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Turn the doom and gloom into a better, more enjoyable way of living.
Want to eat better, save money, work those muscles without the treadmill, know where your food comes from? This could be the new, recession-proof you! Five years ago Michael Kelly chucked in the corporate life to try his hand at 'the good life'. It's been the most rewarding thing he has ever done – and you could do it too. Make your back (or front) garden work for you; or maybe an allotment?
Based on his own, sometimes hilarious experiences, Michael shares what he's learned, taking us through the year on his small home farm.
- Included:
- What to grow and when. What's worth it? What's not?
- Hens and pigs – the ups and downs
- Cooking and storing your bounty
- The health benefits – physical and mental
- Linking up with others - food swapping and markets, and the return of the meitheal
Want to eat better, save money, work those muscles without the treadmill, know where your food comes from? This could be the new, recession-proof you! Five years ago Michael Kelly chucked in the corporate life to try his hand at 'the good life'. It's been the most rewarding thing he has ever done – and you could do it too. Make your back (or front) garden work for you; or maybe an allotment?
Based on his own, sometimes hilarious experiences, Michael shares what he's learned, taking us through the year on his small home farm.
- Included:
- What to grow and when. What's worth it? What's not?
- Hens and pigs – the ups and downs
- Cooking and storing your bounty
- The health benefits – physical and mental
- Linking up with others - food swapping and markets, and the return of the meitheal
Author
Michael Kelly
Michael Kelly is the former Series Editor for the Year's Best Weird Fiction. He's a Shirley Jackson Award and British Fantasy Award-winner, and a World Fantasy Award nominee. His fiction has appeared in a number of journals and anthologies, including Black Static, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 21 & 24, Postscripts, Weird Fiction Review, and has been previously collected in Scratching the Surface, Undertow & Other Laments, and All the Things We Never See. He is Editor-in-Chief of Undertow Publications.
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