farming snails 1
The cult favourite of the series. How a snail lives, how to build it a pen, and which plants it likes.
set II · FAO 1986 · 68 pages
A5 · perfect bound · 80 gsm cream · matt cover
printed to order in England · ships in 3–5 days
Learning about snails; building a pen; food and shelter plants
The cult favourite of the series. How a snail lives, how to build it a pen, and which plants it likes to eat and hide under. Drawn with enormous tenderness by someone who clearly spent a long time watching snails.
Better Farming Series No. 33 · Written and illustrated at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, and first published 1986.
This edition
- Facsimile of the original 68 pages, cleaned and straightened, with a new foreword and a rights page
- A5 (148 × 210 mm), perfect bound with a square spine
- Printed to order in England on 80 gsm uncoated cream paper, with a heavy matt-laminated card cover
- Set II · Small Creatures — colour-coded on the cover and spine so a set reads as a set on the shelf
Reproduced under licence from FAO. This is not an official FAO publication and FAO does not endorse it. The guidance inside reflects practice at the date of first publication; check current local advice before acting on it. The original scan is available free from the FAO Knowledge Repository.
