When Mary and John Baker opt out of the rat race for self-sufficiency on a small-holding in beautiful Devon, they have no farming experience as such, but determination by the bucket load, and their friends and family think they're mad. A chain of often hilarious and sometimes sad events follow as they battle the elements, temperamental farm animals and a less than adequate postal system. Not a dissimilar story to that of Tom and Barbara Good, the nation's most famous urban farmers, but this is a memoir, told with great humour and poignancy, that will make you reassess your own way of life.