Now updated - this is your guide to becoming a successful backyard beekeeper. Interested in raising honey bees? This friendly, practical guide presents a step-by-step approach to starting your own beehive, along with expert tips for maintaining a healthy colony. You get the latest on honey bee medication and treatments, harvesting and marketing ...
Here are 85 recipes for cheeses and other dairy products that require basic cheese making techniques and the freshest of ingredients, offering the satisfaction of turning out a coveted delicacy. Among the step-by-step tested recipes for cheese varieties are farmhouse cheddar, gouda, fromage blanc, queso blanco, marscarpone, ricotta and 30-minute ...
The most complete source of information available about growing, processing, cooking, and preserving homegrown foods from the garden or field, this revised and updated edition of the classic text is an indispensable resource on country living. Illustrated.
From the award-winning guru of culinary simplicity and author of the bestselling "How to Cook Everything" and "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian" comes a plan for responsible eating that's as good for the planet as it is for the waistline.
Jack Herer has updated his authoritative history of hemp's myriad uses and of the war on this plant, just as it has become high-profile news, with supporters such as Woody Harrelson and Willie Nelson. Herer thoroughly documents the petrochemical industry's plot to outlaw this renewable source of paper, energy, food, textiles, and medicine. Photos, ...
The first full history of one of the most horrendous human tragedies of the 20th century, The Harvest of Sorrow examines the atrocities inflicted on the Russian peasantry by the Soviet Communist party between 1929 and 1933.
Berry's assessment of modern agriculture and its relationship to American culture--our health, economy, personal relationships, morals, and spiritual values--is more timely than ever. This new edition of Berry's work presents a a classic testament to the value of the American family farm.
"Soil Science and Management, Fifth Edition" emphasizes the human interaction with and effect on soils, rather than treating the soil as an independent element. Non-technical and easy-to-understand, "Soil Science and Management, Fifth Edition" teaches the essentials of soils from the perspective of farmers, horticulturalists, environmentalists and ...
A new edition of the definitive guide to vermicomposting--a process using redworms to recycle human food waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer for plants. Author Mary Appelhof provides complete illustrated instructions on setting up and maintaining small-scale worm composting systems. Internationally recognized as an authority on vermicomposting, ...
'Ralph Moody's books should be read aloud in every family circle in America"--Sterling North. "[Moody] has a splendid talent for bringing the ashes of the past into life' - "Chicago Sunday Tribune". This is a gallant book - from the first sentence until the last. It is a true story, written in the first person, written without sentimentality but ...
Thinking about getting a ferret? Want to make sure you're giving the ferret you already have the best possible care? "Ferrets For Dummies" helps you decide whether a ferret is for you and give your little fellah a healthy, happy home. It's packed with practical information on feeding, housing, health maintenance, and medical care. This friendly, ...
How can starving people also be obese? Why does everything have soy in it? How do petrochemicals and biofuels control the price of food? It's a perverse fact of modern life: There are more starving people in the world than ever before (800 million) while there are also more people overweight (1 billion). To find out how we got to this point and ...
The perfect tree-ripe apple is as tempting today as it was in the day of Adam and Eve. Now every gardener can grow their temptations with the help of this in-depth guide. Over 80 charts and illustrations will lead the novice through selecting, planting, and caring for the young fruit tree. For the more experienced gardener, there are tips on ...
Easy-to-care-for, productive, inexpensive, and full of personality, chickens are popping up in backyards throughout the country - in the suburbs, rural towns, and even on city plots. All it takes to keep a small flock is a bit of land and a properly designed coop. Just like houses, chicken coops come in all sizes and styles to meet the needs of ...
For graduate or undergraduate courses in biology, agronomy, medical and health sciences, nutrition, pharmacy, animal science, physical education, forestry, and other life sciences. With a strong emphasis on real data, exploratory data analysis, interpretation of results, and checking assumptions, this text clearly conveys the key concepts of ...
Scientifically rigorous enough for a professional botanist yet accessible to anyone who wants to grow their own marijuana, this book is illustrated with 164 photos, 64 in color, 29 line drawings, 30 tables, charts, maps.
These essays from poet/novelist/essayist and dedicated agrarian Wendell Berry advocate a return to the values of the farming life in which Berry was raised and which he still lives--among them respect for nature, responsibility for the land, and an understanding that the marketplace should not be the ruling force in human endeavor.
A comprehensive source for information about food production, from the garden or the barnyard to the table. More than 1000 recipes, 700 mail-order sources, how-to instructions, and earthy wisdom.
When is the right time to shear a sheep? Is there a market for manure? What time of day is best to collect eggs? What is the correct way to milk a goat? What does a duck eat? Can a cow and a sheep share the same pasture? Which types of rabbit are easiest to raise? Each chapter focuses on a different animal and offers a comprehensive review of the ...
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