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Getting Laid: Grow Your Own Guide to Raising Chickens, Gardening and Preserving With Over 100 Recipes!
Top blogger for country living, Rural Mom, shows us the (actually very easy) way to live a sustainable lifestyle without making ourselves crazy in the process. There is no other complete farm-to-table book on the market quite like this one! GETTING LAID is four valuable resources in one- It's all rolled into one ridiculously-handy reference book for your country, suburban or homestead! ~
What initially drew you to the idea of raising chickens, organic gardening and incorporating more sustainable living practices into your lifestyle? Are you interested in saving money, eating a more healthy diet, being on trend, going more "green," or saving the planet one plant at a time?
Whatever the reason, you will find the answers in GETTING LAID ! Ask yourself, "Why does even Jennifer Aniston raise chickens in the Hollywood Hills?"
Easy answer - it is extremely cool to raise you own hens. Eat the organic eggs and lie back on feather beds from your own brood.
And what about you? Author Barb Webb believes there's a farm girl in all of us and she helps you find yours!
Our mission is of the utmost importance to ourselves, our environment and our future generations. Our mission is also easy. In fact, it takes less than five minutes to incorporate one sustainable living practice into your life right now but the effect of your action may have an ever-lasting positive impact for the world. Don't delay, pick up a copy of this egg-ceptional book and start building your ideal garden today!
What initially drew you to the idea of raising chickens, organic gardening and incorporating more sustainable living practices into your lifestyle? Are you interested in saving money, eating a more healthy diet, being on trend, going more "green," or saving the planet one plant at a time?
Whatever the reason, you will find the answers in GETTING LAID ! Ask yourself, "Why does even Jennifer Aniston raise chickens in the Hollywood Hills?"
Easy answer - it is extremely cool to raise you own hens. Eat the organic eggs and lie back on feather beds from your own brood.
And what about you? Author Barb Webb believes there's a farm girl in all of us and she helps you find yours!
Our mission is of the utmost importance to ourselves, our environment and our future generations. Our mission is also easy. In fact, it takes less than five minutes to incorporate one sustainable living practice into your life right now but the effect of your action may have an ever-lasting positive impact for the world. Don't delay, pick up a copy of this egg-ceptional book and start building your ideal garden today!
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282 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 7, 2015
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August 16, 2017
Sex in the City meets sustainability meets Cosmopolitan
For the last couple months I've been working through every book on chickens, gardening, permaculture, and homesteading that my local library system has to offer. This book reminded me of something that I learned in college - not every book was written for you. I certainly wasn't the intended audience of this book. I was intrigued by the tongue-in-cheek title, but I didn't realize this was a book written to women. When I read on page nine a quiz titled, "How would you classify your fashion sensibilities?" I almost put the book down. After all, I have twenty other books from the library sitting around that I have to get to. But I stuck with it and I'm glad I did.
While the book doesn't deliver on its promise of "Everything You Need to Know About...," it does provide a nice overview of multiple topics. The book should help anyone who is considering pursuing a more sustainable lifestyle. You'll definitely need to consult other sources though.
The feature I like most about the book is the recipes. Specifically how the recipes tie into other areas covered in the book. For example, there are a number of chicken recipes. (This is the first chicken book I've read that doesn't assume you'll treat your backyard flock like family members - there may come a time when you butcher and eat them). There are pastry recipes that build off of fruit recipes. There's a sense of unity and cohesion in the book that I found enjoyable.
Having said that, I think many men will struggle to get past the author's tone and her "chick tips." For women though, this is a solid introduction to a wide array of topics.
For the last couple months I've been working through every book on chickens, gardening, permaculture, and homesteading that my local library system has to offer. This book reminded me of something that I learned in college - not every book was written for you. I certainly wasn't the intended audience of this book. I was intrigued by the tongue-in-cheek title, but I didn't realize this was a book written to women. When I read on page nine a quiz titled, "How would you classify your fashion sensibilities?" I almost put the book down. After all, I have twenty other books from the library sitting around that I have to get to. But I stuck with it and I'm glad I did.
While the book doesn't deliver on its promise of "Everything You Need to Know About...," it does provide a nice overview of multiple topics. The book should help anyone who is considering pursuing a more sustainable lifestyle. You'll definitely need to consult other sources though.
The feature I like most about the book is the recipes. Specifically how the recipes tie into other areas covered in the book. For example, there are a number of chicken recipes. (This is the first chicken book I've read that doesn't assume you'll treat your backyard flock like family members - there may come a time when you butcher and eat them). There are pastry recipes that build off of fruit recipes. There's a sense of unity and cohesion in the book that I found enjoyable.
Having said that, I think many men will struggle to get past the author's tone and her "chick tips." For women though, this is a solid introduction to a wide array of topics.
February 15, 2016
Getting Laid: How Raising Chickens and Growing Your Own Food is the Sexiest Thing You Can Do by Barb Webb is a book that reminded me a lot of Carla Emery's book The Encyclopedia of Country Living. That's a very high compliment indeed as I loved Emery's book. Both books give you a birds-eye view of country living and small time home agriculture. While getting Laid is not as comprehensive when it comes to country living, it's very good book for starting out. Some of the topics Webb discusses in her book include how to buy chicks, raising chicks, gardening, food preservation and recipes.
Some of the recipes you'll find include:
Applesauce Bread
Blackberry Beet Soup
Honey Dijon Lime Chicken
Slow Cooker Chicken Goulash
Sustainable Garden Chicken Meatballs
Towards the end of her book the author has included a fun quiz that will help you decide your DIY style.
Recommend.
Some of the recipes you'll find include:
Applesauce Bread
Blackberry Beet Soup
Honey Dijon Lime Chicken
Slow Cooker Chicken Goulash
Sustainable Garden Chicken Meatballs
Towards the end of her book the author has included a fun quiz that will help you decide your DIY style.
Recommend.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 14, 2015
Raising Chickens Just Got Sexy
I love it when I can pick up a book and learn a few new things from the first few chapters. I have been Polly Pioneer from the 80's and never thought of myself as sexy. This book changed my views and I will be wearing a boa to the compost pile each day now. Interested in becoming more sustainable? This book is a great purchase to changing yor life in ways that will fit any ones life style.
I love it when I can pick up a book and learn a few new things from the first few chapters. I have been Polly Pioneer from the 80's and never thought of myself as sexy. This book changed my views and I will be wearing a boa to the compost pile each day now. Interested in becoming more sustainable? This book is a great purchase to changing yor life in ways that will fit any ones life style.
January 12, 2022
I love this book. It is informative and the recipes in this book are fantastic. I have bought this book as gifts for friends
April 20, 2023
A lot of flowery, exuberant vocabulary that kept trying to force metaphors. It made the information get lost
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