Earth Manual: How to Work on Wild Land Without Taming It

by Malcolm Margolin, Michael Harney (Illustrator)

A well-loved guide for landowners, conservationists, and youth group leaders on how to plant trees, improve wildlife habitat, stop erosion and otherwise work with (rather than against) the wildness of the land.

Genres: Wildlife, Nature

254 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

Reviews

[Cynthia RT]

This book had a huge influence on me and my relationship to the space(s) I've lived in since reading it. It caused me to rethink the mindset I see as always falling forward, always looking to move up and move on. Never investing in the present for hope (or fear) that there is something bigger and better just ahead, just around the bend, coming soon. It's a bill of goods we've been sold, a part of the consumer culture mentality.

Since reading this book, I live more along the lines of, "Plant a garden, put down roots."

[Susan]

Out of date, but still a good book.