More Scenes From a Smallholding

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title More Scenes From a Smallholding
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Chas Griffin
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 127
Category/GenreBiographies and autobiography
Organic farming
ISBN/Barcode 9780091905880
ClassificationsDewey:630.92
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Ebury Publishing
Imprint Ebury Press
Publication Date 1 June 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Following on from the success of SCENES FROM A SMALLHOLDING, this is the second installment of personal memoir from Chas Griffin, the charming Welsh Organic Farmer In 1982 the Griffins left the security of suburbia to grow garlic in West Wales. This is the funny and sometimes touching, warts-and-all account of what happened four years after their arrival when the dream had been well and truly dreamt and they were experiencing some rude awakenings. Did they ever achieve the blissful good life? Are they surrounded by organic veg? How have the family coped with their new rural life?Written with his trademark charm and humour, this looks set to be another compelling romp through the countryside.

Author Biography

Chas Griffin was a college lecturer, living in a leafy Nottingham suburb, when he decided to move with his family to a farm in West Wales.

Reviews

... A Bill Bryson "down on the farm" -- Alan Gear * HDRA *