Customer Reviews
Easy to follow and easy to do - By: The Fee Fairy, 05 Jan 2009 
This is a fab book for those who are either wanting to be self sufficient, or those wanting to leave a smaller footprint on the earth.
The Hamilton brothers who wrote it have a great writing style that is easy to read & understand. Each section is easily digested & leaves you with a yearning to put it into practice.
The photos are demonstrative & show a little of the Hamilton Humour.
The Self Sufficient-Ish Bible is fantastic for those livingin cities/rented accommodation. Both of the authors arein that position & they realise that no everyone has an acre of land, or their own property to pull apart & put back together, hence the philosophy of SelfSufficientish.
Highly recommended.
acheivable & realistic ideas. - By: Alison Le-mon, 20 Dec 2008 whilst john seymours book self sufficiency is goodin its own right it leans towards more of a rural location & dedication to growing your own produce.
where as the hamilton brothers have created a guide where you can restrict your outgoings or shopping with your own produce & thrifty ideas,definately a book that wont be read once then think that would be nice to be able to do & put on the shelf for a year.
What a Beauty - By: J. Hallmark, 17 Dec 2008 The operative word with this lovely book is 'ISH'
It invites you to do what you can, when you can, follow ideas & guides without feeling like you're not entirely 'with the programme'.
Ideas for frugality & re-use as well as superb gardening tips & information (be it window ledge, back yard or allotment)
A coffee table book? (Let's face it you will refer to it so often that it won't get put back on the shelf) that you won't ever be ashamed of.
Open minds are free too - By: Richard Hammond, 03 Nov 2008 Just saw one of the authors interviewed on BBC's Working Lunch... now, I'm your typical middle-class suburban 30-something & not reallyin the Hamilton's target market but I was so incensed by the trivial nit-picking of the BBC presenter that I've just come & ordered your book by way of weird capitalist protest. When not forced to justify the 'crazy' idea of growing your own food, your ideas were simple & sensible & I wish you & this book the best of luck. What a shame that the editor of Working Lunch chose to adopt such a silly anti grow-your-own position. Personally, I'm now looking forward to growing a bit of corn & some onions. So, umm, there!
Excellent - By: Nobody Famous, 17 Oct 2008 It's hard to praise this book enough. Easy to read, well laid out, full of ideas that not only can you do, but you also want to do. Andy & Dave Hamilton have successfully found a way to make going green accessible without preaching, or patronising or just getting boring.
For an idea of their style, go to their self sufficient-ish website. The book has the same relaxed feel to it.
Well done Andy & Dave Hamilton!
