"[A] detailed look at [the Wohllebens'] decades-long experiment in sustainable living... The conversational tone will be welcome to those seeking specifics as readers new to the sustainable lifestyle." -Booklist
"A factual how-to handbook that's filled with lessons ... and practical farming advice." -Library Journal
"A great source of inspiration for anyone wishing to become more self-sufficient." -Kirkus Reviews
"A wonderfully inspired story of soil, food, chickens, and goats, sharing the joys, insights, and challenges of a couple rising to a more sustainable living." -David R. Montgomery, coauthor of The Hidden Half of Nature and What Your Food Ate
"A wonderful invitation into the journey of making a livelihood locally." -Chris Smaje, author of A Small Farm Future and Saying NO to a Farm-Free Future
Peter Wohlleben is a forester and author of several bestselling books about the natural world for adults and children. He lives in Germany's Eiffel Mountains where he manages a sustainable forest and runs the Wohlleben Forest Academy. Miriam Wohlleben has a background as an industrial clerk and manages the back office of Peter Wohlleben. After three decades of country living, she cannot imagine a life without goats, chickens, horses, and a vegetable garden.