Gail Damerow lives on a Tennessee farm where she and her husband Allan keep poultry and dairy goats, tend a sizable garden, and maintain a small orchard. She is author of The Chicken Encyclopedia; The Chicken Health Handbook; Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks; Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens; Fences for Pasture and Garden; The Perfect Pumpkin; and Ice Cream—The Whole Scoop. She is also co-author of The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals.

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