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'Before you can manke your first recipe from home grown ingredients you will need to buy a field' As if passing her knowledge and wisdom, as well as her personal beliefs down through the generations Rosamund Young has brought together a lyrical narrative charting the long, hard ut realistic journey towards self-sufficiency making this a delicious collection of ancedotes, country knowledge and recipes as well as plenty of her own thoughts, told beautifully and lovingly by one of the UK's most passionate advocates of the self-sufficient, organic lifestyle.
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Together with her mother and brother Rosamund farms at Kites Nest Farm. They are widely acknowledged to be at the forefront of the organic movement. The farm has been described as one of the most self-sufficient in the country. Rosamund's first book, The Secret Life of Cows, received ecstatic reviews worldwide and is considered a leading text on animal sentience.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The blurb promised so much but I found this almost unreadable as it written not in the first person, but as if you, the reader, are reminiscing personally about your own life. It is virtually like putting words into the reader's mouth and as I disgreed with some of the author's philosophies I found this really began to grate. I agree with the other reviewer that one expects more of 'manual' - that's certainly what you would think from reading the publishers' website. The author has obviously has an interesting and inspiring life but has really missed an opportunity to produce an good book about it.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A very interesting read but not full of the practical know-how which I was expecting. The author came across as being very bitter about her life and the 'story' seemed to jump around quite a bit. Not really something you can dip into for advice every now and then.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I really dont like it when the publisher gives its own product 5 stars. The views of the people that took the trouble to review the book honestly, should not be usurped by a cynical wingeing publisher. 'The Secret Life of Cows ' is good, THIS IS'NT! get over it, and write something that tells people how to buy a field and establish a smallholding, including how to deal with planners. Now that would be a BOOK!
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Quirky but compelling
Like other readers, I was a bit thrown by slightly misleading subtitle (it is more memoir than guide) and the style in which it is written (almost all of it is in second person &... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Dan Sumption
not what I was expecting, but...
"First buy a field" struck me as an excellent title and invokes a step by step approach to living off the land. The subtitle even calls this book a guide. It is not. Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2009 by Pete
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