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| Title | : | Growing a Farmer: How I Learned to Live Off the Land |
| Author | : | Kurt Timmermeister |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 335 pages |
| Published | : | January 17th 2011 by W. W. Norton Company (first published December 1st 2010) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Food and Drink. Food. Autobiography. Memoir. Gardening. Science. Agriculture |
Kurt Timmermeister
Hardcover | Pages: 335 pages Rating: 3.69 | 938 Users | 139 Reviews
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A bona-fide city dweller, Kurt Timmermeister never intended to run his own dairy farm. When he purchased four acres of land on Vashon Island, he was looking for an affordable home a ferry ride away from the restaurants he ran in Seattle. But as he continued to serve his customers frozen chicken breasts and packaged pork, he became aware of the connection between what he ate and where it came from: a hive of bees provided honey; a young cow could give fresh milk; an apple orchard allowed him to make vinegar. Told in Timmermeister's plainspoken voice, Growing a Farmer details with honesty the initial stumbles and subsequent realities he had to face in his quest to establish a profitable farm for himself. Personal yet practical, Growing a Farmer includes the specifics of making cheese, raising cows, and slaughtering pigs, and it will recast entirely the way we think about our relationship to the food we consume.
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| ISBN: | 0393070859 (ISBN13: 9780393070859) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.kurtwoodfarms.com/ |
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Ratings: 3.69 From 938 Users | 139 ReviewsComment On Appertaining To Books Growing a Farmer: How I Learned to Live Off the Land
I wanted to like this book. I am passionate about the subject matter and run a small farm myself. He lost me when he so casually talked about letting his beehive die off in the winter. A new box is only $75 he said, I consider my beehives part of my livestock and would NEVER willingly let one die over winter. It seems he robs them of honey and then just lets them starve, how nice! The book as others have mentioned is random and chaotic. A good linear book about farming and living off the land isThis is more of a "how not to" than a "how to." The author apparently manages his entire farming career by making impulse decisions without enough research, and then throwing money at the problem until it more-or-less goes away. He orders 130 apple trees for his would-be cider orchard; deer eat most of them because he didn't bother to take any measures to deter them. He orders a bunch more! Deer eat most of the new ones, too. Eventually a few of the overlooked ones get big enough to no longer
Enjoyable and understandable text about farm life. I could see myself barging into alot of the situations he gets himself into. As I also want cows, goats, sheep and the list goes on. The author tells you the good and the bad about farm life. He doesn't just gloss over the eventuals as some of this type books do. I did not really care for his bee chapter..Just letting the bees die. (I'm scared of bees-so that hasn't been one of my want to do's) I mean if you are responsible for them shouldn't
Not too bad of a read, being interested in small scale farming/self sustainability, but, the author contradicts himself in many places, is redundant, and the publishers missed a bunch of typos. All in all, an okay book, but nothing to write home about.
This was an impulse grab from the library. I had seen some gardening books (specifically The New Square Foot Garden - which I remember its predecessor from my youth), and grabbed this. After reading the description on the flyleaf, I realized it was right up my alley.Kurt has gotten closer to the land, closer to the food he eats, and has learned a lot about being a farmer. Granted it's just 12 acres on a Washington Island, but he grows and prepares his food from his own land. This spoke to me and
Definitely an interesting read. Some parts provided a little more information than I really needed and he seemed to repeat himself or ramble a bit, however he's not primarily a writer and I definitely gained new insight from the book. I would recommend it to anyone who's interested in local food, from meat to cheese/milk, to vegetables.
Timmermeister's writing is pure and honest and he isn't apologetic for having opinions or positions that might not be popular with everyone. Walking side-by-side with him while he converts from a city-based restaurateur to a farmer is a fascinating journey. He has no idea what he is doing, and you wouldn't either; I certainly don't know how I would do that. But he is seduced by the romantic notion of being the proprietor of a 12 acre farm on Vashon Island, just as I would be, and we get the joy
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