Humble by Nature, Kate Humble
Humble by Nature, Kate Humble
List: $24.99 | Sale: $17.50
Club: $12.49

Humble by Nature
Life, lambs and a dog called Badger

Author: Kate Humble

Narrator: Kate Humble

Unabridged: 8 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Aster

Published: 07/01/2021

Synopsis

In 2007, after twenty years of living in London, Kate Humble and her husband Ludo decided it was time to leave city life behind them. Three years later, now the owner of a Welsh smallholding, Kate hears that a nearby farm is to be broken up and sold off. Another farm lost; another opportunity for a young farmless farmer gone. Desperate to stop the sale, Kate contacts the council with an alternative plan - to keep the farm working and to run a rural skills and animal husbandry school alongside it. Against all odds, she succeeds.

Here, in Humble By Nature, Kate shares with us a highly personal account of her journey from London town house to Welsh farm. Along the way we meet Bertie and Lawrence the donkeys, Myfanwy and Blackberry the pigs and goats Biscuit and Honey, not forgetting a dog called Badger and his unladylike sidekick Bella. And we are introduced to the tenant farmers Tim and Sarah, the locals who helped and some who didn't, and a whole host of newborn lambs.

Full of the warmth and passion for the natural world that makes Kate such a sought after presenter, Humble By Nature is the story of two people prepared to follow their hearts and save a small part of Britain's farming heritage, whatever the consequences.

About Kate Humble

Kate Humble is a broadcaster and author of five books, including Thinking On My Feet, A Year of Living Simply and Home Cooked. A champion of the environment, nature conservation and rural affairs, she is president of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust and founded Humble by Nature, a rural skills centre on her farm in Wales. She lives with her husband and other assorted animals on a smallholding in the Wye Valley.www.katehumble.com www.humblebynature.cominstagram.com/farmerhumbleinstagram.com/kmhumble twitter.com/katehumbletwitter.com/farmerhumble

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ally on March 07, 2020

Light, escapism. A good book to read in front of the fire, with a mix of tea and a plate of hobnobs. Privileged Kate Humble can drop London life and buy a gorgeous farmhouse in the Wales with menagerie of animals, buy a 100 acre farm to turn into an rural educational centre / working farm / holiday......more

Goodreads review by Laura on June 12, 2019

Not so humble after all... It was nice hearing the anecdotes about lambs, pigs and the farming community and I'm sure Kate Humble is really nice and well-meaning. The writing was fluid and easy to read which made it a quick read. I was born and grew up in a rural farming community and it consisted of......more

Goodreads review by Kris on November 17, 2017

I love it when the author narrates their own story on audio books and this was such an enjoyable listen! Kate’s voice is warm and personable as she tells the listener/reader about her and her husband’s adventures creating a smallholding home in Monmouthshire, Wales. If you do not like animals, there......more

Goodreads review by Zoe on August 21, 2024

I've already read a book by Kate Humble (Living Simply) and at the time loved it. I flew through this book in about a week... to all you speed readers out there, that's quick for me! 😉 After moving from London to a remote cottage in South Wales, I appreciated reading about the many trials and tear-in......more

Goodreads review by Sophy on September 18, 2020

A surprise lovely read by Kate Humble about the initial purchase, restoration and maintenance of her farm in rural Monmouthshire; taking it from quagmire with crumbling outbuildings and flooded fields, to a working farm teaching rural skills including husbandry and foraging. The author comes across a......more

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List