I have just finished reading Barbara Kingsolver's book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, co-written with her husband and one daughter. They embarked on a one-year trial to see if they could live exclusively on food produced in their own area. Much of it was grown on their own small farm. They managed nicely, enjoying crops when they were harvested, and pickling and canning in August for the coming winter. This really appeals to me, and my mind went into over-drive, planning my new vegetable garden for the new home. Perthshire is a good place to live; we wouldn't have to go without much. Yesterday, in The Sunday Times, there was a small piece about the Fife Diet. A group of 200 - 300 people from Fife are coming to the end of their very similar experiment. The article mentioned a cheese-shop in Anstruther. If you live in Fife, getting hold of lobsters will never be a problem! Have a look at www.fifediet.wordpress.com I downloaded Simon Fairlie's article "Can Britain Feed Itself?" and found it both informative and fascinating. I am now trying to persuade my husband to take up fishing again! But what will I do about olive oil?...