Product Ref: BV240
Written for those who are new to beekeeping, this book aims to clarify the essential procedures that are associated with the subject. Step-by-step instructions take the newcomer through each stage, with photographs and illustrations to further clarify the techniques. This is an essential guide for the beginner during the first few years of beekeeping.
Product Ref: BV324
This really is the definitive guide for anyone thinking of keeping bees."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 also become a very enjoyable and sociable pastime – visiting others’ hives and picking up vital hints and tips is all part of the fun – and farming and eating honey that your own bees have produced is a pure delight. Joanna Ryde covers all aspects of beekeeping, from the basic tools and equipment needed for setting up a hive to detailed advice on when to harvest honey and honey-inspired recipes, from delicious cakes to beauty products. This really is the definitive guide for anyone thinking of keeping bees."Paperback, 128 pages
Product Ref: BV320
This programme on bee keeping instruction is aimed at beginners who have taken a basic course and now wish to progress with their pastime in a trouble-free way. Paul Metcalf takes us through the bee-keeping year, from April to the onset of winter. He explains carefully and demonstrates the management of the hive, including swarm control, disease control, honey extraction and feeding. The video is paced to allow the viewer time to study in detail correct handling procedures at all stages of the hive’s summer cycle.Paul Metcalf has been keeping bees for 50 years. For twelve of those he was the Beekeeping Advisor for Norfolk and he is lecturer on beekeeping at Easton College. The programme has been produced by Great Takes Television whose producer-director Bill Smith was for many years a broadcaster and producer for Anglia Television.100 minutes
Product Ref: BV122
In this video Dai Lewis takes us through the practical skills of erecting a sound, stock proof fence and gate. Full of hints and tips learned over many years fencing around the farms of West Wales, Dai demonstrates all the steps involved, from laying down a line of stakes and strainer posts to straining and stapling the wire and hanging a gate. Dai's informal style makes this an entertaining as well as highly informative video, ideal for those wanting to do their own fencing for the first time and for those who have had a go and want to see where they went wrong!
Product Ref: BV269
This video is an ideal guide for the beginner who wants to do their own hedging as well as providing a unique portrayal of the traditional country craft of hedging which has changed little over hundreds of years.
Product Ref: BV123
Product Ref: BV124
First published in 1976, The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency sold more than 650,000 copies in thirteen countries. It rapidly established itself as an illustrated classic, and the essential practical handbook for a generation of back-to-earthers, with John Seymour as its guru!Hardback
Product Ref: BV70
Product Ref: BV252
This book by Katie Thear gives advice on how to find the right Smallholding, moving in and planning the priorities, then how to develop the necessary skills and knowledge. The book indicates how every activity has space, time energy and cost factors. Coverage includes caring for land, plants poultry and livestock.
Product Ref: BV224
Whether you are an established smallholder, or just starting to take the first tentative steps towards farming at your home, The Smallholder's Manual contains a wealth of valuable information on all the key aspects of smallscale agricultureTopics covered include , buying a small farm,preparing outbuilding and equipping it with machinery and tools . The land: the kitchen garden, protected, cultivation, orchards and pasture. Livestock: from bees, rabbits and chickens to goats, cattle and exotic species. Commercial considerations, regulations and organic farming.Illustrated with 200 diagrams and colourphotographs, this practical handbook
Product Ref: BV37
Whether you are thinking of keeping a few chickens in your backyard or whether you are interested in self-sufficient lifestyle, or whether you want to run a small farm for profit this book answers all of your questions. Poultry, goats, pigs, sheep, cattle, and horses are all covered. If you only buy one book this is it. Recommended!
Product Ref: BV265
A celebration of John Seymour, the self-sufficiency guru, political activist, environmental campaigner. Paperback 256 pages
Product Ref: BV164
This comprehensive, practical guide by Francis Blake is suitable for those starting out or considering organic farming. The principals of organic agriculture and how to convert are also covered in detail.
Product Ref: BV280
This Polytunnel Companion covers all the essential do's and don'ts involved in choosing and constructing your tunnel. Jayne Neville sets out to provide advice based on first hand experience as well as guidance from expert polytunnel owners.Paperback 128 pages
Product Ref: BV233
Explains the major breeds of cattle with special reference to those which are old and rare
Product Ref: BV241
Story of early pioneering days of farm animals and poultry
