Category: Rural
The single best and most comprehensive guide for prospective, new and experienced hobbyist beekeepers Beekeeping For Dummies, 5th Edition, is one of the most popular titles in the For Dummies series available today. Including the latest information regarding every aspect of backyard beekeeping and hone ...Show more
Category: Rural
This book describes native bees generally and provides a complete guide to keeping Australian native stingless bees. It is richly illustrated with over 500 photos, drawings and charts to increase accessibility and aid learning. It is written by an expert who has spent his lifetime intimately engaged wit ...Show more
Category: Rural
Attitudes to GM crops continue to generate tension, even though they have been grown commercially for over 20 years. Negative sentiment towards their development limits their adoption in Western countries, despite there being no evidence of harm to human health. These unfounded concerns about geneticall ...Show more
Category: Rural
My Family and Other Animals meets The Secret Life of Cows: this rediscovered gem of a memoir tells the charming tale of how a baby llama transformed a Welsh farming family forever (with a foreword by John Lewis-Stempel) Things llamas like: Snaffling cherry brandy, Easter eggs, and the Radio Times. Flutt ...Show more
Category: Rural
Aimed at both the novice and experienced beekeeper, and supported by over 350 photographs and drawings, this is the ultimate guide to Australian beekeeping. Chapters cover equipment, including the Flow Hive; colony management; pests and diseases; extracting honey; the bee-friendly garden; entering honey ...Show more
Category: Rural
While most Australians live in capital cities, at one time or another we all covet the charm and slower pace of country living. But if a tree change isn’t feasible for suburbanites, why not combine the best of both worlds at home? My Suburban Farm is a gorgeous guide to bringing the rus ...Show more
Category: Rural | Series: First Time Ser.
First Time Beekeeping is an absolute beginners guide to keeping bees with ease and success.
Category: Rural | Series: First Time Ser.
Filled with down-to-earth, common-sense advice, this absolute beginner's guide for first-time chicken keepers teaches you everything you want and need to know about raising a backyard flock. Keeping backyard chickens can be fun and simple, even if you have limited backyard space. To get started keeping ...Show more
Category: Rural
'This book deserves a place in your bookcase next to Harari's Sapiens. It's every bit as fascinating and is surely destined to be just as successful' Julian Norton. An addictively free-ranging survey of the massive impact that the domesticated ungulates of the genus Ovis have had on human history. From ...Show more
Category: Rural | Series: Know Your Ser.
Cows, sheep, and goats, oh my Know Your Hobby Animals is an essential guide to discovering loads of interesting facts about 172 popular breeds of chickens, pigs, goats, cows, and sheep. A complete compilation of the most popular farm animals within the Know Your... series, you'll learn all about each b ...Show more
Category: Rural
Chickens, with their natural beauty and big personalities, have a wide -- and growing -- audience appreciative of the humor and wisdom they bring to daily life. Few are better acquainted with chickens' charm than Melissa Caughey, who has introduced the appeal of owning a flock and chronicled the lives a ...Show more
Category: Rural
Fully updated and revised, this is one of the most critical books for Australia by expert meteorologist of 30 years Richard Whitaker. 'Firewise, Fire-safe' tells you to how to protect yourself and your home from a bushfire. Bushfires are our most dangerous natural disaster, producing on average the high ...Show more
