Agricultural Sciences

Healthy Chickens...Naturally - Fresh Eggs Daily - Raising Happy
Healthy Chickens...Naturally - Fresh Eggs Daily - Raising Happy

Review:Very informative has lots of cute and creative ideas you can really tell author has a passion for her Birds inspires and teaches alot of great techniques easy to read beautiful pictures this is a very Charming but the whole family will enjoy I also enjoy the duck version of her book if only she had a goose version! Read more

How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America
How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America

Review:A fascinating and educational read about the beekeeping industry in America. With bits of humor interspersed throughout, this book details the history of bees, beekeeping, and the myriad hurdles that face both the bees themselves as well as the people who care for them. Thank you for the illuminating journey. Read more

The Definitive Guide to Cultivation & Consumption of Medical Marijuana
The Definitive Guide to Cultivation & Consumption of Medical Marijuana

Review:Amazon truly pleased me with extremely fast shipping. The Jorge Cervantes newest book, like all of his others super informative, great pictures and provides you with almost every answer to every question, you could think of. From beginner, moderate and expert grower, you can learn something New. Highlight or take notes because there is so much useful information in The Encyclopedia, you can't remember it all. Jorge Cervantes Thank You. Read more

Simple to Advanced and Experimental Techniques for Indoor and Outdoor Cultivation
Simple to Advanced and Experimental Techniques for Indoor and Outdoor Cultivation

Review:This book is down to earth with accessible information. It will made me think and excited me with all the possibilities mushrooms represent. Most of all, it encouraged me to try.
My first batch of Pearl Oysters are fruiting right now on straw and rye, with Shiitaki, and Turkey Tail running through the spawn bags of wood pellets.

I have all the Paul Stamets books, which are beyond wonderful, but this book is something special. The section on at home experiments and extracts is top notch... Read more

Paul Gautschi Grows Superior Food With Much Less Work By...
Paul Gautschi Grows Superior Food With Much Less Work By...

Review:I have planted a vegetable garden almost every year for the past 30 years. Over the years, I've read many gardening books and tried various methods to get better results and to lighten the work. Unfortunately I never found any method that really did what it claimed it would do after reading Growing Food God's Way, I'm so excited to try this simple method of gardening. I have used mulch in my garden before, but now I realize it wasn't nearly thick enough to control the weeds. As I'm getting older... Read more

The Comprehensive Photographic Guide to Humane Slaughtering and Butchering
The Comprehensive Photographic Guide to Humane Slaughtering and Butchering

Review:Surpassed all expectations. Definitely a must have for those looking to learn how to butcher from the ground up, the way it has been done for centuries. Step by step pictures are easy to follow and leaves nothing to the imagination. Not for the squeamish of faint of heart. A great reference book and instantly one of my favorites. Highly recommended as a culinarian. Read more

The Everyday Chemistry of Cooking - Culinary Reactions
The Everyday Chemistry of Cooking - Culinary Reactions

Review:I like science, and love cooking. So Culinary Reactions : The Everyday Chemistry of Cooking by Simon Quellen Field is very exciting to me. The idea is to explain in clear and easy language how the chemicals in our foods react and behave to create what we eat.

From the liquid nitrogen frozen ice cream in the introduction, to the very end where he explains why salt and ice freeze ice cream and all the information in between, he's managed it very well.

The chapters each cover a specif... Read more

A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens - and a Better World
A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens - and a Better World

Review:Joel Salatin is a national treasure who somehow finds time to run Polyface Farm (with the able help of generations of family) and spread the word about our despoiled food sources and what we can do about them. After reading it myself, I gave this book to my brother, as he's recently discovered the value of real and whole foods. Read more

and Love - The Dirty Life - A Memoir of Farming
and Love - The Dirty Life - A Memoir of Farming

Review:For those of us who have always thought of leaving the hectic city life + going into love of the land farming, this book will set you straight. Honest + raw, well written, it sets you straight as to the labor of love and incredible amount of hard work that makes a small farm viable. Really a great story, I wish them much success! Read more

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