Get your Pitchfork On!
In the interest of full
disclosure, the author emailed me a review copy of Get
Your Pitchfork On!
That's always a dicey situation since it's
hard to write a bad review while the author is right there chewing on
her fingernails, but in this case, I would have given the book five
stars even if I'd bought it myself.
Get
Your Pitchfork On!
is the antidote to The
Bucolic Plague ---
just as engagingly written, but with more down to earth information
that a normal homesteader can relate to. Kristy Athens and her
husband were happily growing vegetables and fruit in the city, but they
wanted more, so they snapped up a 7 acre farm beside the Columbia River
Gorge. Kirsty's book tells their story, interspersed with lots of
fascinating information that will prepare city-dwellers for the country
life.
Although I don't agree
with everything the author says (when do I ever?), I wanted to
recommend this book to several folks I know who have recently moved
from the city to the country. It's a bit like an immersion course
to ensure you speak the right language when in a foreign land.
For example:
“Who does he think he is?!” she sputtered to me on the phone.
Don’t let this be you. I know it’s not “safe” to have one’s dog in the back of a pickup. That isn’t the issue. You don’t have to transport your dog that way, but don’t tell other people what to do.
If you're considering buying land in the country and want to learn to fit in, this book should definitely find a place on your permanent bookshelf. And it's worth checking out of the library even if you're an armchair homesteader or already have your perfect piece of paradise. Since it was put out by a small press, Get Your Pitchfork On! isn't very well known, but it deserves better recognition --- go tell your friends!
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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