I wanted to read it first so I would have a better understanding of the story behind 'Good Husbandry'.

How did this woman & her husband fare after all these years? I immediately put in a request for the book & also immediately contacted my wonderful local library to see if they carried 'The Dirty Life'. 'Good Husbandry' appeared to be years down the road after the rose colored glasses came off - or so I imagined having never read the first book. I noticed it was by the same author who's previous book, 'Good Husbandry' I'd given a firm pass. Several years later I came across a book titled 'Good Husbandry'. After seeing several reviews along those lines I decided to give 'The Dirty Life' a pass. A rich couple who know nothing try to start a farm, the language is obscene & the book is too whiny. At that time, the negative reviews painted a picture of exactly what I didn't want. In a way, it is this simple if you pretend the labor involved in between doesn't exist.Īs with anything that catches my interest, I look for reviews. I didn't need to read another farm porn book with pretty pictures that set up the armchair farmer to believe that farming is really as simple as poking a seed in the ground & then you eat. I was looking for books about small farms whose owners choose to do it the old fashioned way. When I first came across this book on amazon, I thought it might be interesting. The Dirty Life: A Memoir Of Food, Farming, And Love by Kristin Kimball

The dirty life farm