Everything you Wanted to Know about the Countryside - (but didn't dare ask!)

Jill Mason

Summary

• How many eggs does a hen lay in its lifetime?

• What's a hogget?  
• What is the point of burning heather on moorland?  
• How does grazing help the environment?  
• Can Britain be self-sufficient

• What is a genetically modified crop?  
• When is a pig a gilt?

• Who owns the forests, the mountains, the wetlands and coastline in Britain?

• What is the future for British farming?

All these questions and more are tackled by Jill Mason in this new fact-packed, illustrated book.

It is an invaluable account of the British countryside today, its livestock, its crops and its wildernesses.

Available since: 09/08/2022.

Print length: 320 pages.

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