Book description
Escape into nature with Matt Baker's fascinating journey through nature's year and family life on the farm
Peppered with his hand drawn sketches and moments from his TV career throughout, this is a heartfelt and fascinating insight into Matt's life outside of our TV screens
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Matt Baker is at…
Why read it?
1 author picked A Year on Our Farm as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This autobiography of perhaps one of Britain’s most loved television personalities is a sheer joy to read.
I was initially drawn to it as I am a magpie for books about farming written by farmers and this element was a fantastic window into his experiences of growing up on the family sheep farm in Yorkshire, as well as his current role within that world.
The joy of this book is that as well as being an ode to rural life and nature, it is also interwoven with plenty of extra layers as we find out more about his life in…
From Kate's list on The best books to take you into the world of farming without getting your feet muddy.
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