nicki Trench's Creating Your Garden Farm. "Did you know? With an area only the size of one tennis court (approximately 1/6 acre), you can grow and rear the following in one year: 2,750 lbs potatoes; 330 lbs sweetcorn; 1,000 lbs strawberries; 1,750 lbs onions; 1,650 lbs salad leaves; 4 hens producing 800 eggs." Chapters include: Planning your kitchen garden; Soil; Composting; Wormeries; Growing in raised beds; Equipment; Growing under cover; Sowing and planting; Growing in containers; Watering; Pests and diseases; Root vegetables; Brassicas; Legumes; Onion family; Pumpkins and squashes; Leaves; Stem and perennial vegetables; Growing fruit; Growing herbs; Wild food; Storing produce; Hen keeping; Beekeeping; Keeping goats; Keeping pigs. A useful book with realistic ambitions. (Previous price £16.95)., Books<

ISBN: 9781907030116

If you dream of growing, harvesting and eating your own produce, here's how to begin. Author Nicki Trench, who has created her own backyard farm from scratch, shares with you everything t… More...

If you dream of growing, harvesting and eating your own produce, here's how to begin. Author Nicki Trench, who has created her own backyard farm from scratch, shares with you everything there is to know about growing crops, keeping bees, and rearing hens. Here's how to make compost, grow vegetables and fruit, collect honey, rear chickens for fresh eggs, and make preserves and chutneys, along with natural remedies and cleaning products for a natural life inside and outside your home. The benefits of creating your backyard farm are not just economic--the energy you once obsessively expended on the exercise bike can now be channelled more productively by digging your vegetable patch, turning your compost, or cleaning out the hen coop. Communitites are reappearing over backyard fences as neighbors share their harvest of zucchini, spinach, or eggs. Whatever you choose to grow or rear on your backyard farm, this book offers a taste of the good life that is easy, satisfying, and inexpensive to achieve. *The self-sufficient lifestyle has recently surged in popularity. *Anyone with a garden can undertake these projects to live more naturally. *Part of our bestselling "Green Guide" series. Other titles include A Guide to Green Housekeeping, Fruits of the Earth, Organic Crops in Pots, and A Green Guide to Bringing up Your Baby. Media ><