Author: Francis Hopkinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Old Farm
Author: Jerry Apps
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870205420
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
One of the Midwest's best-loved authors tells the story of his land, from the last great glacier that dug out its valleys and formed its hills, to his own family's 40 year relationship with the beloved farm they call Roshara. In this quiet but epic tale, Apps describes the Native Americans who lived on the land for hundreds of years, tapping the maple trees and fishing the streams and lakes, as well as the first white settlers who tilled its sandy acres, plowing the native grasses that grew taller than their teams of oxen. For all their work, the farm proved tough to tame. Hardscrabble farming methods and hard luck often brought failure. "From land that provided only a marginal living for its early owners, this place we call Roshara has provided much for my family and me," writes Apps. He and his wife and their children have cared for the farm not so much to make a living as to enhance their lives. Apps chronicles the family's efforts — always earnest, if sometimes ill-advised — to restore an old granary into living space, develop a productive vegetable garden, manage the woodlots, reestablish a prairie, and enjoy nature's sounds and silences. Breathtakingly beautiful color photographs by Apps's son, Steve (a professional photographer), highlight the ever-changing beauty of the land in every season and hint at the spiritual gifts that are the true bounty this family reaps from Roshara. Central to Apps' work is his belief that the land is something to cherish and revere. Like Aldo Leopold before him, Apps sounds an inspirational call to readers to preserve wild and rural places, leaving them in better condition than we found them for future generations.
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870205420
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
One of the Midwest's best-loved authors tells the story of his land, from the last great glacier that dug out its valleys and formed its hills, to his own family's 40 year relationship with the beloved farm they call Roshara. In this quiet but epic tale, Apps describes the Native Americans who lived on the land for hundreds of years, tapping the maple trees and fishing the streams and lakes, as well as the first white settlers who tilled its sandy acres, plowing the native grasses that grew taller than their teams of oxen. For all their work, the farm proved tough to tame. Hardscrabble farming methods and hard luck often brought failure. "From land that provided only a marginal living for its early owners, this place we call Roshara has provided much for my family and me," writes Apps. He and his wife and their children have cared for the farm not so much to make a living as to enhance their lives. Apps chronicles the family's efforts — always earnest, if sometimes ill-advised — to restore an old granary into living space, develop a productive vegetable garden, manage the woodlots, reestablish a prairie, and enjoy nature's sounds and silences. Breathtakingly beautiful color photographs by Apps's son, Steve (a professional photographer), highlight the ever-changing beauty of the land in every season and hint at the spiritual gifts that are the true bounty this family reaps from Roshara. Central to Apps' work is his belief that the land is something to cherish and revere. Like Aldo Leopold before him, Apps sounds an inspirational call to readers to preserve wild and rural places, leaving them in better condition than we found them for future generations.
Old Farm, New Farm
Author: Felicia Law
Publisher: Conran Octopus
ISBN: 9780706413915
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The new owner of a run down farm repairs the farmhouse, barn, and equipment, cares for the sheep, chickens, and cows, and looks after the gardens and orchards.
Publisher: Conran Octopus
ISBN: 9780706413915
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The new owner of a run down farm repairs the farmhouse, barn, and equipment, cares for the sheep, chickens, and cows, and looks after the gardens and orchards.
The Old Farm and the New Farm
Author: Francis Hopkinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
The Old Farm Gate
Author: Richard Coe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature, American
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature, American
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The Old Farm House
Author: Caroline Hyde Butler Laing
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The Old Farm House
Author: John Rogers Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
The Old Farm House
Author: M. M. Pollard
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382806541
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382806541
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
The Old Farm and the New Farm
Author: Francis Hopkinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Somersetshire Dialogues. Or, Reminiscences of the Old Farm House at Weston-Super-Mare
Author: Charlotte Eleanor Wilson
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385403421
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385403421
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
The Story of an Old Farm
Author: Andrew D. Mellick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description