Successful Small-Scale Farming: An Organic Approach

by Karl Schwenke

Book Overview

Offering proven techniques and practical advice, this inspiring handbook covers all aspects of successfully running a small organic farm. With expert tips on everything from buying land to creating a niche market for your products, Karl Schwenke shows you how to naturally enrich your soil, acquire necessary equipment, consistently grow abundant crops, and manage farm finances. You'll enjoy learning essential skills like haying and fencing as you turn...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882666428
• ISBN13: 9780882666426
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Storey Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.6" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Good for beginners

My husband borrowed this book from a friend and nearly devoured it. When his friend asked for the book back I was glad to find a copy for him online. He reads it often; it is a wealth of information.

Successful Small-Scale Farming: An Organic Approach

This book is chock full of great advice! Add it to your library and refer to it often.

A Classic!

Anyone owning or planning to own a small farm will find this handbook an invaluable guide to both the real potential and the harsh realities in making a full or part-time living on the land - buying land, growing and marketing your crops. Concise how-to. 134 pages.

Excellent Value For Money

Simply, clearly written, the book is a very practical guide for someone new to, but serious about, farming. Concise, yet still comprehensive and fun to read. Would have liked a section on draft animals, but Schwenke's disclaimer for not including it makes sense.

If you read it, you will farm! Or you'll run elsewhere FAST.

If you're thinking of small scale commercial farming, this is the book for you! If you know about soil and crop rotation and yields and harvest logistics, there's still plenty of information about equipment and storage and seeds and... If you don't know about those things, this book is the place to start. With the information here and a little current market research, (ie. surf the web for 20 minutes to get prices,) you can write a complete farm business plan. Well written, clear and to the point, it's full of tips and tricks to make your venture a success. It would be a bargain at ten times the price! (And I'm a hard grader.