The Self-Sufficiency Bible: 100s of Ways to Live More Sustainably Wherever You Are

by Simon Dawson

Overview

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 self-sufficiency. Whether you live in a small flat in the city or have land of your own in the countryside, The Self-Sufficiency Bible encourages you to sit up and say, ?I can do that'!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780282480
Publisher:	Watkins Media
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

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 live, self-sufficient and happy. In 2008 they won UKTV Food, Gary Rhodes Local Food Heroes for the South West.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations viii

Acknowledgements ix

Foreword xi

Introduction xv

1 The Kitchen Garden 1

2 The Home Baker 49

3 The Home Dairy 89

4 The Home Brewer 110

5 Natural Solutions: Health, Beauty and the Home 135

6 Arty Crafty Bits 162

7 Livestock 197

8 Meat Preparation and Basic Butchery 224

9 Curing and Preserving 247

10 Foraging 293

11 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 317

12 Greener Energy 326

Resources 333

Index 339

Editorial Reviews

"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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