{"product_id":"round-of-a-country-year-a-farmers-day-book-paperback","title":"Round of a Country Year: A Farmer's Day Book - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Kline\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWendell Berry\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Kline has been called a \"twentieth-century Henry David Thoreau\" by his friends and contemporaries; an apt comparison given the quiet exuberance with which he records the quotidian goings-on on his organic family farm. Under David's attentive gaze and in his clear, insightful prose the reader is enveloped in the rhythms of farm life; not only the planting and harvesting of crops throughout the year, but the migration patterns of birds, the health and virility of honeybees left nearly to their own devices, the songs and silences of frogs and toads, the disappearance and resurgence of praying mantises in fields-turned woodlands, the search for monarch butterflies in the milkweed. There's rhythm in community, too--neighbors gathering to plant potatoes or to maintain an elderly friend's tomato garden, organic farming conferences and meetings around family dining tables or university panels. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInterspersed with local lore (when the spring's first bumblebee appears the children can go barefoot) is deep technical knowledge of cultivation and land management and the hazards of modern agri-business. Kline records statewide meetings of district supervisors, knows which speakers and committee chairmen are in the pockets of the oil and gas lobbyists, stands up and says his part. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt a time when America's population is being turned toward the benefits of small, local farming practices on our health and our environment, Kline's daybook offers a striking example of the ways in which we are connected to our environment, and the pleasure we can take in daily work and stewardship.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith horses and the help of his family and friends, \u003cb\u003eDavid Kline\u003c\/b\u003e farms 120 acres in Ohio. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eGreat Possessions: An Amish Farmer's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScratching the Woodchuck: Nature on an Amish Farm\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLetters from Larksong: An Amish Naturalist Explores His Organic Farm\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770621395232,"sku":"9781619029248","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5a493f7619555a5db59b56af7b12b760.webp?v=1780375411","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/round-of-a-country-year-a-farmers-day-book-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}