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Gold in the Grass: Rags to Riches Through Soil Reclamation and Sustainable Farming. a Back-To-The-Land Adventure from 1954

by Margaret M. Leatherbarrow
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780972177054
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Norton Creek Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Norton Creek Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 228
  • Original Price: GBP 17.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 341 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture

As World War II was ending, Alfred Leatherbarrow, awounded Canadian veteran, and his nurse, Margaret, fell inlove, married, bought their dream farm-and discoveredthat their crops would not grow. The farm's soil had been exhaustedthrough years of destructive tillage practices.


Faced with certain defeat, they used innovative farmingtechniques-including a prototype forage harvester to gathergrass for silage-to restore the fertility of their farm. Thisearly experiment in sustainable agriculture not only savedthe farm in a rags-to-riches turnaround, but showed otherfarmers in their region how to pull out of the death spiral ofdecreasing fertility, yields, and income.


Gold in the Grass is a love story, a back-to-the-land adventure, and an inspirational example of how conservationtillage can restore the fertility of a used-up farm. This is agreat book, and has spent far too many of its fifty years outof print.


Gold in the Grass is an example of the Norton CreekPress motto: "Most of the best books are out of print andforgotten, but we can fix that!" Check out our offerings onhttp: //www.nortoncreekpress.com.

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