Honestly this is more of a 3.5 star read, but since Goodreads does not allow for half-stars, I rounded this up to 4. I think too much of the book had Kingsolver talking down to readers and acting as if those of us not working the land are less than those who do. I rounded up though mostly because wh...
I liked the feel of the book, a strong DIY ethic is something I always appreciate. There were points when she got a bit braggy about her family (who doesn't or wouldn't?) where I had to roll my eyes a bit, but overall I enjoyed it.
One year without supermarkets. One year of planting, watering, weeding, harvesting. One year without sugary cereals, Chinese food, delivery pizza. No processed foods. Everything local, hand-picked. It sounds like quite a daunting challenge: to give up mass-produced edibles and adopt a new food cultu...
I picked this book from the Refer A Book Friday contest. Amy of The Sleepy Reader recommend it; you can see her review here. I have always been interested in growing things and farming because some of the earlier generations of my family were farmers. I learned much from this book about potatoes and...
Novelist Barbara Kingsolver has a background in science and she knows how to tell a story so when she writes about the year her family only ate foods--both plant and animal--that were grown and produced locally it’s fascinating, informative, inspiring, and surprisingly gripping, right down to the la...
This book gave me desires. Deep dark desires for...gardening. And making my own cheese. And doing more things from scratch. And doing them now.The thing is, these are all things I have aspirations to do anyway, but my way is rather slower than the way Barbara Kingsolver and her family approached try...
So much of this book I loved, especially the day to day experiences around growing your own food and raising livestock. My favorite descriptions were about raising turkeys and what it takes to successfully breed them. Kingsolver as the narrator of this audiobook made me laugh out loud several times....
An interesting book that really brings home how messed up America's food system is and how that impacts the health of our country both its land and its people. Worth a read even if what she was able to accomplish would be very difficults for many to attain.
Full of lots of good info on small farming, eating local and organic, and just trying to do all that while at the same time maintaining work and family life. Lots of fun chicken and turkey tales, various interesting reactions from the author's family and friends (some didn't know there was a leafy p...
This is a book following the author and her family through a year of local eating.I've been reading lots of options on this book and can see (mostly in the beginning) how this book could come across as preachy. But it really is not, as she tells us they weren't always purest. They ate at others hous...
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