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The Contrary Farmer by Gene Logsdon (1995, Paperback) 
The Contrary Farmer by Gene Logsdon (1995, Paperback)

 
The Contrary Farmer by Gene Logsdon (1995, Paperback)

Author: Gene Logsdon
Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co
Publication Date: 1995-05-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0930031741
ISBN-13: 9780930031749
Product ID: EPID788515
Description: Gene Logsdon speaks up on behalf of "cottage farming," in which the average homeowner can grow much of what he or she needs to eat in a small-scale, part-time family garden. Emphasizing the joy of gardening, as well as the virtues of ind...
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Gene Logsdon speaks up on behalf of "cottage farming," in which the average homeowner can grow much of what he or she needs to eat in a small-scale, part-time family garden. Emphasizing the joy of gardening, as well as the virtues of independence from institutionalized food sources, Logsdon also recounts humorous anecdotes in the midst of plenty of sensible advice gleaned from his own Ohio farm.

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Publication Date:1995-05-01

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Height:9.0 in
Width:6.0 in
Thickness:0.5 in
Weight:15.2 oz

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Critics of American agriculture bemoan the widespread decline of family farms. Gene Logsdon asserts that the solution to this crisis is cottage farming -- farming part-time, for fun as well as profit. For those seeking a saner, more authentic connection with a piece of ground, Logsdon explains ways to combine a successful vegetable garden with raising livestock, pastures, grains, and woodlots, the values of pastoral economics ("Stay small and don't borrow money!"), and how to save expenses and avoid erosion by cultivating with hand tools. The Contrary Farmer combines the virtues of a manual for the practicing farmer with eloquent meditations in praise of hard work and pleasure. The book gives its readers tools and tenets, but also hilarious stories and beautiful evocations of the Ohio countryside Logsdon knows as his place in the universe.

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