Slice of Organic Life | Serves up just that - "A Slice" of organic life,

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Slice of Organic Life

	Slice of Organic Life DK Publishing, 2007 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 16 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Featuring over 90 self-contained projects, from growing your own food organically, cooking home-grown produce, keeping selected livestock, and leading a more sustainable lifestyle, this down-to-earth, yet practical guide is the perfect start for someone looking to go "green." The team of experts offer options for city dwellers with little space, for those living in the suburbs with a bit of land, and for those who have acres of land and no ideas on how to use them. The book includes a foreword by alice Waters. AUTHOR BIO: Concerned by the poor quality of food on offer, Sheherazade Goldsmith started up an organic delicatessen that soon began to specialize in home-cooked food for babies and young children.

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Serves up just that - "A Slice" of organic life,

This is a beautiful book. It has full color photos and it's printed on thick and flexible paper stock. It has 352 pages full of wonderful ways to get on the way to organic living. What I adore about this book is it has a ton of very simple ways to change even the most practical things you do everyday to make them organic. Most of the ideas would work no matter if you live in a small apartment or on a homestead.

Basically, "A Slice of the Organic Life" attempts to set you on a path to a more organic lifestyle, by doing the things you can do now in most any living situation or lifestyle. It's not an exhaustive guide, it does just what the title implies- a slice of the organic life (not the whole pie!).

The book is broken into three sections of organic ideas as follows: 1. No Need for a Yard, 2. Roof, Terrace, Patio or Tiny Yard, 3. Yard, Community garden, or Field. Just a few examples of chapters included are: Clean without harsh chemicals, Save energy the easy way, Keep Urban Honey Bees, Make Simple Preserves & Chutneys, Preserve fruit, Harvest & store orchard fruits, Keep chickens & Keep Pigs.

If you're just starting to get really interested in practical organic living, this book will be an enormous help. If you are already living a strictly organic lifestyle, the organic concepts here probably won't be anything new to you.

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Love this book

I have this book and I really like it. I live in a small apartment so it's great how its divided up into sections based on the size of space you have to use. I plan on using a lot of the tips and projects and plan on using the ones for larger spaces in the future when I hopefully have the space!

A nice "just getting started" book

I was raised on a farm and this book is so delightful to read and gives you the basics of what it takes to maintain a life on a farm. Brings back memories.

Work with nature, not against it

A Slice of Organic Life

Edited by Sheherazade Goldsmith

You don't have to live in the countryside, spend a lot of money, vote Green or be a vegetarian to be just a little bit more aware of our fragile environment, and to do your bit to lead a lifestyle that is thoughtful and working with nature rather than against it - this is the message imparted in 352 pages of ideas and suggestions.

The title describes the book perfectly - "slices" of organic life. You can take from the book what suits you - as many slices as you can handle, and there is always the opportunity to return and take another slice when you can manage it. It is beautifully illustrated with photography by Peter Anderson with subjects to suit someone living in an apartment through to those on a small lifestyle property or small holding.

I thought I would list a few of my favourite slices but I can't single any out - instead I ponder on which idea I will set in motion to change a daily habit that I know will ultimate simplify and enrich my life and that of my family.

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Somewhat difficult to follow

Being a huge fan of Alice Waters and her organic revolution, I picked this book up at my local library. The sections that the book are broken up into make sense but when you start to read them the subjects are scattered. If the sections were further broken down into edibles, non edibles and 'earth savers' then it would flow more seamlesssly. I also agree with Dr. H's review about the book being printed in China and that there is no mention of the book being published on recycled paper. Other than that the pictures are good and the information is practical.

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