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Raising Chickens for Dummies (For Dummies)
Raising Chickens for Dummies (For Dummies)
by Kimberly Willis
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Raising Chickens for Dummies Learn to: Raise chickens in virtually any backyard Choose and purchase chickens Construct the right housing Feed and care for your chickens Kimberly Willis Poultry breeder and enthusiast with Rob Ludlow Owner... (read more)

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Five Acres and Independence
Five Acres and Independence
by M G Kains
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This classic of the back-to-the-land movement is packed with solid, timeless information. Written by a renowned horticulturist, it has taught generations how to make their land self-sufficient, with explanations of organic farming techniques and reliable... (read more)

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Farmacology: What Innovative Family Farming Can Teach Us about Health and Healing
Farmacology: What Innovative Family Farming Can Teach Us about Health and Healing
by Daphne Miller
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What can good farming teach us about nurturing ourselves? Family physician Daphne Miller long suspected that farming and medicine were intimately linked. Increasingly disillusioned by mainstream medicine's mechanistic approach to healing and... (read more)

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Chicken Coops: 45 Building Plans for Housing Your Flock
Chicken Coops: 45 Building Plans for Housing Your Flock
by Judy Pangman
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Bring your chickens home to roost in comfort and style! Whether you're keeping one hen in a small backyard or 1,000 hens in a large free-range pasture, this delightful collection of hen hideaways will spark your imagination and inspire you to begin... (read more)

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Beekeeping for Dummies (For Dummies)
Beekeeping for Dummies (For Dummies)
by Howland Blackiston
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' The Beekeepers Bible is as much an ultimate guide to the practical essentials of beekeeping as it is a beautiful almanac to be read from cover to cover. Part history book, part handbook, and part cookbook, this illustrated tome covers every facet of... (read more)

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The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love
The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love
by Kristin Kimball
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"This book is the story of the two love affairs that interrupted the trajectory of my life: one with farming—that dirty, concupiscent art—and the other with a complicated and exasperating farmer." Single, thirtysomething, working as a... (read more)

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A Field Guide to Cows: How to Identify and Appreciate America's 52 Breeds
A Field Guide to Cows: How to Identify and Appreciate America's 52 Breeds
by John Pukite
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Informative, amazing, and amusing, this indispensable guide provides facts on America's 52 breeds of cattle.... (read more)

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Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard Into a Garden and Your Neighborhood Into a Community
Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard Into a Garden and Your Neighborhood Into a Community
by H C Flores
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Gardening can be a political act. Creativity, fulfillment, connection, revolution--it all begins when we get our hands in the dirt. Food Not Lawns combines practical wisdom on ecological design and community-building with a fresh, green perspective on an... (read more)

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Pollination with Mason Bees: A Gardener's Guide to Managing Mason Bees for Fruit Production
Pollination with Mason Bees: A Gardener's Guide to Managing Mason Bees for Fruit Production
by Margriet Dogterom
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A Gardeners Guide to Managing Mason Bees for Fruit Production Pollination with Mason Bees is an invaluable tool for anyone wishing to know more about mason bees. It is an informative and well-presented how-to book for those considering starting this... (read more)

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Confessions of a Bad Beekeeper: What Not to Do When Keeping Bees (with Apologies to My Own)
Confessions of a Bad Beekeeper: What Not to Do When Keeping Bees (with Apologies to My Own)
by Bill Turnbull
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Bill Turnbull had no intention of becoming a beekeeper. But when an advertisement for beekeeping classes appeared in the family vet"s office shortly after a swarm of bees landed in Bill"s suburban backyard, it seemed to be a sign. Beekeeping turned out... (read more)

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Barnyard in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, and Cattle
Barnyard in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, and Cattle
by Gail Damerow
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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 rabbits are... (read more)

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The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals: Choose the Best Breeds for Small-Space Farming, Produce Your Own Grass-Fed Meat, Gather Fresh Eg
The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals: Choose the Best Breeds for Small-Space Farming, Produce Your Own Grass-Fed Meat, Gather Fresh Eg
by Gail Damerow
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The Best Breakfast You'll Ever Eat, Courtesy of Your Backyard Animals: Gather fresh eggs for fluffy omelets.Stuff homemade sausages with meat.Fill your omelet with tangy, creamy cheese.Stir sweet honey into tea or coffee.Fry a steak or bacon as a savory... (read more)

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The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir (P.S.)
The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir (P.S.)
by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
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“I adore the Beekman boys story. Their unlikely story of love, the land, and a herd of goats is hilariously honest. If these two can go from Manhattan to a goat farm in upstate New York, then I cant help feeling there is hope for us all.”... (read more)

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Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front
Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front
by Joel Salatin
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Drawing upon 40 years' experience as an ecological farmer and marketer, Joel Salatin explains with humor and passion why Americans do not have the freedom to choose the food they purchase and eat. From child labor regulations to food inspection... (read more)

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Chicken: The Dangerous Transformation of America's Favorite Food (Yale Agrarian Studies)
Chicken: The Dangerous Transformation of America's Favorite Food (Yale Agrarian Studies)
by Steve Striffler
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From inside the chicken factory, a report on the real cost of chicken for farmers, workers, and consumers... (read more)

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Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
by Novella Carpenter
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If you've ever dabbled in community gardening or thought to yourself, "I could raise chickens!" then Farm City is a must read. Novella Carpenter brings heart and humor to her story of inner-city gardening.... (read more)

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Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens
Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens
by Gail Damerow
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Expert advice on selecting breeds, caring for chicks, producing eggs, raising broilers, feeding, troubleshooting, and much more.... (read more)

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Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth
Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth
by William Bryan Logan
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“You are about to read a lot about dirt, which no one knows very much about.” So begins the cult classic that brings mystery and magic to “that stuff that won’t come off your collar.” John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Saint... (read more)

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Chickens in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide
Chickens in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide
by Rick Luttmann
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Your backyard can be the source of the best eggs and meat you've ever tasted. The answer is chickens--endearing birds that require but a modest outlay of time, space and food. As they learned to raise chickens, Gail and Rick Luttmann came to realize the... (read more)

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Greenhorns: 50 Dispatches from the New Farmers' Movement
Greenhorns: 50 Dispatches from the New Farmers' Movement
by Zoe Ida Bradbury
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Meet America's New Farmers. Resourceful and hard-working, Greenhorns are passionate about improving the food we eat through sustainable and humane farming practices. Their inspirational stories speak to the challenges and rewards of earning a living off... (read more)

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