Country Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Live Off the Land

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Item # MB-23680  ISBN: 9781579123680




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The joy of doing more for oneself, mastering a skill, being more independent, connecting in a very physical way with our land, our property, our earth—that's why we are drawn to this book.

Back in the 1970s, during the "back to the land era" when hippies were homesteading and gas and energy prices were sky high, Storey bagan to publish a series of small bookslets called Country Wisdom Bulletins, each one addressing a bite-sized piece of country know-how. The collection grew into the hundreds and eventually over 15 million copies were sold to people eager to discover the fun and satisfaction of doing more for themselves.

And now, collected between the covers of this volume, is a compendium of treasured knowledge from hundreds of Country Wisdom Bulletins.

Table of Contents

• ANIMALS
  Birds and Bats | Cats | Dogs | Rabbits | Horses | Livestock and More
  
  
• COOKING
  General | Breads | From the Dairy | Meats | Preserving, Pickling, Canning, Distilling
  
  
• CRAFTS
  For the Home | Gifts from Nature | Gifts and Decorations
  
  
• GARDENING
  General Information | Flowering Plants | Vegetables and More | Fruits and Berries | Kitchen Herbs | Landscaping and Specialty Gardens
  
  
• HEALTH and WELLBEING
  Beauty and Bath | Natural Home Remedies | Recipes and Elixirs
  
  
• HOME
  Inside the House | Fences, Orhards, Outbuildings and more
  
  
• APPENDICES

8,167 useful skills and step-by-step instructions including attracting hummingbirds, baking basic bread, breeding livestock, caning chairs, concocting elixirs and remedies, farming blackberries, drawing maple syrup, growing the best tomatoes, perfecting orchids, pest-proofing your garden, putting up a stone wall, stenciling furniture, weaving country baskets, and much more!

Lists, resources, ingredients, tables, formulas, and recipes. One complete practical volume!

Country Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Live Off the Land