This is a practical and indispensable guide which covers all you need to know about keeping poultry in your own back garden. It covers topics such as what housing and basic equipment you need, how to choose and obtain the right poultry for the space you have available, which are the best breeds of chickens and much more.

A comprehensive and accessible guide to choosing and caring for your horse. Discover the horse throughout history and culture, its uses, anatomy, appearance and behaviour, and take in a wealth of practical advice on how to choose and buy a horse, care, health, breeding, tack and equipment, riding and training, and competing.

Every day sees a discovery in the press about the new uses of plants, and it's certain that most of our most important drugs are derived from plants. From willow (used to procure aspirin) to periwinkle (used in chemotherapy to treat lymphoma) many common garden plants have provided cures in modern medicine. In this book, readers can discover more than 200 life-saving plants and 25 home-grown remedies to make themselves. Each home cure is described...

A comprehensive illustrated guide to a wide range of delicious soft fruits with information on their origins and nutritional values.

Growing fruit at home is a delicious and altogether more enjoyable alternative to buying it in the shops. Mark Diacono offers a practical and accessible guide to making the most of your garden and what it has to offer.

Cows can love, play games, bond, and form strong life friendships. They can sulk, they can hold grudges, they can have preferences and can be vain. In this insight into this secret life of cows, the author argues that compassion in farming makes sound economical as well as ethical sense.

Yorkshire vet Julian Norton has spent his days as a mixed practice vet treating animals across the bucolic Yorkshire Dales. Julian's voice and humour - well known from his titular role in Channel 5's long-running series 'The Yorkshire Vet' - leap out from every page as stories of drama and excitement unfold.

On New Year's Day 2012, Emma Gray's long-term boyfriend broke off their relationship, leaving her heartbroken - and bewildered. But that was just the first setback the year was to offer: it was followed by the tragic death of her beloved old collie, Bill, and then a serious accident - breaking her back when her quad bike overturned. Her isolated existence - four miles from the road and the nearest neighbour - no longer looked such a good or sensible...

'The Fruit Tree Handbook' is a clear, practical guide that will help both amateur and expert to grow delicious fruit, from apples to mulberries and plums to peaches. Simple instructions guide you through soil preparation, choosing the best varieties and planting your trees successfully.