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1	Small-Scale Grain Raising: An Organic Guide to Growing, Processing, and Using Nutritious Whole Grains for Home Gardeners and Local Farmers more books like this by Gene Logsdon, Jerry O'Brien (Illustrator) add to wishlist Logsdon proves that anyone who has access to a large garden or small farm can think outside the agribusiness box and learn to grow healthy whole grains or beans--the base of the culinary food pyramid--alongside fruits and vegetables. see all copies from $22.40! new only from $22.40! \| SVS
2	The Contrary Farmer more books like this by Gene Logsdon add to wishlist Gene Logsdon speaks up on behalf of "cottage farming," in which the average homeowner can grow much of what he or she needs to eat in a small-scale, part-time family garden. Emphasizing the joy of gardening, as well as the virtues of independence from institutionalized food sources, Logsdon also recounts humorous anecdotes in the midst of plenty ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $10.10! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Small-Scale Grain Raising more books like this by Gene Logsdon add to wishlist see all copies from $15.64! first editions
4	Homesteading; How to Find New Independence on the Land more books like this by Gene Logsdon add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
5	Living at Nature's Pace: Farming and the American Dream more books like this by Gene Logsdon, Wendell Berry (Foreword by) add to wishlist For decades, Logsdon and his family have run a viable family farm. Along the way, he has become a widely influential journalist and social critic, documenting in hundreds of essays for national and regional magazines the crisis in conventional agri-business and the boundless potential for new forms of farming that reconcile tradition with ecology ... see all copies from $15.36! new only from $17.90! \| SVS
6	Good Spirits: A New Look at Ol' Demon Alcohol more books like this by Gene Logsdon add to wishlist Here we go. Gene "The Contrary Farmer" Logsdon has taken on some controversial subjects in his time, but this time he has bitten off (sipped on doesnt sound right) a topic bound to raise strong feelings on both sides of societys moral boundary lines. His subject is alcohol and its traditional role on the family homestead. Not surprisingly, Gene ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.13! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Successful Berry Growing: How to Plant, Prune, Pick & Preserve Bush & Vine Fruits more books like this by Gene Logsdon add to wishlist see all copies from $2.14! first editions
8	You Can Go Home Again: Adventures of a Contrary Life more books like this by Gene Logsdon add to wishlist Gene Logsdon, famous for his role as the "Contrary Farmer," writes about his life, which began on a farm in Ohio. He left to study for the priesthood but dropped out to attend graduate school and return to farming, editing a farming magazine, writing his many books on his philosophy of small-scale "cottage farming," and working the land again not ... see all copies from $6.61! new only from $24.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	At Nature's Pace: Farming and the American Dream more books like this by Gene Logsdon, Wendell Berry (Introduction by) add to wishlist The author explains why today's single-crop megafarms and the urban communities that depend on them are headed toward economic and biological crises. As he travels into the Amish country, a community whose care of the land and integration of business and family life offer valuable lessons, he reminds us of the importance of biological and ... see all copies from $2.98! new only from $48.99! \| first editions
10	Wyeth People more books like this by Gene Logsdon add to wishlist The result of Gene Logsdon's search to find the colourful people Wyeth painted and to interview them, this book was originally published in 1969. Believing that the artists' work is among the greatest ever produced, Logsdon solves the mystery of the creative impulse here. see all copies from $4.57! new only from $16.70! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	The Gardener's Guide to Better Soil more books like this by Gene Logsdon add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $59.95! \| first editions
12	Wildlife in the Garden: How to Live in Harmony with Deer, Raccoons, Rabbits, Crows, and Other Pesky Creatures more books like this by Gene Logsdon add to wishlist 'From his hiding place inside the overturned flowerpot in Smith's garden, Toad dozes with one eye open. Toad's scientific name is Bufo americanus, just as Smith's is Homo sapiens, but neither Toad nor Smith attaches much importance to the niceties of scientific accuracy. Toad's list of important matters scarcely extends beyond the length of his ... see all copies from $3.41! new only from $7.94! \| SVS
13	Organic Orcharding: A Grove of Trees to Live in more books like this by Dan Wallace (Editor), Gene Logsdon add to wishlist see all copies from $32.52! first editions
14	The Pond Lovers more books like this by Gene Logsdon add to wishlist "The Pond Lovers" is a sustainable farmer's ode to the watery microcosms all around us, from the half-acre farm pond to the suburban garden pool. Readers looking for hands-on experience will find plenty of pond-keeping dos and don'ts. Gene Logsdon's higher purpose, however, is to proclaim the natural, spiritual, and recreational benefits of ponds. ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $12.68! \| signed copies \| first editions
15	Two Acre Eden more books like this by Gene Logsdon add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! first editions \| SVS
16	Getting Food from Water: A Guide to Backyard Aquaculture more books like this by Gene Logsdon add to wishlist see all copies from $2.31! new only from $81.70! \| first editions
17	The Last of the Husbandmen: A Novel of Farming Life more books like this by Gene Logsdon add to wishlist In "The Last of the Husbandmen", Gene Logsdon looks to his own roots in Ohio farming life to depict the personal triumphs and tragedies, clashes and compromises, and abiding human character of American farming families and communities. From the Great Depression, when farmers tilled the fields with plow horses, to the corporate farms and government ... see all copies from $6.27! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18	The Contrary Farmer's Invitation to Gardening more books like this by Gene Logsdon add to wishlist Once upon a time people thought gardens were flat, rectangular, and planted in rows. People grew vegetables such as lettuce, carrots, and tomatoes. Then Gene Logsdon, the self-proclaimed dean of American curmudgeons, came along to smash the concept of garden to smithereens. Gene Logsdon is an American original, a farmer who thinks, and a writer ... see all copies from $12.78! new only from $52.46! \| first editions
19 view cover	Day Range Poultry: Every Chicken Owner's Guide to Grazing Gardens and Improving Pastures more books like this by Andy Lee, Patricia Foreman, Gene Logsdon (Foreword by) add to wishlist Discover how easy and profitable it is to sell chickens, eggs, and turkeys in raised gardens or on pastures. You don't need a lot of land or a large investment. see all copies from $10.95! new only from $13.27! \| SVS
20	Gene Logsdon's Wildlife in Your Garden, Or, Dealing with Deer, Rabbits, Racoons, Moles, Crows, Sparr more books like this by Dan Wallace (Editor), Gene Logsdon add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21 view cover	All Flesh Is Grass: The Pleasures and Promises of Pasture Farming more books like this by Gene Logsdon add to wishlist A Midst Mad Cow Scares and consumer concerns about how farm animals are bred, fed, and raised, many farmers and homesteaders are rediscovering the traditional practice of pastoral farming. Grasses, clovers, and forbs are the natural diet of cattle, horses, and sheep, and are vital supplements for hogs, chickens, and turkeys. Increasingly consumers ... see all copies from $14.13! new only from $14.13! \| SVS
22 view cover	RFD more books like this by Charles Allen Smart, Gene Logsdon (Contributions by) add to wishlist This book is intended to be a picture of life on a farm in Southern Ohio in the 1930's. It is a portrait of farm life as thousands of men and women experienced it from one end of the country to the other and from pioneering times to the resent century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.54! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23	Gene Logsdon's Moneysaving Secrets: A Treasury of Salvaging, Bargaining, Recycling, and Scavenging Techniques more books like this by Gene Logsdon add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
24 view cover	The Lords of Folly more books like this by Gene Logsdon add to wishlist A comic novel set in rural Minnesota in the early 1950s, where a group of seminarians make their way to Ascension Seminary to complete their education. The protagonist, Blaise, changes the spelling of his name to Blaze, and he and his friends lead a band of brothers who come to be known as 'the most troublesome class in seminary history'. They ... see all copies from $2.06! new only from $12.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Mother of All Arts: Agrarianism and the Creative Impulse more books like this by Gene Logsdon add to wishlist When Gene Logsdon realized that he experienced the same creative joy from working on his farm as he did from writing, he began to suspect that farming itself is a form of art. Thus began his search for the origins of the artistic impulse in the agrarian lifestyle. "The Mother of All Arts" is the culmination of Logsdon's journey, his account of ... see all copies from $19.75! new only from $38.13! \| SVS

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