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Raising Chickens for Dummies (For Dummies) by Kimberly Willis Publisher Comments 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) List Price $19.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Five Acres and Independence by M G Kains Publisher Comments 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) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Farmacology: What Innovative Family Farming Can Teach Us about Health and Healing by Daphne Miller Publisher Comments 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) List Price $27.99 Your price: $22.00 Used - Hardcover
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Chicken Coops: 45 Building Plans for Housing Your Flock by Judy Pangman Publisher Comments 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) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Beekeeping for Dummies (For Dummies) by Howland Blackiston Publisher Comments ' 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) List Price $19.99 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love by Kristin Kimball Publisher Comments "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) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Field Guide to Cows: How to Identify and Appreciate America's 52 Breeds by John Pukite Publisher Comments Informative, amazing, and amusing, this indispensable guide provides facts on America's 52 breeds of cattle.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard Into a Garden and Your Neighborhood Into a Community by H C Flores Publisher Comments 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) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Pollination with Mason Bees: A Gardener's Guide to Managing Mason Bees for Fruit Production by Margriet Dogterom Publisher Comments 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) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Confessions of a Bad Beekeeper: What Not to Do When Keeping Bees (with Apologies to My Own) by Bill Turnbull Publisher Comments 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) List Price $13.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Barnyard in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, and Cattle by Gail Damerow Publisher Comments 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) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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 by Gail Damerow Publisher Comments 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) List Price $24.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir (P.S.) by Josh Kilmer-Purcell Publisher Comments “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) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front by Joel Salatin Publisher Comments 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) List Price $23.95 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Chicken: The Dangerous Transformation of America's Favorite Food (Yale Agrarian Studies) by Steve Striffler Publisher Comments From inside the chicken factory, a report on the real cost of chicken for farmers, workers, and consumers... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter Staff Pick 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) List Price $25.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens by Gail Damerow Publisher Comments Expert advice on selecting breeds, caring for chicks, producing eggs, raising broilers, feeding, troubleshooting, and much more.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth by William Bryan Logan Publisher Comments “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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Chickens in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide by Rick Luttmann Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Greenhorns: 50 Dispatches from the New Farmers' Movement by Zoe Ida Bradbury Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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