Successful Small-Scale Farming

An Organic Approach

Karl Schwenke (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

1991
Storey Publishing LLC (Verlag)
978-0-88266-642-6 (ISBN)

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Instructs the beginning farmer in evaluating and preserving the soil, acquiring and maintaining machinery, and raising a successful crop through sound farming practices.

Offering proven techniques and practical advice, this inspiring handbook covers all aspects of successfully running a small organic farm. With expert tips on everything from buying land to creating a niche market for your products, Karl Schwenke shows you how to naturally enrich your soil, acquire necessary equipment, consistently grow abundant crops, and manage farm finances. You’ll enjoy learning essential skills like haying and fencing as you turn your organic farming dream into a profitable reality.

Karl Schwenke is a professional writer who lives with wife Sue on a farm in Newbury, Vermont, where they have raised strawberries, pigs and hay among other crops. Together, this couple has written the book Build Your Own Stone House, and Karl wrote the Storey title Successful Small-Scale Farming. His other work includes Sierra North and Sierra South from Wilderness Press, an organization in Berkeley, California, that he co-founded after graduating from college. Karl has also written In a Pig's Eye (Chelsea Green Publishing).

Zusatzinfo	8 1-2 x 11
Sprache	englisch
Maße	214 x 278 mm
Gewicht	400 g
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	0-88266-642-8 / 0882666428
ISBN-13	978-0-88266-642-6 / 9780882666426
Zustand	Neuware