Title page; Contents; Foreword / Graeme Gunn; Acknowledgments; Author's note; Map of Victoria and Far Western District; 1 Lanark's story; 2 A bold experiment; 3 In the beginning; 4 A 1715-acre triangle; 5 Slow but reliable; 6 A race against Hector Hogan; 7 Trees across the Tasman; 8 Cicely; 9 A faded squattocracy; 10 Lanark as it was; 11 Trees and more trees; 12 No spare time for footy; 13 Room for wildlife, too; 14 No need for chemicals; 15 A wetland restored; 16 The return of the birds; 17 Farm forestry; 18 More thoughts on farm forestry; 19 'You're off your bloody rocker'; 20 A taste of fame
21 A corporate venture22 Hard times; 23 Is Lanark a model for farmers?; 24 Stewardship: the key tothefuture; 25 How many trees are enough?; 26 Alley farming; 27 The amazing value of shelter; 28 Trees look good, too; 29 Going it alone; 30 Sixty-five wild acres; 31 Blue gums; 32 Natives versus deciduous; 33 The art of planting farm trees; 34 The mighty river red gum; 35 Life after Lanark; Appendix 1 Botanical names; Appendix 2 Review of Lanark / M.G. Cook; Appendix 3 Reflections on irrigation for sheep and wool production in the 1960s on the Basalt Plains / Jim Murphy; Appendix 4 Lanark bird list (1956-96) / Murray Gunn
Summary
The true story of how John Fenton transformed his family's run-down sheep farm into a lush oasis by the simple act of planting trees - lots and lots of trees
