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Barnheart: The Incurable Longing For A Farm Of One's Own (2011)

by Jenna Woginrich(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1603427953 (ISBN13: 9781603427951)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Storey Publishing

review 1: I found this book to be light heartedly amusing. It wasn't an in depth look a stages to procure your own hobby farm. In fact there was barely any mention of time frame on how it all came together once she arrived at the cottage (and knowing her lease was for a year) Could have easily been a wk or a mth.Few inconsistencies that were slightly annoying. Her eagerness to have enough hens and sheep to keep her and the dogs in lamb chops and chicken w/o being cumbersome then a few chapters later her proclamation of being a vegetarian.Will admit I've done the trip to UFA in my mini van with 4 kids, 2 dogs, a crate of chickens to buy 6, 8' 2x4 boards and a roll of chicken fencing. I've also done the foolish fun of doing drive though with a rooster on my front seat "out for a Sund... moreay drive" and telling the window the nuggets I ordered were too fresh *hehe*I am definitely BarnHearted
review 2: Don't let the bad reviews of this book fool you! This is a memoir of woman with farming in her soul, trying desperately to start a farm with very limited means (requiring a day job to do it); it's about the hurry up and wait trails that come with soul driven goals as all the pieces do and do not fall into place. So yes, this book documents many a grumble of longing disappointment, because that's part of the hurry up and wait path. This is not a farming how to book, written by an experienced farmer. It's a memoir of a learning as you go, transition from back yard to full fledged farm, by a first generation framer enthusiast, sharing her path particularly her learned the hard way lessons. For what it is, I think this book is lovely, and it offers me hope as I slowly work toward my own holistic living goals. less

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