Die Autoren bewirtschaften eine Farm in Cornwall und geben praxisnahe Ratschläge und für eine universelle Selbstversorgung - von alternativen Energien bis zum Brotbacken. Auch Stadtbewohner finden nützliche Anregungen.
Find your route to a more sustainable lifestyle with Dick Strawbridge, of Channel 4's Escape to the Chateau, and his son James. Wherever you live - be it in a small terrace house like James or on a rural smallholding - this updated edition of Practical Self-sufficiency offers the nuts and bolts of off-grid living to anyone who wants to embrace sustainability. Practical Self-sufficiency contains invaluable advice on making the most of your own resources no matter where you live. This comprehensive guide to modern sustainability covers everything from how to conserve energy in the home, keep bees, and grow crops in an urban garden to recipes for smoking your own meat and fish, creating your own oat milk, and preparing your own greener cleaning products. Each project is fully illustrated and easy to follow, allowing anyone to try their hand at something new. With plenty of advice and anecdotes celebrating the importance and the satisfaction of a do-it-yourself lifestyle, Dick and James demonstrate that self-sufficiency doesn't have to mean upping sticks and living the "good life". By making a few small changes and learning the importance of sustainable living, we all have the ability to help the planet.
Dick and Angel Strawbridge share more charming stories from their life at the Chateau-de-la-Motte Husson. The follow-up to the massive Sunday Times bestseller, A Year At The Chateau.
The charming, inspiring and remarkable full story of Dick and Angel Strawbridge's first year at the Chateau-de-la-Motte Husson.
Return to life at Château-de-la-Motte Husson in the concluding memoir from the Sunday Times bestselling authors of A Year at the Château and Living the Château Dream, Dick and Angel Strawbridge.
Preserves helps you make the most of plentiful seasonal produce and enjoy it all year round. This book is a how-to guide to preserving fruits and vegetables, featuring step-by-step practical instructions, tips & advice on what to preserve when, and recipes to make your mouth water. From strawberry leather to sweetcorn and pepper relish, to honeyed figs with lamb and goat's cheese crostini, sauerkraut to piccalilli, and the perfect Bloody Mary, you'll not only learn how to preserve good quality produce, but how to cook with it to create fantastic dishes every time.
Cheese & Dairy shows you how to make fresh butters. yogurts and cheeses - from fresh. soft and hard to flavoured and blue - with plenty of recipes for milk and cream too. Dick and James Strawbridge show you how to transform fresh produce into delicious handcrafted food and drink for enjoying and sharing any time of year. With clear demonstrations of key methods and fantastic recipes to taste. everything you need is here.
Growing your own vegetables is one of the easiest ways to transform the way you eat. You have fresh ingredients at your disposal and, with this book, the knowledge to cook with them to create delicious dishes every time. Whether you have a tiny urban patch, a dedicated allotment, or plenty of space in your own garden, you can be productive all year long. With the step-by-step guides to growing and dozens of ideas for cooking your home produce, you'll soon enjoy everything from pea and mint risotto to kohlrabi coleslaw and baked sweet potato and goat's cheese pie.
Staňte se mistry nakládání, uzení a sušení masa i jiných laskomin! Už vás nebaví jíst pořád jenom to, co dostanete v obchodě? V tom případě pro vás máme skvělou radu: Připravte si výtečné pochoutky sami. Není to vůbec tak těžké, složité ani drahé, jak by se mohlo zdát. Užasnete, jak snadné je proměnit čerstvé maso, ryby, plody moře, vejce a sýry v lahůdky, kterým žádný mlsný jazyk neodolá. Je libo uzenou kachnu, pstruha nebo vlastní klobásy? Žádný problém. V téhle knize vám autoři poradí, co budete k uzení, sušení, nakládání do láku i nasucho potřebovat a jak správně postupovat. Desítky skvělých receptů pak čekají jen na to, až se podle nich pustíte do díla.
