Using recycled materials where ever possible Build It! provides step-by-step instructions for over 50 DIY projects for both inside and outside the home farm. Former engineer Joe Jacobs guides you through the equipment, the tools, the materials and the plans to provide you with inspiration and plenty of ideas. The projects include a polytunnel, beehives, chicken arks and runs, gates, hurdles and fencing, cloches, dog kennel, feed bins, a heat pump installation, a heated orphan lamb feeder, incubator, nesting boxes and renewable energy projects including solar panels and plenty more, making this an essential book for any keen DIY enthusiast with a basic knowledge of construction.
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Using recycled materials where ever possible Build It! provides step-by-step instructions for over 50 DIY projects for both inside and outside the home farm. Former engineer Joe Jacobs guides you through the equipment, the tools, the materials and the plans to provide you with inspiration and plenty of ideas. The projects include a polytunnel, beehives, chicken arks and runs, gates, hurdles and fencing, cloches, dog kennel, feed bins, a heat pump installation, a heated orphan lamb feeder, incubator, nesting boxes and renewable energy projects including solar panels and plenty more, making this an essential book for any keen DIY enthusiast with a basic knowledge of construction.
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As a smallholder, Joe has used his extensive technical qualifications and training to apply his skills to farming matters. Practicality is a key aspect in the running of any successful farm and Joe is a great believer that people should get their tools out and have a go. A keen stockman, he keeps and breeds pigs, sheep, poultry and bees.
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A great little do-it-yourself book for the new urban gardener,
By Michael A. Duvernois (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
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This is a British book that I read through while sitting in Powell's Technical Bookstore over the weekend. (I was in Portland via airliner, so I wrote down the books I wanted and have ordered them from Powells and from Amazon.) Anyway, this book has chicken coops, beekeeper frames, compost bins, kennels, solar panels, and lots more ideas with instructions for building. It's intended for the small farm or large garden, with lots of applicability to urban farming efforts in the States. Quite a good book even if you build few of the designs in here.
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