The Selfsufficient-ish Bible |
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Author:
Andy Hamilton,
Dave Hamilton
By Hodder & Stoughton General
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List Price: £30.00
Our Price: £50.39
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.7
EAN: 9780340951019
ISBN: 034095101X
Label: Hodder & Stoughton General
Manufacturer: Hodder & Stoughton General
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: 2008-04-03
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General
Studio: Hodder & Stoughton General |
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Easy to follow and easy to do, 2009-01-05
This is a fab book for those who are either wanting to be self sufficient, or those wanting to leave a smaller footprint on the earth.
The Hamilton brothers who wrote it have a great writing style that is easy to read and understand. Each section is easily digested and leaves you with a yearning to put it into practice.
The photos are demonstrative and show a little of the Hamilton Humour.
The Self Sufficient-Ish Bible is fantastic for those living in cities/rented accommodation. Both of the authors are in that position and they realise that no everyone has an acre of land, or their own property to pull apart and put back together, hence the philosophy of SelfSufficientish.
Highly recommended.
What a Beauty, 2008-12-17
The operative word with this lovely book is 'ISH'
It invites you to do what you can, when you can, follow ideas and guides without feeling like you're not entirely 'with the programme'.
Ideas for frugality and re-use as well as superb gardening tips and information (be it window ledge, back yard or allotment)
A coffee table book? (Let's face it you will refer to it so often that it won't get put back on the shelf) that you won't ever be ashamed of.
Open minds are free too, 2008-11-03
Just saw one of the authors interviewed on BBC's Working Lunch... now, I'm your typical middle-class suburban 30-something and not really in the Hamilton's target market but I was so incensed by the trivial nit-picking of the BBC presenter that I've just come and ordered your book by way of weird capitalist protest. When not forced to justify the 'crazy' idea of growing your own food, your ideas were simple and sensible and I wish you and this book the best of luck. What a shame that the editor of Working Lunch chose to adopt such a silly anti grow-your-own position. Personally, I'm now looking forward to growing a bit of corn and some onions. So, umm, there!
Excellent, 2008-10-17
It's hard to praise this book enough. Easy to read, well laid out, full of ideas that not only can you do, but you also want to do. Andy and Dave Hamilton have successfully found a way to make going green accessible without preaching, or patronising or just getting boring.
For an idea of their style, go to their self sufficient-ish website. The book has the same relaxed feel to it.
Well done Andy & Dave Hamilton!
acheivable & realistic ideas., 2008-12-20
whilst john seymours book self sufficiency is good in its own right it leans towards more of a rural location and dedication to growing your own produce.
where as the hamilton brothers have created a guide where you can restrict your outgoings or shopping with your own produce and thrifty ideas,definately a book that wont be read once then think that would be nice to be able to do and put on the shelf for a year.
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