{"product_id":"life-at-walnut-tree-farm-9781788547819","title":"Life at Walnut Tree Farm","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1970 Roger Deakin acquired Walnut Tree Farm  a semi-ruined Elizabethan farmhouse deep in the countryside of northern Suffolk  on the edge of Mellis Green  the largest area of common grazing land in England. The houses thatch and roof beams were rotting; pigs and hens had been its last occupants and the floors were ankle deep in shit. Leaving swinging London behind  Deakin bought the farm in a spirit of back to the land fervour; and  in the coming decades  lovingly restored it. Deakin lived here until his death in 2006  dredging the moat (in which he swam daily)  planting woods and buying more of the surrounding fields  where he grew hay and wild flowers.  Walnut Tree Farm became a place of pilgrimage and inspiration for nature-lovers  writers  intellectuals and artists  while Deakins Waterlog has become a much-loved classic of nature writing and gave impetus to the wild swimming movement. Rufus Deakin and Titus Rowlandson offer a beautifully illustrated and designed record of the development of Deakins rural paradise  centred on a series of photographs taken by Roger Deakin himself  which record both the rebuilding of Walnut Tree Farm  the unique character of a remarkable building  and the seasonal cycle of nature in the land and countryside that surround it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67931714060341,"sku":"ByrdShop_1788547810","price":248.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781788547819.jpg?v=1794217006","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/life-at-walnut-tree-farm-9781788547819","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}