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Book "Twenty-First-Century Hoe Farming"

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Gareth Lewis, 2017, 133 pages with numerous drawings, 21 x 15cm (A5), spiral binding

Chapter I: What is Hoe Farming? / Advantages of Hoe Farming / Why it Works / Why Hoe Farming Declined as Countries Developed / The Dream of the Hoe-Farming Community / The Lone Hoe Farmer / A Different View of Wealth Recycling
Illustrations: Clearing a Patch of Ground / Making a Bank / Tree Planting / A Hoe-Farm

Chapter II: How Much Land Do You Need? / The Destruction of the Soil / How Much Work Does it Take? / Trees on the Hoe Farm / Water Management / Terracing
Illustrations: Coppicing Hazel / Shredding an Oak Tree / Making Faggots / Making a Tool Handle / Making a Shed

Chapter III: Cereals / Vegetables / Cider, Beer, Wine, and Spirits / Building / Linen and Hemp / Crop Rotation / Mulch and Compost / Foraging
Illustrations: The Hoe / Growing Potatoes / Growing Cereals / Making Bread / Growing Dried Beans

Chapter IV: Hoe Farming in the Twenty-First Century / Why Modern Farming is Key to the Process of Globalisation / How Difficult is Hoe Farming in Practice? – Will I be able to do it? / Children on the Farm / Land Ownership / Clearing a Field of Vegetation / Reclaiming the Land – a Timescale / An Antidote to Globalisation?
Illustrations: Sharpening Tools / Cutting Mulch / Mulching a Field / Foraging for Pignuts / Foraging for Nuts

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