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Book

The essential guide to hobby farming

Call Number

  • 630 E367 (CEN)

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Edition

2nd edition.

Publication Information

Irvine, CA : i-5 Publishing, [2015]

Physical Description

302 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes

Subtitle from cover: "The how-to manual for crops, livestock, and your business".

Title of first edition: Hobby farm: living your rural dream for pleasure and profit.

Contents

  • Back to the farm
  • Are you ready for the country?
  • Jumping in
  • Nature's troublemakers and farm safety
  • Gardening: the land
  • Gardening: the planting
  • Farm animals
  • Beekeeping
  • Preserving the harvest: fruits and vegetables
  • Preserving the harvest: dairy and meat
  • Agripreneurship.

Subjects

Added Authors

Leslie J Wyatt