Happy Hen Farm

Welcome to the Resources page! We have listed just a few of our favorite books and websites relating to our interest in gardening, poultry and bees. At the very end of this page we have also posted a couple of short videos as well as the links to a few websites related to other areas of our life.

BEES

Suggested Reading

• Berto, Hazel. Cooking With Honey. New York: Gramercy Publishing, 1972. ISBN: 0-517-242125
• Bonney, Richard. Beekeeping: A Practical Guide. Pownal, VT: Garden Way Publishing, 1993. ISBN: 0-88266-861-7
• Dadant, C.P. First lessons in Beekeeping, Revised Edition. Hamilton, IL: Dadant Publications, 1990. ISBN: 0-915698-02-1
• Dadant & Sons. The Hive and the Honey Bee. Hamilton, IL: Dadant Publications, 1875. ISBN: unknown
• Delaplane, Keith S. Honey Bees & Beekeeping: A Year in the Life of an Apiary, Second Edition. The University of Georgia, 1996. ISBN: 0-9619031-1-2
• Hubbell, Sue. A Book of Bees. New York: Houghton Mifflin Books, 1988. ISBN: 0-395-88324-5
• Morse, Roger. The New Complete Guide to Beekeeping. Woodstock, VT: The Countryman Press, 1994. ISBN: 0-88150-315-0
• O'Toole, Christopher, and Anthony Raw. Bees of the World. London, UK: Blandford Publishing, 1991. ISBN: 0-8160-1992-4
• Parkhill, Joe M. Nature's Golden Treasure Honey Cookbook. Nashville, TN: Favorite Recipes Press. ISBN: -087197
• Pellett, Frank C. American Honey Plants. Hamilton, IL: Dadant Publications, 1978. ISBN: 0-915698-01-3
• Rosenbaum, Stephanie. Honey: From Flower to Table. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2002. ISBN: 0-8118-3238-4
• Sammataro, Diana, and Alphonse Avitabile. The Beekeepers Handbook, Third Edition. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998. ISBN: 0-8014-8503-7
• Whynott, Douglas. Following the Bloom: Across America with the Migratory Beekeepers. New York: Jeremy Tarcher / Penguin, 2004. ISBN: 1-58542-280-0

Helpful Websites

• Collin Country Hobby Beekeepers Association (Texas) - www.northtexasbeekeepers.org
• Mann Lake - www.mannlakeltd.com
• Dadant - www.dadant.com
• Betterbee - www.betterbee.com
• B. Weaver Apiaries - www.beeweaver.com
• R. Weaver Apiaries - www.rweaver.com

POULTRY

Suggested Reading

• Damerow, Gail. A Guide to Raising Chickens. Pownal, VT: Storey Books. 1995. ISBN: 0-88266-897-8
• Damerow, Gail. The Chicken Health Handbook. North Adams, MA: Storey Publishing, 1994. ISBN: 0-88266-611-8
• Dorros, Arthur. City Chicken. Harper Collins Publishers, 2003. ISBN: 0-06-028483-8
• Gurdon, Martin. Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance: Reflections on Raising Chickens. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2004. ISBN: 1-59228-323-3
• Kilarski, Barbara. Keep Chickens! Tending Small Flocks in Cities, Suburbs and Other Small Spaces. North Adams, MA: Storey Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 1-58017-491-4.
• Luttmann, Rick and Gail Luttmann. Chickens in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, Inc, 1976. ISBN: 0-87857-125-6
• Rossier, Jay. Living with Chickens. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2004. ISBN: 1-59228-013-7
• Tarte, Bob. Enslaved by Ducks. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2004. ISBN: 1-565512-450-2

Helpful Websites

• The Cluck - www.thecluck.org
• Gateway to Vermont - www.gatewaytovermont.com/thefarm/chickens.htm
• McMurray Hatchery - www.mcmurrayhatchery.com
• Feathersite - www.feathersite.com
• The Coop - www.the-coop.org
• Backyard Chickens - www.backyardchickens.com
• The Farm Aspirations Blog - www.farmaspirations.blogspot.com
• Backyard Poultry Magazine - backyardpoultrymag.com/index.html

GARDENS

Suggested Reading

• Beck, C. Malcom and John Howard Garrett. Texas Bug Book. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1999. ISBN: 0-292-70869-6
• Cranshaw, Whitney. Garden Insects of North America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-691-09561-2
• Garrett, J. Howard. Organic Manual. Fort Worth, TX: The Summit Group, 1993. ISBN: 1-56530-082-3
• Garrett, J. Howard and C. Malcolm Beck. Texas Organic Vegetable Gardening. Lanham, MD: Lone Star Books, 1999. ISBN: 0-88415-855-1
• Lima, Patrick. Herbs: The Complete Gardener's Guide. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 2001. ISBN: 1-55209-624-6
• Ogden, Scott. Gardening Success with Difficult Soils. Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing, 1992. ISBN: 0-87833-741-5
• Welch, William C. Perennial Garden Color. Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing, 1989. ISBN: 0-87833-628-1
• Welch, William C. and Greg Grant. The Southern Heirloom Garden. Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing, 1995. ISBN: 0-87833-877-2
• Zak, Bill. A Field Guide to Texas Critters. Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing, 1984. ISBN: 0-87833-612-5

Helpful Websites

• Texas A&M Horticulture Information - aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu
• Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association - www.tofga.org/
• Howard Garrett - www.dirtdoctor.com
• Redenta's Nursery - www.redentas.com
• The Antique Rose Emporium - www.antiqueroseemporium.com
• Texas Discovery Gardens - www.texasdiscoverygardens.org

RELATED READING and WEBSITES

• Ableman, Michael. On Good Land: The Autobiography of an Urban Farm. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1998. ISBN: 0-8118-1921-3
• Fromartz, Sam. Organic, Inc. Orlando, FL: Harcourt Books, 2006. ISBN: 0-15-101130-3
• Hanson, Victor Davis. Fields Without Dreams: Defending the Agrarian Idea. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. ISBN: 0-684-83570-3
• Hubbell, Sue. A Country Year. New York: Random House. 1986. ISBN: 0-06-097086-3
• Pollan, Michael. The Botany of Desire: A Plant's Eye View of the World. New York: Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0-375-50129-0
• Pollan, Michael. Second Nature: A Gardener's Education. New York: Grove Press, 1991. ISBN: 0-8021-4011-4
• Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: The Penguin Press, 2006. ISBN: 1-59420-082-3
• Scholosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. ISBN: 0-395-97789-4
• Singer, Peter.The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter. Rodale, Inc. , 2006. ISBN: 1-57954-889-X

• Michael Pollan - www.michaelpollan.com
• Polyface Farm - www.polyfacefarms.com/
• Grain - www.grain.org
• ACRES Magazine - www.acresusa.com/magazines/magazine.htm
• Yale University Center for Agrarian Studies - www.yale.edu/agrarianstudies/real/ashome.html
• School of Homesteading -www.homesteadheritage-homesteading.com/index.html

OTHER INTERESTS

Experiences

• Bye Bye Miss American Pie
• Lara flys in a B-17
• The Flood of '06
• Giovanna in the Hockaday Talent Show:
  • Windows Media (wmv): Small | Large
• Giovanna's Doll Movie:
  • Quicktime (mov): Medium
  • Windows AVI: Medium
• Presentations
  • IE on food: Small | Huge, big, big, big

Favorite Links

• Arthur Guerra Fine Art - www.arthurguerra.com
• Smith College - www.smith.edu
• The Hockaday School - www.hockaday.org
• Johns Hopkins University - www.jhu.edu
• Mel Levine - www.allkindsofminds.org
• American Parkinson Disease Association - Young Parkinson Center - http://www.apdaparkinson.org/user/index.asp