I keep going back to this resource on everything farm-ish.

Now that I know what's covered in these pages, I will buy my own copy and keep it on hand for easy access to information. This is a MASSIVE reference book over 900 pages long on just about anything you'd need to know about country living, including how to purchase farm animals, catch a run-away pig, milk a cow, make sausage, can tomatoes, build a chicken coop, etc. There is everything from detailed gardening to how to make egg noodles. This is a great collection of lost skills and it makes me happy! I have no desire to live in the country but I am interested in urban agriculture, growing more of what I eat, and learning how to preserve what grows. The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 50th Anniversary Edition. From Latin names for plants to when and how to plant to what to plant with what to how to fight pests to preserving harvest for winter to recipes for everything you grow, you ought to be able to find what you need here. This is a book about self-sufficient living, so it also has interesting things like a diagram of a hog with an X placed exactly where you should shoot it.

It covers everything from raising and butchering livestock, to baking, gardening, canning, using herbs, building chicken coops and churning butter.

Ha ha! This book is almost as thick as a phone book, and contains information on just about everything you could think of when it comes to living in the country - canning, raising chickens, gardening, the works. Continually updated since its inception in 1969, the 50th Anniversary Edition is complete with …

$14.99; $14.99; Publisher Description. ( : This book is THE SHIT! The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 50th Anniversary Edition | The definitive manual of basic skills and country wisdom for living off the land, being prepared, and doing it yourself--whether it's a farm or homestead, suburb, or city. This book might have just saved my life! Current interest: lambs and meat sheep! Free shipping for many products! Emery, Carla. It was more like a journal than a dictionary though so that's why I didn't love it and the pictures could of been better. The file will be sent to your Kindle account. I'd say I've read "on" this book! A wonderful book to either flip through for inspiration or to turn to for detailed advice. From homesteaders to urban farmers, and everyone in between, there is a desire for a simpler way of life--a healthier, greener, more self-sustaining, and holistic approach to modern life. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.

I like to sit by the fire and read about shearing sheep and slaughtering pigs (sorry, my veggie friends).

It can be read from cover to cover, but for me it is more of a little at a time book. The copy I have is from the library. good lord, this book is comprehensive. I'll be reading and re-reading this one for a long while. You can write a book review and share your experiences.

So I figure it has it all. It covers an extensive list of subjects from growing beets to butchering hogs and from keeping bees to making soap.

Whatever I am doing at the time, be it learning about a certain plant, how to preserve food, or how to make cheese; I just refer to that section and read up on it. :). I love learning how to do things on my own like making pickles and soap, so I am enjoying it. This book wasn't what I expected, and maybe thats why I didnt like it? It is not a book you would read from cover to cover as there are many sections that are specifically for reference. but it gives a person an overview of what's involved, and that's a fine starting point.

I've turned to it many times when I needed information, or to read about something I was considering trying. It is not a book you would read from cover to cover as there are many sections that are specifically for reference. I love it.

This is a book about self-sufficient living, so it also has interesting things like a diagram of a hog with an X placed exactly where you should shoot it. Whether you've loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Carla Emery really knew her stuff. What an incredible volume of useful knowledge!

The Encyclopedia of Country Living is the original manual of basic skills and country wisdom for living on the land--whether it's a farm or homestead, suburb or city.

), they will find upon perusal that there are all kinds of tidbits mixed in as well that they might miss if they don't go cover to cover.

I have to be perfectly honest here, I have NOT read this book. Continually updated since its inception in 1969, the 50th Anniversary Edition is complete with updated resource and contact information. For example, you wouldn't think to find homemade household cleaner recipes in the gardening section, nor would you expect to find out what to do if you find yourself giving birth and you are all alon.

It is a book to have on your shelf for constant reference as the farm grows.

From Latin names for plants to when and how to plant to what to plant with what to how to fight pests to preserving harvest for winter to recipes for everything you grow, you ought to be able to find what you need here.

With its origin. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published From homesteaders to urban farmers, and everyone in between, there is a desire for a simpler way of life--a healthier, greener, more self-sustaining, and holistic approach to modern life. Great reference book for anyone who's looking to live on the land - I saw this years ago at a book store in Portland (Powell's, baby!) It is not the kind of book you read from cover to cover. It covers storing fruits, meats, and vegetables and hundreds of other basic skills that use to be passed down from father to son but which have been forgotten, for the most part, in our modern urban lifestyle.

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