{"product_id":"living-off-the-land-my-cornish-smallholding-dream-9781916389021","title":"Living off the Land: My Cornish Smallholding Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo make her dream come true Lorraine Turnbull dragged her new husband and reluctant children away from Glasgow to live the 'Good Life' on a smallholding in Cornwall. Sheep wrestling, making cider, dealing with maggots and a demented mother and all under the pressure of the dreaded Agricultural Occupancy Condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLorraine shares the story of the delights and disasters of living off the land in Cornwall and of how she finally triumphed over adversity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis memoir of life on a smallholding in Cornwall will appeal to many readers. Those who love Cornwall, who love tales of rural life, those looking for true stories with an uplifting ending. There is humour, pathos and a real honesty about family life on the farm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTurnbull, Lorraine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Lorraine Turnbull wanted to be a farmer since she was five years old. She has been a professional gardener in Glasgow before moving her family to a run-down agriculturally tied bungalow in Cornwall. She retrained as a F.E. teacher and taught horticulture, whilst running a one acre smallholding. After working for The Rural Business School, she set up a profitable small craft cider business. In 2014 she won the Cornwall Sustainability Awards Best Individual category. She successfully removed the Agricultural Occupancy Condition on her home, relocated to France; where she continues to run a smallholding and writes.","brand":"Fat Sheep Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50440557625618,"sku":"9781916389021","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eb6b3387-1d10-4ec9-bf1f-6fa16d4a66cc.jpg?v=1729661336","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/living-off-the-land-my-cornish-smallholding-dream-9781916389021","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}