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Looking for a practical book about groundskeeping/farming
Posted on 12/5/20 at 10:48 am
Posted on 12/5/20 at 10:48 am
I am looking for a very practical book, with pictures. It doesn't need to be fancy looking, and I would like to find a book used in the real world by practical people; not some hipster's fantasy about growing a vegetable farm in his backyard
(no offense intended to anyone reading this)
I'd like to find bible of sorts for an engineer with hobbies that include groundskeeping (working with tractors and other heavy machinery), woodworking with power tools (not carving wood, but creating large scale objects with wood for fun), designing systems, etc.
It would be nice to find a farmers guide of sorts that doesn't focus on gardening or planting but more like here's what implements you can use for what on tractors, here's how to maintain and improve your ponds, here are things you can build to make your land more efficient and fun for family, etc. Does such a book exist?

I'd like to find bible of sorts for an engineer with hobbies that include groundskeeping (working with tractors and other heavy machinery), woodworking with power tools (not carving wood, but creating large scale objects with wood for fun), designing systems, etc.
It would be nice to find a farmers guide of sorts that doesn't focus on gardening or planting but more like here's what implements you can use for what on tractors, here's how to maintain and improve your ponds, here are things you can build to make your land more efficient and fun for family, etc. Does such a book exist?
This post was edited on 12/5/20 at 10:50 am
Posted on 12/5/20 at 11:28 pm to When in Rome
The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It by John Seymour is close but not exactly what you want. He lead an amazing life and was the real deal, but it focuses more on the cycle of farming and the livestock that goes with it. He is also English and dead, so the writing is from a bit of outdated English perspective (SE weather is somewhat different). There may be an updated version with some more modern perspectives added, but tits a great start. He has some farm engineering in there for sure.
This post was edited on 12/6/20 at 5:24 pm
Posted on 12/5/20 at 11:34 pm to nes2010
Pulled it out again and I forgot how much there was about the overall running of a property. There is an entire chapter on how to produce your own energy and manage human waste. I think it is a start to what you were looking for, especially if they have a later update to my 2003 version.
Posted on 12/7/20 at 9:00 am to When in Rome
The Foxfire series has some of that in it. Mainly traditional building methods for farm implememts and such, not sure if later books cover mechanized equipment or not.
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