Artists' Gardens

Arts & Photography

Bill Laws

History & Criticism

Trafalgar Square Publishing

Byways, Boots and Blisters

GEORGE DROWER

Sutton Publishing+ltd

History

Military

Publisher Details Unknown

For millennia, fields in their myriad forms have been among the most fundamental elements of the landscape of human civilization. Illustrated with 300 photographs and handsome linocut-style prints, the book explains how different landscapes, climates, and cultures produced a variety of field types, from the terraced rice paddies of Southeast Asia to the impenetrable hedgerows of Northwest Europe, each reflecting both ancient traditions and agricultural progress. We see how Old World methods were adapted to new environments like the American prairie, the Australian outback, the African veldt, and the Argentinean pampas. We trace the development of the implements we’ve devised to work our fields, from hand tools to modern tractors and mechanical harvesters. And as we learn to recognize various types of fields, we also explore their characteristic florawildflowers, grasses, and nourishing plants like grains, herbs, mushrooms, fruits and berries and fauna, from tiny but indispensable bugs to field-mice, sheep, cattle, and more. Detailed identification guides catalog a wealth of plant and animal life, and wide-ranging sidebars discuss everything from how to plow a field and sow seeds to how to plant a hedge, build a dry stone wall, and shear a sheep. Here too the rich diversity of field folklore, from rural superstitions, fairy rings, and crop circles, to local legends, weather lore, folk remedies, and more. Both a thoughtful and colorful gift and a practical, informative reference, The Field Guide to Fields portrays an intriguing no-man’s-land between true, chaotic wilderness and the orderly arrangement of human communities.

The Field Guide to Fields: Hidden Treasures of Meadows, Prairies, and Pastures

Science & Math

Nature & Ecology

National Geographic

A celebration of the country look, from exterior details to simple rustic bedrooms, comfortable living rooms to traditional working kitchens.

The Perfect Country Cottage

Photography & Video

Conran Octopus

The English farmhouse evolved at an unhurried pace. Some, held in trust by generations of the same farming family, represent the finest examples of vernacular architecture; others have fallen victim to the ravages of time and place or have been made vulnerable by changes in modern farming. This is an illustrated record of their history and development. It describes the diversity of regional styles, discusses the influences that brought them about and notes how local characteristics are reflected in the architecture of these working buildings.

Old English Farmhouses

Collins & Brown, 1992

Old English Farmhouses: Scenes From the Country

Travel

Europe

Parkgate Books

Femti planter som endret historiens gang

Bokbasen

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