Description
133 pages
Publisher : Nezert Books; Edition : 03 (May 2024)
Language : English
Product dimensions: 15 x 21 cm (A5)
Chapter I
What is Hoe Farming?
Advantages of Hoe Farming
Why it Works
Why Hoe Farming Declined as Countries Developed
The Dream of the Hoe-Farming Community
The Lone Hoe Farmer
A Different View of Wealth
Recycling
Illustrations: Clearing a Patch of Ground / Making a Bank / Tree Planting / A Hoe-Farm
Chapter II
How Much Land Do You Need?
The Destruction of the Soil
How Much Work Does it Take?
Trees on the Hoe Farm
Water Management
Terracing
Illustrations: Coppicing Hazel / Shredding an Oak Tree / Making Faggots / Making a Tool Handle / Making a Shed
Chapter III
Cereals
Vegetables
Cider, Beer, Wine, and Spirits
Building
Linen and Hemp
Crop Rotation
Mulch and Compost
Foraging
Illustrations: The Hoe / Growing Potatoes / Growing Cereals / Making Bread / Growing Dried Beans
Chapter IV
Hoe Farming in the Twenty-First Century
Why Modern Farming is Key to the Process of Globalisation
How difficult is Hoe Farming in Practice? – Will I be able to do it?
Children on the Farm
Land Ownership
Clearing a Field of Vegetation
Reclaiming the Land – a Timescale
An Antidote to Globalisation?
Illustrations: Sharpening Tools / Cutting Mulch / Mulching a Field / Foraging for Pignuts / Foraging for Nuts