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Gordon McLauchlan continues his bestselling Short History series with an in-depth look into the history of the farming industry in New Zealand.
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The definitive and expert guide to the seaweeds of New Zealand's coastal waters.
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This book is for those wanting to create vibrant, profitable and healthy food production systems.
For the Love of Soil was written to communicate the often complex and technical know-how of soil in more digestible terms, with case studies from regenerative farmers, growers and... ranchers in Australasia and North America. I reveal what inspired these land managers to shift their thinking and what have been the results from a process of restoring the soil-gut-microbiome. We'll also explore the principles and tools so you can take actions to regenerate your own soil resource, no matter the scale.
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Find your route to a more sustainable lifestyle with Dick Strawbridge, of Channel 4's Escape to the Chateau, and his son James. Wherever you live - be it a small terraced house like James or a rural smallholding - this new edition of Practical Self-sufficiency contains invaluable... advice on making the most of your own resources and making eco-friendly choices. You may simply want to embrace zero-waste, grow your own veg, or make small changes that can help the planet, or perhaps you are ready to explore off-grid living and a fully self-sufficient life. A comprehensive guide to modern sustainability, the book covers everything from how to conserve energy in the home, keep bees, and grow crops in an urban garden to recipes for smoking your own meat and fish, creating your own oat milk, and preparing your own greener cleaning products. Fully illustrated and easy to follow, with plenty of advice and anecdotes, Dick and James's book demonstrates that self-sufficiency doesn't have to mean huge upheaval. By making a few small changes and learning the importance of sustainable living, we all have the ability to help the planet.
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In this joyful novel, our narrator is Charles Dickens's tenth child, Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens, known as Plorn. Sent, as his brother Alfred had been before him, at sixteen years of age, to Australia to learn to 'apply himself', we follow his early Australian adventures in outb...ack NSW learning to become a man from the most diverse and toughest of men. Part of Dickens' motivation was to separate these younger of his children from the Dickens family schism, where Charles had expelled his wife from the family home, keeping her sister Georgie there to run the household and taking up with the actress Ellen Tiernan. Plorn arrived in Melbourne in late 1868 carrying a terrible secret. He has never read a word of his father's work. After a very brief stopover he is sent out to become a gentleman stockman on a 2000 square mile station in remotest, semi-arid parts of NSW. Here he inevitably gets enmeshed in a tribe named the Paakintji and various other folk, colonists, colonial-born, ex-convicts, ex-soldiers, and very few women - though he is struck by each one he does encounter. Plorn did not expect he would encounter the same veneration of his father and familiarity with his work in Australia that was rampant in England. Against this backdrop, and featuring cricket tournaments, horse-racing, bushranging, sheep droving, shifty stock and station agents, frontier wars and first encounters with Australian women we follow Plorn, and sometimes his brother Alfred, through wonderful adventures as he works to apply himself. This is Tom Keneally in his most familiar terrain. Taking historical figures and events and reimagining them with verve, compassion and humour. It is a romp.
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Discover everything you need to know about raising healthy bees and the practice of modern apiculture with this comprehensive guide to beekeeping for beginners If you've ever wondered if you could become a beekeeper and raise your own bee colony for fun and profit, have access to... a fresh supply of delicious honey while saving the planet at the same time, then this guide is just what you need. Being a beekeeper isn't a hazardous as many people believe it to be. In this guide, Jason Howard hands you the complete blueprint to foster and maintain healthy, vibrant colonies without headaches. In Beekeeping: A Beginner's Guide to Building a Hive for Your Bee Colony, you're going to discover: All you need to know about beekeeping to help you raise a robust, healthy and productive bee colony The different species of the honeybee and how to select the one best suitable for your needs and geographic location Important factors you need to consider when setting up a beehive in your garden or backyard The five types of commercially available beehives and how to choose the perfect one for your beekeeping needs How to choose the perfect location to site your very first or next beehive All the essential tools and personal equipment you need to be a successful beekeeper Foolproof ways to acquire new bees and introduce them to your your own colony Surefire hive treatment and maintenance techniques to help you maintain a healthy colony ...and tons more! Even if you're a complete novice looking to break into beekeeping and are looking for the perfect instructional guide to help you get started, or you're an experienced apiculturist looking to brush up on the basics and solve modern beekeeping problems, there is something in the pages of this guide for you. Scroll to the top of the page and click the Buy Now button to get started today!
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Translation of: Hel ved. Published by Kagge Forlag AS, 2011.
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This landmark publication draws together all that has ever been written about the role of freshwater fishes in the lives of early Maori.
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Take organic gardening to the next level by learning the secrets of permaculture.
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Two men decide to become beekeepers, learning about nature and about themselves in the process
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