A fully revised and updated edition of the self-sufficiency classic. Packed with practical information and expert advice on everything from gardening to cooking, and from health and beauty to raising livestock, this is the indispensable guide to living more sustainably, whether you live in a city apartment block or on a rural smallholding.
Aged just 32, Simon Dawson took a risk, sold his London flat and moved with his wife, Great Dane and horse to a cottage on Exmoor. Scraping every penny together they bought 20 acres of scruffy but beautiful Exmoor, and built from scratch a smallholding where they still live, self-sufficient and happy. Simon is a radio presenter on The Voice of North Devon and the author of Pigs in Clover, among other books.
"A treasure-trove of brilliant ideas and easy-to-follow
step-by-step instructions."
- Adam Henson, BBC One’s Countryfile
"The book captures Simon and Debbie’s passion for food, and the
land it comes from."
- Gary Rhodes, OBE
In a world obsessed by innovation and technology, he’s discovered
that our path to salvation is rooted in the simplicity of the
past.
- David Kennard, author of A Shepherd’s Watch and
Channel 4’s Mist: Sheepdog Tales
"The proof is in the pudding, and I can testify that Simon’s bacon
is delicious. Therefore he is clearly doing something right!"
- Tom Hodgkinson, Sunday Telegraph
"I just love the philosophy which they bring to Hidden Valley Pigs
and now through this wonderful book, which is all about great,
local food and its relationship with the land."
- Michael Caines, MBE, two-star Michelin chef
“Self sufficiency is all about having a go … Simon has actually
been there and done that’ so this book is essential reading if you
are planning your idyllic future or actually living it now.”
- Dick Strawbridge
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