Ann Larkin Hansen

Making Hay (eBook, ePUB)

How to Cut, Dry, Rake, Gather, and Store a Nourishing Crop. A Storey BASICS® Title

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Ann Larkin Hansen offers expert advice on everything from scythes to disc mowers, and details the pros and cons of using horse power or tractors. You'll learn how to choose the right species for your soil, judge hay quality to buy or sell, and determine how many bales your animals need to stay happy, healthy, and energetic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612123684
• Artikelnr.: 42027016

Autorenporträt

Ann Larkin Hansen is the author of The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner, The Organic Farming Manual, The Electric Fencing Handbook, Finding Good Farmland, and Making Hay; coauthor of A Landowner's Guide to Managing Your Woods with consulting forester Dennis Waterman and master logger Mike Severson; and coauthor with her husband, Steve, of Maintaining Small-Farm Equipment. She has been a journalist for more than 30 years, specializing in organic agriculture and sustainable forestry. A homesteader and a small-scale organic farmer, she lives with her family on a farm in northern Wisconsin.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Good Hay
Chapter One: Judging
Chapter Two: Cutting
Chapter Three: Drying
Chapter Four: Raking
Chapter Five: Gathering
Chapter Six: Storing
Chapter Seven: Problem Solving and Planning
Appendix
Glossary
Resources
Index