Book description
In this practical guide TV farmer Jimmy Doherty imparts his experience
and ideas to show you how to achieve the self-sufficient lifestyle and
add to your life whether growing for your own pleasure - or profit!
Farmer, entrepreneur and TV presenter Jimmy Doherty is living proof that
you can successfully grow and rear your own food. Whatever your
circumstances and whether you have a window box or a couple of acres,
this book is full of ideas and suggestions to help you get started.
Using Jimmy's knowledge and experience, this book will take you through
all the realties to consider on the road to self-sufficiency, but above
all it shows just how achievable it can be to grow and even sell your
own produce. Focusing on the two main areas, what you can grow and what
you can rear, this book will answer all of your questions, offer you the
most useful and practical advice and show you how you can apply these
ideas to suit your situation. So, if you want to make your own juices,
bread or honey to sell at a local farmers market, save yourself the big
grocery bills with your own vegetable garden, sell your own pork
sausages or lamb burgers to local restaurants or rear your own turkey
for your Christmas dinner this book will give you the practical
knowledge and the confidence to actually do it.
Jimmy covers everything from the skills to equipment to environmentalism
to marketing and even shows that you don't necessarily need any land to
live the self-sufficient lifestyle. Practical, realistic but full of
good advice and encouragement, and case studies and essays to inspire
you, A Farmer's Life for Me is the ultimate guide to the business of
self-sufficiency. Reviews for On the Farm
'Doherty was a thoroughly engaging character and it was impossible not
to wish him well' - Daily Telegraph
'The emotional arc of this series is irresistible: life, death, sausages
- it's got it all' - Radio Times
'It is impossible not to be won over by Jimmy's irrepressible
enthusiasm' - Daily Express
'The little man with the impossible dream is an irresistible…figure' -
Evening Standard
'An inspiring read. Filled with humour and anecdote' - The Ecologist
Reviews for A Taste of the Country
'Jimmy will inspire everyone to care more about food, from how it's
farmed to where to buy the best produce - as well as making people
realise that they can live the good life too Jamie Oliver Jimmy's
passion for producing good-quality food from free-range animals leaps
off the page and some of it's bound to rub off on you. A great book -
everyone should own a copy' - Heat Magazine Born in the Essex
countryside Jimmy Doherty has always had a passion for farming and the
outdoors. He started his career as an entomologist at Molehall Wildlife
Park and the Natural History Museum but gave it all up to pursue his
dream of farming in 2003, rearing rare breed pedigree pigs in Suffolk.
The business has continued to grow and expand and Jimmy is still happily
farming in Suffolk. This is his third book.
