If reading Farm City prompted you to read more fabulous farm memoirs, here are a few suggestions to keep you reading this spring:
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Flottum’s enthusiast’s guide explores the practical, back-to-the-earth beekeeping lifestyle and the artisan cultivation of honey varieties.
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Striking, mysterious, sinister, and strange all describe the singular appeal of plants with black foliage, flowers, or fruit. For some gardeners, they are curiosities that yield a special thrill. For others, they are invaluable for providing contrast with brighter elements. In this compact, accessible volume, Bonine profiles 75 alluring black plants.
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Have a small patch of soil? Or just a window box? Not a problem. Fowler, trained at the New York Botanical Garden, guides readers, with lots of photos, through the process from the ground up - from planning the garden to composting, pruning, harvesting, and propagating.
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"Novelist Kessler’s account of tending a small herd of milking goats in Vermont captures both the lush, poetic paradise of rural life and the raw, unrelenting drama of dairying ….[this] observant, unsanctimonious read is bound to inspire hobby farmers and consummate cheese lovers."- Publishers Weekly
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Farmer and animal expert Megyesi discusses all the basic details of raising chickens - biology, health, food, and choosing breeds—and identifies what terms like organic and free-range really mean for poultry farmers and consumers.
