Muster Dogs Homegrown

What 100 days of living off the land taught this farmer about self-sufficiency, community and finding new purpose.

In 2025, grazier and Muster Dogs favourite Cilla Pershouse set herself an ambitious challenge: to eat only homegrown food for 100 days. What began as a personal quest to improve her health and wellbeing soon became a journey of unexpected transformation.

While recounting her triumphs and setbacks, Cilla shares how growing, harvesting and preparing her own food helped her rediscover purpose and reconnect with the natural world around her. Along the way, she also learned to appreciate the powerful role that community plays in our lives, finding support, encouragement and connection through friends, neighbours, local growers and fellow food producers.

Filled with humour, heart, delicious recipes and practical gardening tips, Homegrown is a deeply personal story about slowing down, embracing simplicity and finding joy in life's small moments. Readers will come away with a deeper appreciation of where food comes from, practical ideas for growing and preparing their own produce, and enthusiasm for adopting a simpler, more connected way of life.

Warm, inspiring and deeply relatable, Homegrown invites readers to join Cilla as she rediscovers the joy of living closer to the land and explores the rewards, challenges and unexpected lessons that come with a more self-sufficient way of life.