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The Earth Manual:

How to Work on Wild Land Without Taming It
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Heyday Books, 1985 - Nature - 237 pages
A guide for landowners, conservationists, and youth group leaders on how to work with (rather than against) the wildness of the land.

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Contents

Felling a Tree
29
The Mulch Mystique
45
Be Your Own Tree Doctor
57
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Malcolm Margolin
Snippet view - 1975

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Wildland Book Reviews
The Earth Manual: How to Work on Wild Land Without Taming It. Malcolm Margolin (1997) Heyday Books ISBN 0930588185. An earth-working guide for restoring and ...
www.self-willed-land.org.uk/ book_review.htm

About the author (1985)

Margolin is the author of books on California Indian life.

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TitleThe Earth Manual: How to Work on Wild Land Without Taming It
AuthorMalcolm Margolin
Editionrevised, reissue, illustrated
PublisherHeyday Books, 1985
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedApr 21, 2006
ISBN0930588185, 9780930588182
Length237 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Gardening / Landscape
Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection
Science / Environmental Science
Science / Life Sciences / Ecology
  
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