D.I.Y. &                         

Building                                                           

Building With Straw Bales: Jones Green Books Pb 128pp                                       

Farm & Smallholder Fencing GCB Pb 126pp

A practical guide to permanent and electric livestock fencing on the farm and smallholding. Has 18 chapters covering materials to use, constructing and maintaining fences and lots of useful tips. Over 140 colour photos and illustrations.

Building Small Barns, Sheds and Shelters; Storey A4 Pb 236pp 

Extend your working, living and storage areas with low-cost barns, sheds and animal shelters. Building small barns, sheds and shelters provides basic, easy-to-follow construction methods for attractive outbuildings          

Dry Stone Walls: Shire Album Pb 32pp                                                             

Dry Stone Walling : York Drystone Wall Guild Pb 22pp                                       

Gates & Stiles Roberts Golden CockerelPb 151pp                                                  

How to Build Small Barns & Outhouses Burch Storey Pb 280pp
  More than 20 projects offer complete plans and instructions for building a wide range of structures that are designed for adaptability and usefulness. You'll learn the step-by-step fundamentals of general construction — from planning and laying out a site to do-it-yourself framing, roofing, wiring, plumbing, and much more.                                       

Masonry and Plastering: Lawrence Crowood Pb 96pp  
The house and garden offer many opportunities for the do-it-yourselfer to take on bricklaying, plastering and other masonry work which enhances the value of house and garden and keeps professionals' bills to a minimum. Many of the more basic jobs can be easily mastered by the competent DIY enthusiast and enables anyone to harness their own creative skills.

This fully illustrated book shows you how to master the techniques of masonry and plastering, and then apply them to a range of practical jobs or special projects.  

Plumbing & Central Heating Lawrence Crowood Pb 96pp 
  The house and garden offer many opportunities for the do-it-yourselfer to take on bricklaying, plastering and other masonry work which enhances the value of house and garden and keeps professionals' bills to a minimum. Many of the more basic jobs can be easily mastered by the competent DIY enthusiast and enables anyone to harness their own creative skills.

This fully illustrated book shows you how to master the techniques of masonry and plastering, and then apply them to a range of practical jobs or special projects.  

Smallholder's DIY Roberts GCB Pb 74pp

This manual contains detailed instructions for 22 projects from a simple feed scoop holder to housing and fencing for chickens, sheep and goats. There are plans for gates and hurdles; troughs and hayracks; brooders, nestboxes and dustbaths; and a sawbench, ratbox and goat milking bench.                                                                  

Thatch & Thatching Nash Batsford Hb                                                              

The Smallholder’s Manual: Thear CW Hb 240pp       
A practical handbook for the small farmer in the 21st century, this is the essential reference book for anyone working on a smallholding, whether the intention is just to reduce living costs by producing food at home, or to earn a supplementary income through the sale of produce. Katie starts by describing the practical requirements in terms of house, land, boundaries, buildings, tools and machinery, before moving on to the techniques of small-scale agriculture: tending the kitchen garden, orchard and pasture, growing fodder crops, and cultivation with the aid of greenhouses and poly-tunnels.

The coverage of livestock includes: bees, chickens, waterfowl, turkeys, guinea fowl, quail, peacocks, pheasants, pigs, sheep, goats, cattle and exotic species such as emus and alpacas.                       

Conservation                                                     

A Guide to Stock Fencing Radford Crowood Hb 144p                                             

BTCV handbooks A4 size fully illustrated:                                                           

Dry Stone Walling; (ring bound) Pb 121pp                                                           

Fencing: Pb 141pp                                                                                             

Footpaths: Pb 211pp                                                                                        

Hedging: Pb 119pp                                                                                          

Tool Care :Pb 55pp                                                                                           

Trees and Aftercare: Pb 160pp                                                                           

Waterways & Wetlands Pb 171pp                                                                      

Woodlands: Pb1 69pp