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

Country Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Live Off the LandCountry Wisdom & Know How is the most complete volume on every aspect of country and self sustained living, from home and garden to barn and beyond. From Storey Publishing's landmark series Country Wisdom Bulletins, this comprehensive collection offers step by step instructions on nearly 200 individual topics, providing everything you need to know about sustainability, self sufficiency, homesteading, and DIY living. Topics include: Animals attracting

Country Wisdom & Know-How is the most complete volume on every aspect of country and self-sustained living, from home and garden to barn and beyond.

From Storey Publishing's landmark series Country Wisdom Bulletins, this comprehensive collection offers step-by-step instructions on nearly 200 individual topics, providing everything you need to know about sustainability, self-sufficiency, homesteading, and DIY living. Topics include:

• Animals attracting backyard birds; building bathhouses and birdfeeders; training and caring for cats and dogs; raising rabbits, ducks, and game birds; buying and selling horses; building chicken coops; beginning beekeeping;
• Cooking the basics of bread baking; making cheese, butter, and yogurt; cooking game; preserving and pickling; homebrewing and making homemade wine
• Crafts stenciling, quilting, and basket-weaving; making wreaths, potpourri, and natural soaps; homemade gifts and decorations
• Gardening starting your garden; caring for flowers and shrubs; controlling weeds; landscaping; growing vegetables, root crops, fruits, berries, kitchen herbs, and more
• Health and Wellbeing natural home remedies; herbs for lifelong health; essential oils and aromatherapy; teas and recipes for a healthy diet
• Home simple home repairs; building furniture; restoring hardwood floors; making curtains; building fences, root cellars, and smokehouses
• And so much more

With nearly 2,000 black-and-white illustrations, diagrams, and photographs, and trusted advice on every page, this is the most thorough and reliable volume of its kind.

This book is also a part of the Know-How series which includes other titles such as:

• Woodworking Wisdom & Know-How
• Natural Healing Wisdom & Know-How
• Craft Wisdom & Know-How
• Garden Wisdom & Know-How

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Published: 01/03/2017
ISBN: 9780316276962
Pages: 1072
Weight: 3.00lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.90w x 1.60d