Living the Good Life - Revamped: How One Family Changed Their World From Their Own Backyard

By Linda Cockburn

Can you live off a suburban block? Trev, Linda and 6 year old Caleb decided to find out and went 6 months without spending a dollar. They had Possum the goat for milk and cheese, chooks for eggs, grew their own fruit and veggies and bartered for what they couldn't produce. They parked the car and picked up bicycles, they used solar power, rainwater tanks and became healthier, wealthier, happier and reduced their environmental footprint by 95%. But the adventure had just begun. Soon after they moved to Tasmania, bought land and challenged themselves to build a sustainable house. It took 5 years, a lot of clay, sand, straw, wood and $90,000. Read their misadventures, near deaths, tangles with snakes and ultimate triumphs as they became market gardeners and seed savers starting the heirloom seed store, Seed Freaks, and stuck with the family motto, 'if there's a hard way to do something, we'll find it! This is their adventure. With significant updates and additions. Featured on Today Tonight & ABC Gardening Australia 4 bonus chapters The Quiet Revolution: Debt Free & Working Less, How Our Species Survives 'I read Living the Good Life in my transition from fashion-obsessed hairdresser to biophiliac and it helped me find my path. I'm ever grateful to Linda for sending this into the world.' Paulette Whitney - Author of Broccoli & other Love Stories '

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0645514268
• ISBN13: 9780645514261
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Together Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.7" x 5.1"