Author: William Weaver Christman
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Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Author: Winthrop Packard
Publisher: DigiCat
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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This book is a gentle and descriptive account of the wildlife and countryside in New England. It is rich in imagery and brings to life the flora and fauna of the local area with outstanding clarity. Perfect for any nature lovers, Wild Pastures takes you on a walk down country lanes, across lush fields, and through forests, and introduces you to the birds, frogs, insects and other animals that live nearby.

Author: Winthrop Packard
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 294

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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 574

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Author: Andy Brennan
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN: 1603588450
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Today, food is being reconsidered. It’s a front-and-center topic in everything from politics to art, from science to economics. We know now that leaving food to government and industry specialists was one of the twentieth century’s greatest mistakes. The question is where do we go from here. Author Andy Brennan describes uncultivation as a process: It involves exploring the wild; recognizing that much of nature is omitted from our conventional ways of seeing and doing things (our cultivations); and realizing the advantages to embracing what we’ve somehow forgotten or ignored. For most of us this process can be difficult, like swimming against the strong current of our modern culture. The hero of this book is the wild apple. Uncultivated follows Brennan’s twenty-four-year history with naturalized trees and shows how they have guided him toward successes in agriculture, in the art of cider making, and in creating a small-farm business. The book contains useful information relevant to those particular fields, but is designed to connect the wild to a far greater audience, skillfully blending cultural criticism with a food activist’s agenda. Apples rank among the most manipulated crops in the world, because not only do farmers want perfect fruit, they also assume the health of the tree depends on human intervention. Yet wild trees live all around us, and left to their own devices, they achieve different forms of success that modernity fails to apprehend. Andy Brennan learned of the health and taste advantages of such trees, and by emulating nature in his orchard (and in his cider) he has also enjoyed environmental and financial benefits. None of this would be possible by following today’s prevailing winds of apple cultivation. In all fields, our cultural perspective is limited by a parallel proclivity. It’s not just agriculture: we all must fight tendencies toward specialization, efficiency, linear thought, and predetermined growth. We have cultivated those tendencies at the exclusion of nature’s full range. If Uncultivated is about faith in nature, and the power it has to deliver us from our own mistakes, then wild apple trees have already shown us the way.

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Category : Soil surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 108

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Author: James G. Dickson
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811718592
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 506

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A National Wild Turkey Federation and U.S. Forest Service book Standard reference for all subspecies Extensive, new information on all aspects of wild turkey ecology and management The standard reference for all subspecies--Eastern, Gould's, Merriam's, Florida and Rio Grande--The Wild Turkey summarizes the new technologies and studies leading to better understanding and management. Synthesizing the work of all current experts, The Wild Turkey presents extensive, new data on restoration techniques; population influences and management; physical characteristics and behavior; habitat use by season, sex, and age; historic and seasonal ranges and habitat types; and nesting ecology. The book is designed to further the already incredible comeback of America's wild turkey.

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Category : Soil conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 616

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Category : Soil surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 372

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