THE NATURAL HOME

Wendyl Nissen, Allen & Unwin, $39.99, 336 pages, paperback

After 10 years of trying to live sustainably, Wendyl Nissen shares this distillation of learnings on growing veges, making bread, cutting the grocery bill, cleaning without chemicals and making beauty products. With honesty and humour, the author is open about her failures. Home-made shampoo – don’t go there. Essential oils to ward off flies – not a success. Enjoyable rather than irritatingly evangelical.