Pot of Gold (book)
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| Author | Meriel Brooke |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Farming Press |
| Released | 1997 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 176p |
| ISBN | 85236-409-1 |
Pot of Gold is a book by Meriel Brooke.
[edit] Synopsis
This book recounts how two quintessential city dwellers left their comfortably cushioned lives to take over a small mixed farm in Herefordshire, and find contentment. They now run a model farm, stocking rare breeds of farm animals and growing crops by organic methods.
[edit] Reader's Review
"Meriel and her husband Roger have a comfortable city existance and are certainly used to the finer things in life. Roger takes early retirement from his senior management job at IBM and they decide to move to a smaller property near London to enable a very comfortable retirement. However,fate has other ideas - the recession starts and the price of their house falls and falls. Then, Meriel receives a book on self sufficiency for her birthday:the seeds are sown!! What I really enjoyed about this book was the passion Meriel and Roger have for their animals and how they strive to make their farm as self sufficent as possible. Of course there are many problems and sadnesses along the way including a genuine apprehension when the time comes for one of their animals to be slaughtered but there are many truley delightful moments too!! For would be or actual smallholders, Pot of Gold is an interesting insight into the running of a small farm and you should come away with the feeling that, if I were an animal I would like to live here!"
