Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
335 pages ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Before the farm -- Getting started -- Bees -- Fruit, apples, vinegar -- Sheep, goats, pastures and grazing -- Cows -- Dairying -- Raw milk -- Vegetables -- Fowl -- Pigs -- The slaughter -- Butchering -- The present-day farm -- The table. |
Summary |
A former Seattle urbanite and restaurateur describes the realities of establishing a profitable farm on Vashon Island, his growing awareness of the relationship between food and its sources, and the specifics of making cheese, raising cows, and slaughtering pigs. |
Subject |
Agriculture -- Washington (State) -- Vashon Island.
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Farm life -- Washington (State) -- Vashon Island.
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Country life -- Washington (State) -- Vashon Island.
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ISBN |
9780393070859 hardcover |
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0393070859 hardcover |
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