Practical guides for growing, keeping and making
The Rough Acre

The Book Shelf

Our favourite books on growing, keeping, preserving and the life around it.

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Gardening and farming 14

Growing food, keeping soil alive and running a small farm that pays.

Kitchen and food 13

Preserving, fermenting, baking and cooking what you grow.

Animals and livestock 5

Chickens, bees, cattle and the sense to keep them well.

Home and lifestyle 11

The thinking behind the work, and the life it makes.

Children 6

For the small people who follow you round the garden.

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