Farewell My Subaru.

In the non fiction "Farewell My Subaru," author Doug Fine writes about his experiment of living "green."  Doug Fine plans to live independently from commercially produced food products and from fossil fuels.  The book starts out with Doug Fine purchasing a 41 acre ranch in New Mexico.  Doug's goal on his ranch is to be able to eat only what he grows and what his livestock produces for him.  In the first few days, Doug plants his fruit and vegetable garden and finds himself making frequent trips to Wall-Mart for food.  Until Doug's plants in his garden mature and produce fruits and vegetables,  Doug must live off of commercially produced food.  Doug's next action in living green is purchasing two baby goats from a Tucson, Arizona animal breeder.  These two goats, when full grown, will provide much needed protein from their milk.  Doug plans to make foods such as ice cream, cheese, and yogurt with the milk his goats will produce.  Since Doug's ranch is in the heart of New Mexico, there are many predators that would love to feed on Doug's much needed goats, so Doug cleverly builds a sturdy pen for the goats that houses them at night.  In the first 50 pages of Doug Fine's book, Doug finds that living green is harder than one may think, but he will soon become successful in his experiment to show that any city slicker can live a life independent from fossil fuels and commercially produced products.