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The "Bible" of selfsufficiency - I was fortunate enough to have been bought a copy of it when it first came out in the early 70's, and also the updated "New" version a couple of years ago....Simply superb, really nice bloke gives good common sense advice about almost everything in self-sufficiency, can't praise it highly enough!  |
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« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2008, 11:07:13 PM » |
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I have the newer edition from a few years ago. The word 'Bible' is much abused when describing books but is well justified with Seymour's work.  I will add my list as soon as I can.  |
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« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2008, 11:21:05 PM » |
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ditto, veritable bible.
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« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2008, 07:42:26 AM » |
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Here! Here! Got a copy for my birthday. It was a surprise and i'd never even heard of the book.
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« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2008, 09:03:46 AM » |
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He also wrote "The Selfsufficient Gardener", think a lot of that is included in the new edition. Thats how I started growing in deepbeds! Happy days.
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« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2008, 11:48:41 AM » |
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He also wrote "The Selfsufficient Gardener", think a lot of that is included in the new edition. Thats how I started growing in deepbeds! Happy days.
The same book but different title"The Complete Food Garden". also first introduced me to deep beds |
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« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2008, 09:35:46 PM » |
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Martin ditto........... This is the book that got me started in the seventies and is still by my side today  It is without doubt (IMHO) one of the most important books of modern times. It should be read by children who think that pasta grows on trees and milk is made in a factory near Wolverhampton  I wish I had gone to Ireland to see this knowledgeable and unassuming man in the living years.. although my parents met him (and I believe his first wife) while they were both on honey moon ! "Bible" is the right word to describe this book... CD |
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« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2008, 12:50:23 AM » |
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It should be read by children who think that pasta grows on trees
That's just plain ridiculus! Pasta grows under the sea  The white stuff is just bleached and organic types should avoid it. Hrmph, Hrrmph.  |
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« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2008, 03:44:30 PM » |
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Cornish Dragon- John Seymour had a smallholding in Pembrokeshire and died there with his daughter in Newport on the North Coast of Pembs.Ireland(wexford was a home in the 80's) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seymour_(author) I have read his book and it is excellent although I doubt he ever had a working biogas digester as the pipes he drew to feed the digester looked too small and would have blocked IMHO. I wonder if it was him and his wife who went to see John Fry the methane/biogas guru as Fry mentions an elderly couple from Pembrokeshire who drove all the way to see his system ? |
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« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2008, 05:05:03 PM » |
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John's last wife, Vicky Moller, is still active in environmental circles in Pembs today.
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« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2008, 10:18:18 PM » |
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sorry there welshboy I thought he had moved to a small holding in Ireland later on in life ( even less excuse for not going  ) ..... Oh well.. CD |
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« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2008, 10:09:03 AM » |
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Hi If anybody is intrested the later book is still of sale at amazon and flebay just ordered a copy
Frank
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« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2009, 09:38:31 PM » |
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Just received a copy for Christmas its going to keep me busy reading for a while, but as a bible goes, it looks good to dip in to the relevant sections which may interest one!
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« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2009, 11:44:16 AM » |
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I bought myself this for christmas and agree that it is brilliant. I seems to have been written for me - ie misses out on most of the discussion except a) is it easy to do such and such, b) is it worth doing such and such, and c) (which so much else misses out on) how does such and such impact on other stuff you're doing.
It also fits perfectly with modern internet enabled sustainability I reckon. A friend was grumbling that the book doesn't really give enough information to actually do (from start to finish) many of the things it talks about (this is certainly true for the pig section). I agree; but what it does do, brilliantly, is tell you whether or not you want to go ahead and get started, and teach yourself the rest of it off of tinternet.
Definitely my best sustainability book purchase yet.
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« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2009, 12:15:19 PM » |
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On Desert Island Discs when they ask "Which book would you take with you?" I can't think of one which would be more useful  If it was to contain detailed information on all the subjects discussed I wonder how big the book would have to be?  |
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