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

• 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.

© 2022 Merlin Unwin Books (ebook ): 9781913159634

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ebook : 8 de septiembre de 2022