I have a keen interest in the self sufficient lifestyle, and while I can't claim to live a wholly self sufficient existence I do take a fierce pride from eating my own grown strawberries, having lettuce grown in a plastic storage box on sandwiches and regularily urinating on my compost heap (fellow gardeners - please back me up about the wee thing so that I don't get a hundred comments from non gardeners about being weird!). This book offers a more contemporary, less totalitarian view towards providing for yourself than its rival in the genre, John Seymour's Self Sufficiency. Introduction section Here is where the visionary dream / philosophy of ...  Read the complete review

Andy and Dave Hamilton are identical early-thirty-something twins who live in Bristol. These endearing eco hippies attempt to live a self sufficient life - but without sacrificing too much of the fairly comfortable and definitely city orientated life that they enjoy. Think 'The Good Life' for the 21st century (those of you under 35 better look that up on Wikipedia). From this idea, of living a more sustainable, environmentally friendly and green lifestyle, but with acknowledgment that there is only so much we can do, came the Hamiltons' website http://www.selfsufficientish.com/index.php and eventually this book. As food prices rocket, GM crops are ...  Read the complete review