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The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency: The Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers by: John Seymour, Will Sutherland, E.F. Schumacher

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Rating: - Well worth it

An excellent book to dip in to and dream with. Accessible and interesting. Covers everything for the self sufficient home. Pictures are clear as per most other DK publications.

Really enjoyable.

Rating: - The 'How-to' for Dreamers

The most wonderful book, which tells you just enough about everything you might need to know.

John Seymour looks at how to be self-sufficient with whatever you have - from a window-box, to 1 acre, to 5 or 10 acres, to 100+ acres. When you are making do with a window-box, this book also provides excellent and realistic day-dreaming opportunities about upgrading to a real smallholding!

He obviously knows what he is talking about - there is no wasted space, or idle talk. Every sentence not only useful but interesting. Even the most experienced farmer could learn something new here, as the book covers a vast range of skills for life, from preparing land and growing food to butchering animals and storing food. The book is well laid-out, with line-drawn colour illustrations which are very helpful.

This book is very matter of fact and doesn't preach the virtues of the good life, but you will find yourself wanting it. It's like a detailed instruction book for something that you very much want to buy.

Rating: - For doers and dreamers

Here is a bible for the self-sufficiency enthusiast.

If you already manage a smallholding, or if you are happy to cultivate a corner of your suburban garden, there is something here for you.

Be careful if you are still at the stage of deciding whether or not self-sufficiency is for you. Because to read this book is to be in doubt no longer and you'll be putting a For Sale sign up outside your urban abobe.

You too can live off the fat of the land!

Rating: - Brilliant, worth its weight in gold!

What can i say about this book, if you have read or seen the first this is a brilliant book, its longer, and hasnt lost any of the detail of the first one. Its full of information about skills, crops, livestock and all the things you need to know to live the good life!
Brilliant hardback book, from the guru of the self sufficiency movement, John Seymour, himself. If you ever meet this man, You will know that you have met a man thats know whats hes talking about, he has done this himself and through his writing, it shows!

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