Mr. Justin Rhodes

This is both a great story and great instruction manual. Provides basic and easy instructions and ideas to get your homestead started, even if you have very little space. It is also written in a way that you can read through cover to cover like a novel and get little pieces or humorous and heartfelt stories from the authors homestead adventure. This book can inspire and show anyone that they can find ways to live a more rooted life

Affordable Organic Eating!

For the sake of his family's health, Justin wanted to eat organic and free-range foods. But he was suffering severe sticker shock every time he bought those things because they were so expensive.

That is when he saw a package of lettuce seeds at the store. When he looked at it, he discovered that for the small price the seeds cost, he would reap bushels of lettuce. That was a life changing moment.

Even though Justin didn't have any gardening experience, he claims it show more wasn't hard to grow things. As time went on, he has produced more of his own food. He has branched out to raising chickens and other livestock. It is all organic, and Justin declares nothing tastes as good as something fresh from the garden.

The Rhodes have grown things year-round, and often have eaten complete meals containing only things they have produced. Justin chronicles their captivating story, along with easy-to-follow instructions to copy everything he has done. He includes advice about growing extra, selling it, and using that money to eat for free.

Going back to nature, living off the land, these are catch phrases that have been enticing people for years to give the self-sustaining life a chance. But not too many people stay with it because it can be a lot of hard work, sometimes with very little to show for it.

Justin not only thought about this life-style, but did it, and says he has found a way to make it attainable--and he tells you how. This five-star, over-sized book contains beautiful pictures of his family, and their gardens. Enjoy his story, and if it inspires you, start producing your own healthy food. This will appeal to fans of biographies or gardeners, as well as, readers in general.

Hachette Books has provided Tickmenot with a complimentary copy of, The Rooted Life, for the purpose of review. show less