THE SMALL-SCALE POULTRY FLOCK An All-Natural Approach to Raising Chickens and Other Fowl for Home and Market

Growers Harvey Ussery $39.95 Paper 416 pages ISBN 9781603582902 The most comprehensive and definitive guide to date on raising all-natural poultry for the homesteader and small farmer. Usserys model presents a practical and integrative model for working with chickens and other domestic fowl, based entirely on natural systems, and will prove invaluable for beginner homesteaders, growers looking to incorporate poultry into their farm, and farmers seeking to work more holistically with their poultry.

WILD FLAVORS One Chefs Transformative Year Cooking from Evas Farm Didi Emmons $34.95 Hardcover 320 pages ISBN 9781603582858 Curiosity sparked Emmonss initial venture down the Massachusetts coast to meet the celebrated farmer Eva Sommaripa, whose 200-plus uncommon herbs, greens, and edible weeds supply many top Northeastern chefs. Wild Flavors follows Didi through a year in Evas Garden and offers both the warmth of their shared tales as well as the exquisite foods Didi came to develop using only the freshest of ingredients and wild edibles. Alongside the unique seasonal offerings, Didi provides profiles of forty-six plants, and shares Evas wisdom about staying connected and maintaining a healthy lifestyle in an increasingly hectic world.

THE CHINESE MEDICINAL HERB FARM A Cultivators Guide to Small-Scale Organic Herb Production Peg Schafer $34.95 Paper 336 pages ISBN 9781603583305 Peg Schafer, longtime grower and teacher, guides readers with information on propagating, cultivating, and harvesting Chinese herbs, and presents fascinating new scientific data that reveal the ageold wisdom of nature and the traditional systems of Chinese medicine. Through seventy-nine detailed herb profilesall tested and trialed on Schafers certified organic farmSchafer offers easy-tofollow information, suitable for both growers and practitioners, for growing efficacious wild-simulated herbs.

THE HOLISTIC ORCHARD Tree Fruits and Berries the Biological Way Michael Phillips $39.95 Paper 432 pages ISBN 9781933392134 Michael Phillips, author of The Apple Grower, demystifies the basic skills everybody should know about the inner workings of the orchard ecosystem, as well as orchard design, soil biology, and organic health management. Detailed insights on grafting, planting, pruning, and choosing the right varieties for your climate are also included, along with a step-by-step instructional calendar to guide growers through the entire orchard year.

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OLD SOUTHERN APPLES A Comprehensive History and Description of Varieties for Collectors, Growers, and Fruit Enthusiasts Creighton Lee Calhoun, Jr. $75.00 Hardcover 384 pages ISBN 9781603582940 Author Lee Calhoun is one of the foremost figures in apple conservation in America. Illustrated with more than 170 color images of classic apples from the National Agricultural Librarys collection of watercolor paintings, Old Southern Apples is a fascinating and beautiful reference and gift book.

SEPP HOLZERS PERMACULTURE A Practical Guide to Small-Scale, Integrative Farming and Gardening Sepp Holzer $34.95 Paper 240 pages ISBN 9781603583701 Sepp Holzer farms steep mountainsides in Austria 1,500 meters above sea level. His farm is an intricate network of terraces, raised beds, ponds, waterways and tracks, well covered with productive fruit trees and other vegetation, with the farmhouse neatly nestling amongst them. This is in dramatic contrast to his neighbors spruce monocultures. Holzer covers every aspect of his farming methods, not just how to create a holistic system on the farm itself, but how to make a living from it.

SLOW GARDENING A No-Stress Philosophy for all Senses and Seasons Felder Rushing $29.95 Paper 232 pages ISBN 9780977348947 Sharing the wisdom of well-known garden expert Felder Rushing, Slow Gardening offers a commonsense, informal, and outright funny philosophy that will appeal to gardeners no matter where they live or how often they weed. By taking the road less traveled, Slow Gardening will have gardeners focusing on the long haul and remembering to take it easy along the way. As Felder says,Life has lots of pressureswhy include them in the garden?

THE ART OF FERMENTATION An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World Sandor Ellix Katz Foreword by Michael Pollan $39.95 Hardcover 528 pages ISBN 9781603582865 Available June 12 2012 The most comprehensive guide to do-ityourself home fermentation ever published. Sandor Katz presents the concepts and processes behind fermentation in ways that are simple enough to guide a reader through their first experience making sauerkraut or yogurt, and in-depth enough to provide greater understanding and insight for experienced practitioners. With two-color illustrations and extended resources, this book provides essential wisdom for cooks, homesteaders, farmers, gleaners, foragers, and food lovers of any kind.

PERMACULTURE PIONEERS Stories from the New Frontier Kerry Dawborn, Caroline Smith (Editors) $34.95 Paper 376 pages ISBN 9780975078624 Permaculture is much more than organic gardening. Arguably it is one of Australias greatest intellectual exports, having helped people worldwide to design ecologically sustainable strategies for their homes, gardens, farms and communities. This book charts a history of the first three decades of permaculture through the personal stories of Australian permaculturists. From permaculture co-originator David Holmgren, to ABC TVs Gardening Australia presenter Josh Byrne, the authors span the generations and the continent.

GATHERING Memoir of a Seed Saver Diane Ott Whealy $25.00 Hardcover 256 pages ISBN 9780615457741 The love for the land and the respect for heirloom seeds that Diane Ott Whealy shared with her husband, Kent, led to their starting Seed Savers Exchange in 1975. Ott Whealys down-to-earth narrative traces her fascinating journey from Oregon to Kansas to Missouri then back home to Iowa where, in 1986, Heritage Farm became the permanent home of Seed Savers Exchange. Her heartwarming story captures what is best in the American spirit: the ability to dream and, through hard work and perseverance, inspire others to contribute their efforts to a cause. Thus was created one of the nations most admired nonprofits in the field of genetic preservation.

MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR GLORIOUS GLUT Cooking, Storing, Freezing, Drying & Preserving Your Garden Produce Jackie Sherman $24.95 Paper 200 pages ISBN 9781900322966 Making the Most of Your Glorious Glut is the answer to the perennial problem of an over abundance of wonderful fruit and vegetables. From cucumbers to spinach, tomatoes to runner beans, and blackcurrants to plums, most gardeners will recognize the sinking feeling that creeps over you when you realize you have had such a good harvest that you cannot actually face picking, cooking or eating any more. With the help of this book you will be able to make the most of any glut; as well as recipes for using fresh produce in new and exciting ways, you will learn how to pickle, preserve, dry, bottle, and juice all your surplus fruit and vegetables so that they can be enjoyed throughout the year.

NOFA GUIDES $12.95 Paper 100 pages $79.95 for set of 8 Various ISBNs and authors A series of eight guides originally published by NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association) on organic principles and practices for both the beginner farmer as well as established farmers looking to convert to organic or deepen their practices. Each book is only about 100 pages, but the information is weighty; the guides use a strong wholesystems farming theory behind their practical advice, as well as offer historical information, further resources, detailed appendices, and profiles of various organic farms across the Northeast.

COMMUNITY ORCHARDS HANDBOOK Susan Clifford, Angela King $24.95 Paper 228 pages ISBN 9781900322928 The Community Orchards Handbook shows groups and individuals how to start their own community orchard from getting support, tackling legal issues and access to organizing working parties, and selling produce.

HOW TO GROW WINTER VEGETABLES Charles Dowding $24.95 Paper 192 pages ISBN 9781900322881 Winter and early spring require a different kind of gardening than the summer months: not a lot grows at this time, but a well-planned plot may nonetheless be quite full. This book explains how to have plenty of vegetables to eat during the winter months, both stored and fresh. Through winter, soil is cool and transforms the plot into a large outdoor larder where many vegetables keep healthy and alive, ready for harvesting when needed.

GROW YOUR FOOD FOR FREE (WELL ALMOST) Great Money-Saving Ideas for Your Garden Dave Hamilton $24.95 Paper 192 pages ISBN 9781900322898 Dont like spending money in garden centers? Think you can make it yourself for a fraction of the price or find a cheaper option? Dave Hamilton shows you how, by recycling and reusing materials creatively and making the most of what you have, you can gather all you need to grow your food on a budget.

HOW TO GROW YOUR FOOD A Guide for Complete Beginners Jon Clift, Amanda Cuthbert $12.95 Paper 128 pages ISBN 9781900322683 If youve never opened a seed packet before and want to grow your food but dont know where or when to start, this book is for you. With advice for the new gardener, covering everything from how to plant seeds, when to pull up the carrots, and how to harvest potatoes, this book will guide youwhether you have a balcony, bare concrete, a patio, or a larger patch of ground.

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THE NEW FOOD GARDEN Growing Beyond the Vegetable Garden Frank Tozer $29.95 Paper 360 pages ISBN 9780977348947 This groundbreaking new book expands the concept of food gardening to embrace the whole garden.The new food garden is centered around the intensive vegetable garden, but doesnt stop there. It puts hedges, ponds, pathways, arbors, lawns, roofs, and walls to work as additional growing space for food plants. Fruit and nut trees, bush fruit, edible vines, perennial vegetables, herbs, annual crops, aquatic plants, weeds, and edible wild plants are used to increase the quantity and variety of foods available with little extra work.

THE RESILIENT GARDENER Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times Carol Deppe $29.95 Paper 336 pages ISBN 9781603580311 The book is packed with expert advice on plant varieties and discusses the best way to grow, prepare, and store five key cropspotatoes, corn, beans, squash, and eggs. Beginner and the most expert gardeners will find this an invaluable resource, with new information, recipes, and simple tips for self-sufficiency they wont find elsewhere. At its heart, this is a realistic book about how resilient gardeners (and their gardens) can flourish even in challenging times.

GROWING, OLDER A Chronicle of Death, Life, and Vegetables Joan Dye Gussow $17.95 Paper 256 pages ISBN 9781603582926 Gussows memoir begins when she loses her husband of forty years to cancer and, two weeks later, finds herself skipping down the streetmuch to her alarm.Why wasnt she grieving in all the normal ways? With humor and wit, she explains how she stopped worrying about why she was smiling and went on worrying, instead, and as she always has, about the possibility that the world around her was headed off a cliff. But hers is not a tale, or message, of gloom, it is an affirmation of a lifes workand work in general.

HOLY SHIT Managing Manure To Save Mankind Gene Logsdon $17.50 Paper 272 pages ISBN 9781603582513 In his insightful new book, contrary farmer Gene Logsdon provides the inside story of manureour greatest, yet most misunderstood, natural resource. He begins by lamenting a modern society that not only throws away both animal and human manureworth billions of dollars in fertilizer valuebut that spends a staggering amount of money to do so.

THE WINTER HARVEST HANDBOOK Year-Round Vegetable Production Using Deep-Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses Eliot Coleman $29.95 Paper 256 pages ISBN 9781603580816 From the bestselling author of The New Organic Grower and Four-Season Harvest, a revolutionary guide to year-round harvests of fresh, organic producewith little or no energy inputs. Gardeners and farmers can use the innovative, highly successful methods Coleman describes in this comprehensive handbook to raise crops throughout the coldest of winters.

GAIAS GARDEN, SECOND EDITION A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture Toby Hemenway $29.95 Paper 320 pages ISBN 9781603580298 The first edition of Gaias Garden sparked the imagination of Americas home gardeners, introducing permacultures central message: Working with Nature, not against her, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens. This extensively revised and expanded second edition broadens the reach and depth of the permaculture approach for urban and suburban growers.

THE ORGANIC FARMERS BUSINESS HANDBOOK A Complete Guide to Managing Finances, Crops, and Staffand Making a Profit Richard Wiswall $34.95 Paper 200 pages ISBN 9781603581424 Richard Wiswall shares advice on how to make your vegetable production more efficient, better manage your employees and finances, and turn a profit. From his twenty-seven years of experience at Cate Farm in Vermont, Wiswall knows firsthand the joys of starting and operating an organic farmas well as the challenges of making a living from one. Includes a companion CD.

PRESERVING FOOD WITHOUT FREEZING OR CANNING Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage, and Lactic Fermentation Gardeners & Farmers of Terre Vivante $25.00 Paper 224 pages ISBN 9781933392592 Most books about preserving garden produce make the assumption that modern kitchen gardeners will boil or freeze their vegetables and fruits. Heres a book that goes back to the future celebrating traditional but little-known French techniques for storing and preserving edibles in ways that maximize flavor and nutrition. Includes a new foreword by Deborah Madison.

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THE SHEER ECSTASY OF BEING A LUNATIC FARMER $25.00 Paperback ISBN 9780963810960

MEAT $24.95 Paperback ISBN 9781603583244

EARTH USERS GUIDE TO PERMACULTURE $37.95 Paperback ISBN 9781856230513

GROWING ROOTS $35.00 Paperback ISBN 9781603582889

CREATING A FOREST GARDEN $49.95 Hardcover ISBN 9781900322621

HOW TO GROW FOOD IN YOUR POLYTUNNEL $19.95 Paperback ISBN 9781900322720

FOOD NOT LAWNS $25.00 Paperback ISBN 9781933392073

PERENNIAL VEGETABLES $35.00 Paperback ISBN 9781931498401

SMALL-SCALE GRAIN RAISING $29.95 Paperback ISBN 9781603580779

THE VEGETABLE GROWERS HANDBOOK $22.95 Paperback ISBN 9780977348930

SUSTAINABLE FOOD GREEN GUIDE $7.95 Paperback ISBN 9781603581417

FRESH FOOD FROM SMALL SPACES $24.95 Paperback ISBN 9781603580281

FROM ASPARAGUS TO ZUCCHINI $19.95 Paperback ISBN 9780615230139

NATURAL BEEKEEPING $35.00 Paperback ISBN 9781933392080

WORMS EAT MY GARBAGE $12.95 Paperback ISBN 9780977804511

COMPOSTING GREEN GUIDE $7.95 Paperback ISBN 9781933392745

THE BACKYARD ORCHARDIST $16.95 Paperback ISBN 9780963452030

THE BACKYARD BERRY BOOK $17.95 Paperback ISBN 9780963452061

HOW TO STORE YOUR GARDEN PRODUCE $14.95 Paperback ISBN 9781900322171

SHARING THE HARVEST, REVISED AND EXPANDED $35.00 Paperback ISBN 9781933392103

THE BASICS OF PERMACULTURE DESIGN $25.00 Paperback ISBN 9781856230230

PERMACULTURE IN A NUTSHELL $12.95 Paperback ISBN 9781856230032

PERMACULTURE $30.00 Paperback ISBN 9780646418445

GETTING STARTED IN PERMACULTURE $14.95 Paperback ISBN 9781856230353

THE HUMANURE HANDBOOK $25.00 Paperback ISBN 9780964425835

FRUIT, BERRY AND NUT INVENTORY $24.00 Paperback ISBN 9781882424610

GARDEN SEED INVENTORY $26.00 Paperback ISBN 9781882424603

EDIBLE FOREST GARDENS VOL. I $75.00 Hardcover ISBN 9781931498791

EDIBLE FOREST GARDENS VOL. II $75.00 Hardcover ISBN 9781931498807

RAINWATER HARVESTING VOL. 1, 2nd EDITION $29.95 Paperback ISBN 9780977246403

RAINWATER HARVESTING VOL. 2 $32.95 Paperback ISBN 9780977246410

THE APPLE GROWER, REVISED AND EXPANDED $40.00 Paperback ISBN 9781931498913

THE GRAPE GROWER $35.00 Paperback ISBN 9781890132828

YOU CAN FARM $35.00 Paperback ISBN 9780963810922

EVERYTHING I WANT TO DO IS ILLEGAL $23.95 Paperback ISBN 9780963810953

PASTURED POULTRY PROFIT$ $35.00 Paperback ISBN 9780963810908

INQUIRIES INTO THE NATURE OF SLOW MONEY $15.95 Paperback ISBN 9781603582544

SEEDS OF DECEPTION $17.95 Paperback ISBN 9780972966580

HOW TO MAKE AND USE COMPOST $16.95 Hardcover ISBN 9781900322591

GROWING GREAT GARLIC $16.95 Paperback ISBN 9780963085016

WILD FERMENTATION The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods Sandor Ellix Katz $25.00 Paper 208 pages ISBN 9781931498234 Bread. Cheese. Wine. Beer. Coffee. Chocolate. Most people consume fermented foods and drinks every day. For thousands of years, humans have enjoyed the distinctive flavors and nutrition resulting from the transformative power of microscopic bacteria and fungi. Wild Fermentation is the first cookbook to widely explore the culinary magic of fermentation.

THE FARMSTEAD CREAMERY ADVISOR The Complete Guide to Building and Running a Small, Farm-Based Cheese Business Gianaclis Caldwell $29.95 Paper 256 pages ISBN 9781603582216 Gianaclis Caldwell walks would-be producers through the many, and often confusing, steps and decisions they will face when considering a career in this burgeoning cottage industry. This book fills the gap that exists between the pasture and cheese plate.

FERMENTATION WORKSHOP DVD Sandor Ellix Katz $34.95 DVD 110 minutes ISBN 9781603582667 Thousands of readers consider Sandor Ellix Katzs Wild Fermentation to be their guidepost for exploring and making fermented foods. Now, in this new DVD, Katz offers fermentation beginners and enthusiasts a chance to sit in on one of his popular workshops and learn through hands-on demonstration and instruction, accompanied by an interview on the benefits of fermentation and social implications as it relates to food security.

YEAR-ROUND VEGETABLE PRODUCTION DVD Eliot Coleman $80.00 DVD 192 minutes ISBN 9781603582896 This filmed workshop on year-round vegetable production offers farmers and gardeners the rare chance to sit in with Eliot Coleman, one of the pioneers of the organic farming movement and author of The New Organic Grower, FourSeason Harvest, and The Winter Harvest Handbook.

SEED TO SEED, SECOND EDITION Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners Suzanne Ashworth $24.95 Paper 228 pages ISBN 9781882424580 Seed to Seed is widely acknowledged as the best guide available for home gardeners to learn effective ways to produce and store seeds on a small scale.This newly updated and greatly expanded second edition includes additional information about how to start each vegetable from seed, which has turned the book into a complete growing guide.

FOUR-SEASON HARVEST, REVISED AND EXPANDED Organic Vegetables From Your Home Garden All Year Long Eliot Coleman $24.95 Paper 236 pages ISBN 9781890132279

THE NEW ORGANIC GROWER, EXPANDED SECOND EDITION A Masters Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener Eliot Coleman $24.95 Paper 352 pages ISBN 9780930031756 I know of no other person . . . who can produce better results on the land with an economy of effort and means than Eliot. He has transformed gardening from a task to a craft and finally to what Stewart Brand would call local science. Paul Hawken, from the foreword

DRIP IRRIGATION FOR EVERY LANDSCAPE AND ALL CLIMATES, SECOND EDITION Robert Kourik $24.95 Paper 160 pages ISBN 9780961584849 In the tradition of the original groundbreaking book, this fully revised edition incorporates new information essential for gardeners, including how to manage limited water supplies with precision and efficiency without the clutter of hundreds of widgets and gizmos, and the knowledge is shared in Robert Kouriks inimitable, friendly, down-to-earth, and easy-to-understand style.

Our number-one bestselling title! If you love the joys of eating homegarden vegetables but always thought those joys had to stop at the end of summer, this book is for you. FourSeason Harvest will have you feasting on fresh produce from your garden all through the winter.

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