Life on Fodder Farm - A Journey to Self Sufficiency by Rebecca Stewart
$39.99 NZD
Category: self sufficiency/small farming
To get to the Stewart family's remote homestead, you head south from the heart of the King Country and take a 40-minute drive into the middle of nowhere.Life on Fodder Farm is their journey through a year living with the land. Each season brings changes to their lives, a fresh focus of what needs to be ...Show more
Livestock Production in New Zealand by Stafford Kevin
$50.00 NZD
Category: self sufficiency/small farming | Reading Level: Near Fine
THE LIFESTYLE-BLOCK OWNER AND FARMERS' GO-TOREFERENCE BOOKWhether you run dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, deer, goats, pigs or poultry,advice that reflects farming practice in New Zealand is indispensable. Thisbook, written by experts from both Massey University's Institute of Veterinary,Animal and Bi ...Show more
Living Off the Land by Jarvis Charlotte
$29.99 NZD
Category: self sufficiency/small farming
It's possible to produce food from your own backyard whatever the size available. Learn to be a beekeeper, a poultry owner and how to provide vegetables for the table. For those with a little more land, progress to pigs, sheep, goats and even alcapas. Living off the Land will point you in the right dire ...Show more
Living the Country Dream by Bella Ivins, Nick Ivins
$59.99 NZD
Category: self sufficiency/small farming
Starting with the Kitchen Garden, Nick and Bella Ivins discuss designing and planning a plot and choosing and planting crops while in The Orchard, they explain how to plant fruit trees. Animals covers livestock – bees, poultry, lambs and pigs – while The Garden shows how to plant a wildflower meadow, a ...Show more
Olive Oil the New Zealand Way : The joys and challenges of leaving city certainty for the unknown world of olive growing by David Walshaw
$39.99 NZD
Category: self sufficiency/small farming | Reading Level: very good
Told with candour and humour, Olive Oil: The New Zealand Way is part inspirational memoir, part case study in how to make a go of lifestyle farming and a must-read for anyone nuts enough to give growing olives in the New Zealand situation a go.
Save the Bees with Natural Backyard Hives by Rob McFarland
$39.99 NZD
Category: self sufficiency/small farming
You don't need to live on a farm to raise happy, healthy honeybees. All it takes is a small backyard and the guidance of Rob and Chelsea McFarland, founders of Honey Love, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit dedicated to protecting honeybees and educating a new generation of urban, suburban and rural beekeepe ...Show more
Self Sufficiency: Beekeeping by Joanna Ryde
$19.99 NZD
Category: self sufficiency/small farming | Series: Self-Sufficiency Ser.
As sustainability and organic living become increasingly popular, so does a desire to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle. This timely book will help you to achieve self-sufficiency and make beekeeping a reality. Beekeeping is about management, control and learning to understand the honeybee. It can a ...Show more
Self Sufficiency:Cheese Making by Rita Ash
$19.99 NZD
Category: self sufficiency/small farming | Series: Self-Sufficiency Ser.
This book will appeal to anyone with a love of cheese. The text covers every aspect of making cheese at home, from the tools and equipment needed and basic recipes to making more complex cheeses and advice on setting up a small cheese business. You do not need to be scientifically trained to make cheese ...Show more
Temple Grandins Guide To Working With Farm Animals by Grandin, Temple
$44.99 NZD
Category: self sufficiency/small farming | Reading Level: General Adult
Award-winning author Temple Grandin is famous for her groundbreaking approach to decoding animal behaviour. Now she extends her expert guidance to small-scale farming operations. Grandin's fascinating explanations of how herd animals think -- describing their senses, fears, instincts, and memories -- an ...Show more
The Backyard Cow: An Introductory Guide to Keeping a Productive Family Cow by Sue Weaver
$39.99 NZD
Category: self sufficiency/small farming
This title covers everything small farmers and backyard homesteaders need to know to keep a single cow or a small dairy herd as a productive part of their food supply - from selecting a breed, maintaining animal health, feeding, and providing shelter to milking and making homemade dairy products. Just o ...Show more
The Cheesemaking Workshop by Lyndall Dykes
$39.99 NZD
Category: self sufficiency/small farming
The Cheesemaking Workshop is devoted to cheese. With practical, hands-on instructions and guided step-by-step photographs, advice and tips. The Cheesemaking Workshop demystifies the cheesemaking process turning it into a fun, accessible and economical new skill for every home cook. How to use this ...Show more