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Artikelname: 21st-Century Smallholder: From Window Boxes To Allotments - How To Go Back To The Land Without Leaving Home
Artikelbeschreibung: Far from being an urban or a rural idyll, self-sufficiency is grindingly hard work. And yet there are so many aspects of the 'self-sufficient' lifestyle that seem appealing today. Ever wondered how much effort it really takes to grow food and how much you could grow?

Is beekeeping difficult?

Can you keep chickens in your garden and would you ever be able to go on holiday again?

Is solar power worth the bother?

From a small terraced house In the middle of a big city, Paul Waddington has tried or researched every aspect of being a 'twenty-first-century smallholder'. Here he provides practical, straightforward answers to these and many other questions, showing how you can enjoy the fulfilling aspects of the smallholding life without the hassle and expense of going 'all the way'.If you want to go back to the land without leaving home, this is the perfect guide.

Artikelname: A Guide to Stock Fencing
Artikelbeschreibung: Whether you need a fence that will protect large livestock such as cattle and horses, or an enclosure for a few chickens, or any size of stock enclosure in between, A Guide to Stock Fencing contains a wealth of practical information and advice.

Topics covered include: · Guidance on purchasing the correct materials and tools, and the best retailers to do business with. · The basic post-and-rail fence, including the ideal equestrian enclosure. · Specialist fences for different livestock. · Dealing with variations in local topography, including fencing on slopes and crossing rivers and streams. · Adding stiles and gates to a fence. · Advanced fencing techniques including how to secure posts in shallow or soft ground

Artikelname: A History of Hand Knitting
Artikelbeschreibung: Back in print after a decade, this definitive history of knitting examines social aspects , well known legends, and changes in tools and techniques over the decades.

Artikelname: A Start in Smallholding
Artikelbeschreibung: The book is a well written account of the trials and tribulations of starting your own small holding.

Artikelname: An Introduction to Keeping Cattle
Artikelbeschreibung: Think of getting a house cow or maybe a small herd of rare breed cattle? With the emphasis througout on the conservation of rare and native breeds this book covers all aspects of keeping cattle on a small-scale; the breeds, establishing the herd, housing and pasture requirments, management and handling, nutrition - with the emphasis on grass-fed cattle, health and welfare as well as the house cow, dairying and preparing for shows.

Artikelname: Build It ....DIY Projects for Smallholders
Artikelbeschreibung: Using recycled materials wherever possible, engineer and smallholder Joe Jacobs provides clear, step-by-step instructions for over 50 DIY projects for both inside and outside the home farm. Joe guides you through the equipment the tools, the materials and the plans,all complete with measurements and instructions.The projects include a poly tunnel greenhouse, beehives, chicken arks and runs, gates, hurdles and fencing, cloches, a dog kennel, feed bins, a heat pump installation, a heated orphan lamb feeder, an incubator, nesting boxes and renewable energy projects including solar panels and plenty more, making this an essential book for any keen enthusiast with a basic knowledge of construction.As a smallholder Joe has used his extensive technical qualifications and training' to apply his skills to farming matters. Practicality is a key aspect in the running of a successful farm and Joe is a great believer that people should get their tools out and have a go. A keen stockman, he keeps and breeds pigs, sheep, poultry and bees.

Artikelname: Build Your Own Poultry House and Run
Artikelbeschreibung: New expanded edition includes house or chicken coop for 6-8 hens, complete with perches, nestbox, pop-hole, door and run.Also includes an easy to make Bantam House for 3-4 birds.

An easy to build house for 6-8 hens, which can also be scaled for a smaller or larger house. It can be simplified for use as a duck or goose house. Arranged on an A2 sized sheet, there is a detailed cutting list as well as timber, fixture, tools and fittings requirements. Ideal plan for DIY chicken coop.

Artikelname: Building Small Barns, Sheds and Shelters
Artikelbeschreibung: Basic easy construction methods for building attractive outbuildings including tools, materials, framing, foundations. Also includes specific plans for popular home & family farm constructions.

Artikelname: Craft Cider Making, make your own Cider & Apple Juice
Artikelbeschreibung: This book is for anyone who wants to grow anq to make good cider or even simple apple juice. Whether you have a back garden with a couple of apple trees, several acres of orchard deep in the countryside, or you're just scrumping apples from friends and neighbours every autumn, this book is for you.Here you can leam about the equipment you need, the techniques to use and just how they work as they do. You'll also learn what to do when things go wrong, and how to put them right! Packed with a wealth of practical experience and understanding, Craft Cider Making is for beginners and old hands alike.

Artikelname: Farm and Smallholder Fencing
Artikelbeschreibung: A practical guide to permanent and electric livestock fencing on the farm and smallholding. Has 18 chapters covering materials to use, constructing and maintaining fences and lots of useful tips. Over 140 colour photos and illustrations.

Check before ordering, due Autumn 2005.

Artikelname: Farmer's Boy
Artikelbeschreibung: These recollections of farming and rural life near Barnstaple, north Devon, cover the 1940s and 50s when agriculture, though it was changing, was still on a human scale. From the time the author as a twelve-year-old first stooked corn in the harvest field he was devoted to farming. He absorbed what was going on and is able to recall it in detail. His later life as a university lecturer in agricultural engineering and farm mechanization has helped him put his memories into a wider context.The book includes chapters on corn harvesting, the potato harvest, horse power, early tractor power, the seasonal activities, the milk round and farmsteads. The text focuses on north Devon and the accompanying photographs are true to the region and period.

Artikelname: Five Acres and Independence: Practical Guide to the Selection and Management of the Small Farm
Artikelbeschreibung: Provides practical information on selecting productive acreage, stocking the tool shed, and raising, storing, and marketing a variety of fruit and vegetable crops.

Artikelname: Gates and Stiles
Artikelbeschreibung: This book looks at the many types of farm gates and stiles together with their history and munufacture. This large and diverse subject is covered in great detail over 151 pages and with more than 200 illustrations and photographs. topics covered include the history and different patterns of gates, the construction of gates, the origins of footpaths and much more. If you are a keen walker this book is ideal, allowing you to tick of the gates and stiles covered in the book that you have seen on your ramblings.

Artikelname: Hallowed Acres
Artikelbeschreibung: Growing up on an agricultural estate at Burnham, South Buckinghamshire in the 1930s gave Michael Twist a great respect for the land and the countryside. Fields were talked about as if they were living entities, and labourers had a feel for the land, born of countless hours walking behind a team of horses or hand hoeing root crops. In tandem with The Spacious Days, this second volume of Michael Twist's reminiscences is full of humour in its depiction of the characters on the estate and the experiences of a young lad growing into manhood. It tells of the wildlife that abounded through-out the country, of his friendship with a family of true Romany gypsies, of country pastimes and of agricultural shows and competitions.

Artikelname: Hobby Farm: Ideas for the New Countryside
Artikelbeschreibung: Hobby farmers now account for the ownership of the majority of farms under 40 acres, over 100,000 such farms in Britain alone. It features frequent articles in the press on hobby farms, downsizing, living a more nature-centred life and growing your own food. It gives enormous feature attention in the press, radio and television. This is a book that will be sold on the back of such television series as "Jimmy's Farm" (BBC 2). Most farms are now sold to people whose main priority in country living is a lifestyle choice and making a profit is not the priority. Willy Newlands can guide you through how to farm your land, your livestock and your orchards for maximum quality of life. "Hobby Farm" is an invaluable guide to country living. It takes you through Artichokes and Asparagus; Beekeeping and Ducks; Goats and Pheasants; Pigs and Poultry; Potatoes and Rhubarb. Including recipes to make delicious home-cooked meals from your own garden, it even shows you how to make your own cider. Willy Newlands introduces the nouveau farmer and the apprentice crofter to planting and harvesting the good life.

Artikelname: How to Build Animal Housing: 60 Plans for Coops, Hutches, Barns, Sheds, Pens, Nest Boxes, Feeders, Staunchions and Much More
Artikelbeschreibung: Cows and horses, donkeys and mules, sheep and goats, pigs and fowl, even Ilamas are living on small farms and in backyard barnyards, but how and where are these animals being housed? Author Carol Ekarius knows. In How To Build Animal Housing, she provides dozens of plans - with illustrated, step-by-step instructions - for species-specific shelters that are well ventilated, safe, appropriate for the animals, appealing, convenient, and a solid value for their owners. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in animal health and welfare. It includes complete plans and step-by-step, illustrated instructions for sheds, coops, hutches, multipurpose barns, and economical easy-to-build wind-breaks and shade structures. Ekarius covers new high-tech, portable structures made of plastics and fabrics, as well as more traditional alternatives, such as straw-bale structures. Ekarius wisely emphasizes the importance of careful planning, choosing an appropriate housing site, pest control and basic housing maintenance. How To Build Animal Housing is the most comprehensive and useful guide of its kind.

Artikelname: How to Store Your Garden Produce
Artikelbeschreibung:

How to Store Your Garden Produce: the key to self-sufficiency is the modern guide to storing and preserving your garden produce, enabling you to eat home-grown goodness all year round. The easy-to-use reference section provides storage and preservation techniques for the majority of plant produce commonly grown in gardens and allotments. Why is storing your garden produce the key to self-sufficiency? Because with less than an acre of garden you can grow enough produce to feed a family of four for a year, but as much of the produce will ripen simultaneously in the summer, without proper storage most of it will go to waste and you'll be off to the supermarket again. Learn simple and enjoyable techniques for storing your produce and embrace the wonderful world of self-sufficiency.In the A-Z list of produce, each entry includes recommended varieties, suggested methods of storage and a number of recipes: everything from how to make your own cider and pickled gherkins to how to string onions and dry your own apple rings. You'll know where your food has come from, you'll save money, there won't be any packaging, and you'll be eating tasty local food whilst feeling very, very good about it!

Artikelname: Magic Moments: Four Seasons on a Scottish Hill Farm
Artikelbeschreibung: This is a really interesting book, which takes one right into the heart of the job. The trials and tribulations of looking after a hill farm are brought to life in this fascinating book

Artikelname: Making Mobile Hen Houses
Artikelbeschreibung: This book is a sequel to Poultry House Construction and ideally should be read in conjunction with it.There are descriptions of 8 different methods of mobilising hen houses, 3 fold units, 2 large free range houses, a broody coop, a sound moderated house, an urban poultry house, a wheelchair user's poultry house, 2 shelters, a rollaway nest box, a 6ft run and 6ft and 10ft sections. All are accompanied with numerous photographs and detailed plans.

Artikelname: New Complete Self-sufficiency
Artikelbeschreibung: Make the break, realize the dream and start living "the good life". Packed with comprehensive information on all the practical details, from ploughing fields to milking cows, as well as information on how to create an urban organic garden and harness natural energy, this second edition aims to be a useful handbook for realists and dreamers alike

Artikelname: Organic Farming
Artikelbeschreibung: The current growth of organic farming is being fuelled by market demand. Nicolas Lampkin's book spells out both the principles underlying organic farming and the practical ways in which farmers can respond. He is particularly concerned with the economics of organic farming a key point for farmers thinking of converting their land. The first part of his book spells out the principles: soil structure, crop nutrition, management of wastes, rotation design, weed management, pest and disease control, livestock husbandry. In the second part he goes into practical details for livestock systems, grassland and fodder crops, arable and horticultural crops, marketing and processing, physical and financial performance, and the conversion process. Some of the evidence on food quality and environmental impact is also reviewed. This is a guide to a way of farming which aims to be in partnership with the natural world rather than dominating it.

Artikelname: Out of Town: a life relived on television
Artikelbeschreibung: For twenty-five years Jack Hargreaves's television programme 'Out of Town' gained him an immense following for its glorious mixture of rural ways and country life.Jack's farming background and deep understanding of country life are entertainingly evoked. There are affectionate and often moving portraits of his mother and the 'Old Man'. Field sports and rural skills are brought vividly to life. His memories of the people, places and animals that were later to shape his broadcasts are certain to appeal to all those who share his love of the English countryside - which at heart means every English man and woman.

I also have the companion volume to this book on "The Old Country".

Artikelname: Poultry House Construction
Artikelbeschreibung: This is a do-it-yourself guide to building poultry houses and allied equipment. It discusses the needs of the various types of fowl, and gives detailed plans and material lists for building coops, nest boxes, runs, arks, folds, a show box and a "poultry palace".

Artikelname: Scenes from a Smallholding
Artikelbeschreibung: In 1982 the Griffiths left the security of suburbia to grow garlic in West Wales. This is a funny and sometimes touching, warts-and-all account of their first three years: of how they learned lambing and marketing and ploughing and hay-making: and of the dung-sodden joys of milking and the surreal terrors of bee-keeping. Be amused. Be very amused. Scenes from a Smallholding is by turns challenging, touching, and informative; but above all, it is very funny.

Artikelname: Smallholders D-I-Y
Artikelbeschreibung: This manual contains detailed instructions for 22 projects from a simple feed scoop holder to housing and fencing for chickens, sheep and goats. There are plans for gates and hurdles; troughs and hayracks; brooders, nestboxes and dustbaths; and a sawbench, ratbox and goat milking bench.

Artikelname: Starting with a Smallholding
Artikelbeschreibung: The book is aimed at those who are thinking of buying a smallholding and offers guidance on what to look for. It discusses the realities involved in caring for animals and living off the land, in terms of expense, time and the skills required.

Artikelname: Successful Small-scale Farming:An Organic Approach
Artikelbeschreibung: Instructs the beginning farmer in evaluating and preserving the soil, acquiring and maintaining machinery, and raising a successful crop through sound farming practices.

Artikelname: The Concise Guide to Self-sufficiency
Artikelbeschreibung: Start living the 'Good Life'. Pick up this handy compact favourite from 'the grand master of self-sufficiency' and discover how to enjoy a sustainable lifestyle. Easy-to-follow, this guide not only tells you what to do, but shows you how to do it. Follow practical know-how: from creating an urban organic garden and making wine and beer, to ploughing fields, keeping bees & livestock or harnessing natural energy. It is all the practical advice you need to make the break and get started.

Artikelname: The New Organic Grower: Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener
Artikelbeschreibung: Covers soil, farm economics and labor, crop planning, equipment, green manures, tillage, organic fertilizers, pests, and livestock.

Artikelname: The Old Country
Artikelbeschreibung: Once again the Old Man and the other characters that made Out of Town so delightful are brought back to life in this second portrait of country life. Jack Hargreaves's knowledge of life as it was lived in the English countryside fifty years ago makes him the ideal guide to its past and the uncertain future it now faces. As always, Jack's robust sense of humour enlivens his writing on poaching, fishing and the world of the river, haymaking, woodmen, field sports and the people and way of life that have given the countryside its character.

I also have the companion volume to this book on "Out of Town".

Artikelname: The Self-sufficiency Handbook
Artikelbeschreibung: As consumers become ever eco-conscious, many people nurture a dream of living a 'self-sufficient' lifestyle. "The Self-Sufficiency Handbook" provides an introduction to the possibilities and methods involved in setting up the different aspects of a greener way of living. Authors Alan and Gill Bridgewater recently moved to a smallholding, so they are well-positioned to answer all the fundamental questions that anyone considering a similar lifestyle shift might ask. Subjects covered in the book include: the self-sufficient house, the organic food garden, animal husbandry and the pantry. The book runs the full ecological gamut, from geothermal heating through to crop rotation and making your own soap. It emphasises the positive aspects of adapting to a self-sufficient lifestyle, such as cutting living costs and eating well, and the sheer fun of rolling your sleeves up to get things going. Packed with informative illustrations and diagrams, and a wealth of useful advice, "The Self-Sufficiency Handbook" is the perfect guide for the increasing number of people who are keen to join the green revolution.

Artikelname: The Self-Sufficiency Specialist
Artikelbeschreibung: With frequent warnings about water and energy shortages, and the potential dangers of pesticides and genetically modified foods, many people nurture a dream of living a 'self-sufficient' lifestyle.With these people in mind, this comprehensive yet easy-to-read book examines what it truly takes to live off the fat of the land. Authors Alan and Gill Bridgewater, who themselves recently moved to a smallholding, answer all the fundamental questions that anyone considering a similar lifestyle shift might ask; from the best way to warm your home off the grid to the time and effort that go into growing your own food and raising your own animals. The book even goes so far as to describe quirkier aspects of the lifestyle, with detailed descriptions of how to make soap and candles. Both the most fulfilling aspects and the hard graft of self-sufficient living are revealed in full.Packed with informative illustrations and diagrams, and a wealth of useful advice, "The Self-Sufficiency Specialist" is the perfect guide for prospective 21st-century smallholders.

Artikelname: The Smallholder's DIY
Artikelbeschreibung: If you have a smallholding or farm or you keep small livestock, this is the book for you. There are 22 projects in wood, each with a photograph of the finished article and complete with diagrams of all the sections and panels with measurements. There are hurdles, a mobile hay rack, a mineral block holder, sheep troughs, gates large and small, brooders, a folding saw bench, a goat house and poultry sections to name a few.

Artikelname: The Smallholder's Manual
Artikelbeschreibung: Whether you are an established smallholder, or just starting to take the first tentative steps towards farming at your home, The Smallholder?s Manual contains a wealth of valuable information on all the key aspects of small-scale agriculture.

Topics covered include: · The rural property: buying a small farm, preparing outbuilding and equipping it with machinery and tools. · The land: the kitchen garden, protected cultivation, orchards and pasture. · Livestock: from bees, rabbits and chickens to goats, cattle and exotic species. · Commercial considerations, regulations and organic farming.

Illustrated with 200 diagrams and colour photographs, this practical handbook will be welcomed by the small-scale farmer in the twenty-first century.

Artikelname: Turn-of-the-Century Farm Tools and Implements
Artikelbeschreibung: This reprint of a rare farm tools and implements catalog should prove as fascinating to lovers of Victoriana as it will be indispensable to collectors and antique dealers. Published in 1898 by Peter Henderson & Company, the abundantly illustrated trade catalog advertised tools, fertilizers, insecticides, and other essentials for the turn-of-the-century garden, farm, greenhouse, lawn, orchard, poultry yard, stable, and household. Nearly 700 line illustrations, accompanied by descriptive captions and prices, depict the "improved winged shovel plow," a lice-killing machine, butter printers, cast-iron field rollers, manure spreaders, broadcast seeders, corn harvesters and huskers, root cutters, grinding and cider mills, "Siamese" lawn sprinkler attachments, veterinary remedies, and hundreds of other items. Of great value to historians, this vintage catalog will also delight artists and designers with its hundreds of permission-free images. Unabridged republication of Peter Henderson & Co. Catalogue of Tools and Implements (ca. 1898), originally published in New York, 1898. Introduction to the Dover Edition by Victor Linoff. Index. Approximately 680 black-and-white illustrations.