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Books : The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency: The Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers
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The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency: The Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers by: John Seymour List Price: £20.00 Vegetarian Books Price: £13.00 You Save: £7.00 (35%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 158 EAN: 9780751364422 ISBN: 0751364428 Label: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd Manufacturer: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd Number Of Pages: 312 Publication Date: April 03, 2003 Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd Studio: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd Sales Rank: 816 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Synopsis: Make the break, realize the dream and start living "the good life". Packed with comprehensive information on all the practical details, from ploughing fields to milking cows, as well as information on how to create an urban organic garden and harness natural energy, this second edition aims to be a useful handbook for realists and dreamers alike. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - the best book I ever boughtGenuinely, this book has enriched my life. This sounds very strong language, but a glimpse of how achieveable a degree of self sufficiency can be is a great stress-buster and very uplifting. Practical, useful, full of ideas and inspiration, this book will motivate anyone to take a step or two towards self sufficiency, wherever they live. Every chapter is interesting, well written, and well illustrated. The craft skills are useful and practical and whilst a compost-toilet is not quite the thing for our garden in the suburbs, all the practical projects are well described and amply illustrated. A great reference book, a comfort on a cold winter's night, I recommend it to anyone. Rating: - reviewA must have for all small holders.Not a full complete guide but nonetheless full of great info and knowledge. A book i reread and reread from one season to the next. Rating: - worth whileIm not much of a person for writing or reading, more of a hands on sort of person, but i read this book and it was incredible. The author makes it clear and easy to understand, giving good diagrams along with step by step procedures. I would reccomend this book to anyone, as i hve done, its well worth the money. Rating:  - Excellent addition to the coffee table. . . or museumRegarded as a classic by many, Seymour's tome has slipped sadly out of date and the 2003 relaunch did little to correct some aspects which - in Britain at least - have been overtaken by legislation. To recommend a swill bucket for pigs is inexcusable as contaminated swill is generally accepted to be the cause of the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak. There's a lot of interesting stuff - including Seymour's unusual and ill-informed culinary ideas - which will keep you amused, but little for the serious smallholder. It is rarely looked and never consulted on our farm. One fellow-farmer, on being asked if he followed Seymour's advice, said he would love to, but the day had yet to be extended to 37 hours. Rating:  - Excellent introduction but you will need more detailWell maybe not a complete book of self sufficiency but certainly a very good place to start. Some people have criticised this for being more a book for dreamers than realists but as every ambition starts as a dream is that such a bad thing. Large sections of this book are really aimed at the smallholder so if you have five acres and a cow you are pretty much the target audience for this book but even if you have just a semi and an allotment you should find something of value in here. A lot of it is also an introduction rather than a complete manual. So, for example, covering how to keep chickens in just three pages is never going to be a complete guide but it does have a place, it let's me know that putting chickens in my back garden ... Read More: |
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