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Running a farm or smallholding is a highly skilled operation. Our books on the topic range from the purely practical to the hugely humorous. Something for eveyone.
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SMALL-SCALE GRAIN RAISING
Author - G. Logson
Growing our own grains to make bread and various other staples is not as hard as you think. Also it is twice as environmental as you'd imagine. So if you've a little space on your allotment or garden give it a whirl. Let the new updated Small-Scale Grain Raising be your guide.
£ 18.95
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STARTING WITH A SMALLHOLDING
Author - Daid Hills
A practical guide to all you need to know before starting a smallholding from acreage to livestock.
£ 7.95
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GROWING GREEN
Author - J. Hall and I. Tolhurst
NEW REVISED EDITION - An essential reference for organic vegetable growing on a larger scale (and also for the smaller scale gardener). The key element and what makes this book so important is the development of fertility without the use of animal biproducts. Vegan growing if you like.
Step by step instructions on how to grow and sell 60 vegetables. An important book. Save £3 on the RRP price
£ 15.99
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SUCCESSFUL SMALL-SCALE FARMING - AN ORGANIC APPROACH
Author - K. Schwenke
Stuffed full of good information for the small scale
farmer AND the author reckons you can make a good living from farming AND be organic too.
£ 9.95
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ONE STRAW REVOLUTION
Author - Masanobu Fukuoka
9.505 - Masanobu Fukuoka is one of the most radical and influential agrarian thinkers this century. This book is a classic text as relevant now as it has ever been.
£ 9.50
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ORGANIC FARM MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK 2007
Author - Lampkin & Measures
The organic farmer's bible - yields, planting density
costs, seed rate and other essential stuff for
running a profitable, sustainable farm. Note this is still the latest edition there is not one planned for 2008.
£ 16.50
*Special offer - buy this and get your whole order post free! (UK Mainland only)*
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A START IN SMALLHOLDING
Author - A.Beat
Lovely, gentle, book following the Beat family in their escape from wage slavery to a Devon smallholding. Based on a series of articles Alan wrote for various magazines, good common sense easy reading.
£ 6.00
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SCENES FROM A SMALLHOLDING
Author - Chas Griffin
Hugely amusing account of the Griffin family's escape from suburbia to West Wales. Compulsory reading for a) anyone who is thinking of 'escaping' to a life of self sufficiency and b) anyone who likes to laugh out loud.
£ 9.95
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THE SMALLHOLDER'S HANDBOOK
Author - K Thear
A bit expensive but a very good book on running your own smallholding. Not strictly organic but sympathetic to organic principles.
Well presented and level headed.
£ 25.00
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THE FERTILE EARTH
Author - V. Schauberger
The third in the thought-provoking series Eco-Technology
subtitled: Natures energies in agriculture,
soil fertilisation and forestry (Schauberger
started life as a forester).
£ 16.99
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AGRI-CULTURE RECONNECTING PEOPLE, LAND AND NATURE
Author - J Pretty
A pleasantly strange book - part academic but full of real life stories. Easy but essential reading for all agrnomists, farmers or those interested in the future of food production.
£ 16.99
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ORGANIC LIVESTOCK FARMING
Author - D Younnie & J M Wilkinson
Detailed guide to succesful production and marketing of eggs, milk and meat.
£ 17.95
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BIODYNAMIC AGRICULTURE
Author - W Schilthuis
Accessible well-illustrated book for those who wish to understand the principles of biodynamic agriculture.
£ 7.99
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INTERCROPPING & THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE
Author - D. Innes
Based on field studies, this is a scientific look at a
topic that is creating a large amount of interest in
Europe.
£ 18.50
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THE SMALLHOLDER'S DIY
Author - Combined
22 self-build projects for the smallholder: gates,
saw bench, milking bench, goat house, hay rack -all with working plans.
£ 8.00
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ORGANIC FARMING
Author - N. Lampkin
The standard text on the topic. Methodology and
philosophy clearly explained. NONE LEFT - PUBLISHER CONSIDERING A REPRINT LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT A COPY AND IT MIGHT HASTEN THE PROCESS
£ 30.00
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FARMERS' MARKETS - AN AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY
Author - Harriet Festing
The Farmers' Market is a simple idea that can provide an effective solution to many social, economic and environmental problems.
£ 4.95
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FARMERS' MARKETS - THE UK POTENTIAL
Author - A. CHUBB
This is the research that helped launch a thousand Farmers' Markets. Excellent piece of work (getting on a bit now) but still useful for anyone interested in that area.
£ 4.95
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THE ROAD BACK TO NATURE
Author - Masanoba Fukuoka
A collection of articles, lectures and essays
recording Fukuoka's impressions as he travels the world. OUT OF STOCK
£ 14.95
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THE NATURAL WAY OF FARMING
Author - Masanobu Fukuoka
Describes the theory and practice of working with
nature in raising food crops without cultivation,
chemical fertilisers or herbicides, not even compost! OUT OF STOCK
£ 14.95
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THE HARMONIOUS WHEATSMITH
Author - Mark Moodie
The only text on the Bonfils/Fukuoka no-till
methods of cereal cultivation. A delightfully idiosyncratic
booklet with quirky illustrations.
£ 4.00
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THE NEW ORGANIC GROWER
Author - Eliot Coleman
A classic manual for those wanting to grow
organically either on a home or market garden
scale.
£ 19.95
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