YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN: Adventures of a Contrary Life

Biographies & Memoirs

Gene, Logsdon

Regional U.S.

Indiana Univ. Pr

A garden without berries is like spring without flowers. But with ever-increasing prices at grocery stores and markets, berries have sadly become a rare treat for most people. Successful Berry Growing is a book to solve this problem for good! A lifelong organic farmer, homesteader and student of everything agricultural, Gene Logsdon knows a thing or two about growing berries. And although Successful Berry Growing is geared to the small-scale or family operation, the information inside is useful for growing berries on any scale. You’ll learn how to:
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<li>Optimize your soil for berry growing</li> <li>Choose the right berry varieties for your climate</li> <li>Properly plant and prune your berry plants</li> <li>Keep your plants healthy and disease-free</li>
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With detailed information on cultivating strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, grapes, currants, gooseberries, cranberries, elderberries, huckleberries and more, Successful Berry Growing is all you need to grow nature’s most delicious candy in your own backyard! Gene Logsdon and his wife Carol have a small-scale experimental farm in Wyandot County, Ohio. Gene is the author of numerous books and magazine articles on farm-related issues, and believes sustainable pastoral farming is the solution for our stressed agricultural system.

Successful Berry Growing: How to Plant, Prune, Pick and Preserve Bush and Vine Fruits

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Rodale Press

This book tells you everything you need to know about growing and using all the major grains, as well as a few minor ones. The author writes "grains are not any more difficult to grouw, harvest, store and use than most vegetable. A suburbanite with a reasonably large lot can do it. It requires no special skills, no special tools." It tells about corn, wheat, oats, soybeans, rice, barley, rye, sorghums, and many more as well as how to prepare the soil, control weeds and store the harvested product.

Small-Scale Grain Raising

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

A garden without berries is like spring without flowers. But with ever-increasing prices at grocery stores and markets, berries have sadly become a rare treat for most people. Successful Berry Growing is a book to solve this problem for good! A lifelong organic farmer, homesteader and student of everything agricultural, Gene Logsdon knows a thing or two about growing berries. And although Successful Berry Growing is geared to the small-scale or family operation, the information inside is useful for growing berries on any scale. You’ll learn how With detailed information on cultivating strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, grapes, currants, gooseberries, cranberries, elderberries, huckleberries and more, Successful Berry Growing is all you need to grow nature’s most delicious candy in your own backyard! Gene Logsdon and his wife Carol have a small-scale experimental farm in Wyandot County, Ohio. Gene is the author of numerous books and magazine articles on farm-related issues, and believes sustainable pastoral farming is the solution for our stressed agricultural system.

Gives practical advice on workshop methods and tools, home maintenance, and homestead management

Gene Logsdon's Practical Skills: A Revival of Forgotten Crafts, Techniques, and Traditions

Home Improvement & Design

Collection of columns about small-town life from two award-winning authors.

The Big Things in Life are the Little Things by Gene Logsdon (1998-02-03)

History

Americas

Slowland Publishers

Gene Logsdon's story embodies both the frustrations and longing so many of us feel as we search for our essential selves and a harmonious life. The measure of his courage -- and contrariness -- is that he has been successful. In You Can Go Home Again, he tells us what motivated him and what success has meant. For Logsdon, to create a home; is not to escape from the world, but to establish a nexus of people, all working together to produce a home-based economy as a bulwark of stability under the larger economy gone crazy with paper money. Home is a local community tied to other local communities. But mostly Logsdon's philosophy must be read between the lines. What he writes about are the sad, funny, and sometimes harrowing adventures of those who live seemingly humdrum lives: understanding creeks; shepherding sheep; coping with blizzards; winning softball tournaments; losing sanity at rock concerts; hiding in haystacks; enjoying Christmas; surviving a buggy ride; overcoming grief, not to mention absentminded professors, dictatorial editors, and fervid priests; and why it might not be a bad idea to go to church in our underwear. What transpires is an inspiring picture of a very American life.

You Can Go Home Again: Adventures of a Contrary Life

Wooster Book Co.

Back in print for a new generation of fruit-growers, Organic Orcharding will teach you everything you need to know about planning, planting, and maintaining your very own orchard. Gene Logsdon is renowned in the agricultural community for his creative, pragmatic, and holistic take on farming of all kinds. In Organic Orcharding he explains how to select the best trees for your orchard's climate; which tree varieties best complement each other; when each variety blooms; and when you ought to harvest. You'll also find insightful tips on:
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<li>Developing woodlots</li> <li>Preventing diseases in fruit and nut trees</li> <li>Maintaining healthy fruit and nut trees</li> <li>Storing your produce</li> <li>And more!</li>
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With useful charts, tables, and diagrams for efficient referencing, Organic Orcharding is not to be missed. Perfect for gardeners who are interested in learning to grow fruits and nuts, orchardists who want to go organic, homesteaders, and anyone who loves the smell of an orchard in full bloom. Readers interested in related titles from Eugene Logsdon will also want to see: Gene Logsdon's Practical Skills (ISBN: 9781626545953), Getting Food From Water (ISBN: 9781626545984), Homesteading (ISBN: 9781626545960), Successful Berry Growing (ISBN: 9781626546004), Two Acre Eden (ISBN: 9781626545823), Gene Logsdon's Practical Skills (ISBN: 9781626545953), Getting Food From Water (ISBN: 9781626545984), Homesteading (ISBN: 9781626545960), Successful Berry Growing (ISBN: 9781626546004), Two Acre Eden (ISBN: 9781626545823).

Organic Orcharding: A Grove of Trees to Live In

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Echo Point Books & Media

“The organic homestead means something deeper than either the nobility of work or the pleasantness of leisure. What it must provide — if the homestead is to have true success — is a shrine to tranquility, an island of calm sanity to which you can retreat each day from the hectic outside world.” Gene Logsdon is uniquely qualified to write about homesteading — his heart has never been far from the land. He was born and raised on his family’s farm, and as an adult he established a two-acre homestead before moving on to operate a 32-acre farm of his own. 
A prolific writer on a range of agricultural subjects, Gene Logsdon is beloved for his practical insight, folksy wisdom, and deep reverence for the natural world. He teaches and practices a homesteading philosophy of peaceful coexistence; of accommodating oneself to nature rather than dominating it. Homesteading is one of his first books, and the time-tested techniques it teaches are as relevant now as ever. Inside you’ll find a wealth of information about maintaining a self-sustaining lifestyle, including:
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<li>Financial considerations</li> <li>Soil science</li> <li>Organic vegetable and fruit cultivation</li> <li>Advice on selecting grain crops for your homestead</li> <li>Raising livestock </li> <li>And a great deal more </li>
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Complete with photos and illustrations, this book is a wonderful resource for homesteaders and organic farmers alike. With an emphasis on enjoying the simple pleasures of a country life, Logsdon’s infectious positivity and humor will keep you smiling even when the going gets tough. He never fails to remind us that the hard work of homesteading ain’t worth a thing if you forget to put down your hoe, relax, and soak up the tranquil beauty of your natural surroundings. Gene Logsdon and his wife Carol have a small-scale experimental farm in Wyandot County, Ohio. Gene is the author of numerous books and magazine articles on farm-related issues, and believes sustainable pastoral farming is the solution for our stressed agricultural system. Readers interested in related titles from Eugene Logsdon will also want to see: Gene Logsdon's Practical Skills (ISBN: 9781626545953), Getting Food From Water (ISBN: 9781626545984), Organic Orcharding (ISBN: 9781626545793), Successful Berry Growing (ISBN: 9781626546004), Two Acre Eden (ISBN: 9781626545823), Gene Logsdon's Practical Skills (ISBN: 9781626545953), Getting Food From Water (ISBN: 9781626545984), Organic Orcharding (ISBN: 9781626545793), Successful Berry Growing (ISBN: 9781626546004), Two Acre Eden (ISBN: 9781626545823).

Homesteading: How to Find New Independence on the Land

Echo Point Books & Media, LLC

Farmscape is inspired by the community play which documents the contemporary Midwest farmscape. Savor the taste of organic vegetables on a truck on its way to the local farmer s market, suit up in protective clothing and a mask before you enter a hog confinement operation. Experience the David and Goliath story of an organic farmer up against the economic forces of the 3500 acre agri-business operation next door. In the end, you ll understand that during the pioneer days, farming completely changed the ecosystem of the prairie. A hundred and fifty years later, this landscape is dramatically changing again. This book will feature a collection of well-known and talented contributors including: This book contains the full readers theatre script as well as commentary on both Farmscape and the Changing Rural Environment

Farmscape: The Changing Rural Environment

Literature & Fiction

J. Harley McIlrath

Mary Swander

Jim O'Loughlin

Anna Lappe

Frederick Kirschenmann

Brian Burmeister

Dramas & Plays

Ice Cube Press

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