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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          

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.                                       

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.                                                                  

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.