The process of becoming aware that we wanted a more simpler way of life started around 1991, when we were living in Midsummer Cottage, Sessay, North Yorkshire. The transformation documented in several of our own publications, as well as in the national press. The most recent and most detailed being Maureen’s TREAD SOFTLY AS YOU TREAD ON MY DREAMS. Which you can buy from Amazon (use the Amazon of your country) by typing M L ROOKSBY into the search bar, or read as a free download (by visiting the home page).
The first book we ever published was in 1994, entitled HOW A GARDEN CHANGED MY LIFE
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published in 1996, click here
published in 1997, click here
published in 1998, click here
This was the last book about our time at Midsummer Cottage, published in 2001 and printed in Spain while we were living in Galicia. There is no download sadly, but we have a few paperback copies which are free + postage.
There is also a home video on dvd of our garden & house at Midsummer Cottage, available free on request + postage.
Finally, here is a selection of some of the many articles written about Midsummer Cottage in the national (UK) press:
GARDENS ILLUSTRATED magazine
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HOME MAGAZINE
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THE TIMES MAGAZINE
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And in the following newspapers are more articles (click on the red print to be redirected)
Gardening: Overcoming city limits … – Gardening, House & Home … 26 Oct 1996 – Gardening: Overcoming city limits … Phil Rooksby not only moved to the country – he lives off the land. Anna Pavord …
http://www.independent.co.uk
Gripping yarn of a couple who gave it all up – The Arts … 8 Nov 2006 – When Maureen Rooksby learnt to knit when she was just four years old, she had no idea that knitting would eventually change her life. …
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
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