Natural Farming: A Practical Guide (Paperback)
Natural Farming equips the farmer to get the best from the land using environmentally sustainable methods that save time, expense, and worry - and to supply the rising global demand for pure food. This essential handbook contains detailed information on: understanding a soil analysis; establishment and management of pasture; treatment of compacted soil and erosion; alternatives to artificial fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides; the significance of weeds; strategies for drought; diagnosis of diseases and deficiencies in stock; remedies for common diseases, including Johne's disease and immune-system disorders; and rearing orphan animals.
Pat Coleby is Australia's foremost authority on farming without chemicals, and has written, published, and lectured widely on the subject. This, her most comprehensive work, draws on her fifty years of experience and her broad studies to explain the basis of natural farming.