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Country Wisdom & Know-How | 
 enlarge | Author: The Editors Of Storey Publishing's Country Wisdom Boards
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 5732
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 488
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 13.5 x 10.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1579123686
Dewey Decimal Number: 643
UPC: 768821236861
EAN: 9781579123680
Publication Date: September 1, 2004
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Product Description
Reminiscent in both spirit and design of the beloved Whole Earth Catalog, Country Wisdom & Know-How is an unprecedented collection of information on nearly 200 individual topics of country and self-sustained living. Compiled from the information in Storey Publishing's landmark series of "Country Wisdom Bulletins," this book is the most thorough and reliable volume of its kind. Organized by general topic including animals, cooking, crafts, gardening, health and well-being, and home, it is further broken down to cover dozens of specifics from "Building Chicken Coops" to "Making Cheese, Butter, and Yogurt" to "Improving Your Soil" to "Restoring Hardwood Floors." Nearly 1,000 black-and-white illustrations and photographs run throughout and fascinating projects and trusted advice crowd every page.
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 everything you ever wanted to know but afraid to ask. December 22, 2008
I purchased this book and later had to buy 3 more for friends and family that were impressed by it too. it is truly a wealth of information. we have used it for many projects. sometimes i go to the book when i have a question sometimes i pick up the book and look for something interesting to try.
Getting back to what I was taught, filling in the details. December 15, 2008
I was raised on a hog farm, and as a child worked the land and raised the animals as I was directed. After the farm went under in the 1980s, I was sent to live with my father in the city. It has taken me 21 years to get back to my roots, and work the soil.
I remember many things about my way of life as a child, but this book filled in many questions I had not been taught. Mom has long been gone, Dad is a slicker, Grandpa has passed away.
Planning our chicken coup with my son, what a great guide to pass it down.
From canning, gardening, harvesting meat, to making your own soap. Slickers can even use this guide.
The only down fall is the small print, old eyes don't see so good. But for 20 bucks, with all the reading and learning, it is a wonderful tool.
all the information in one place November 30, 2008
I love this book! My husband purchased it for me as a gift and it has been a wonderful reference manual for so many things. It has given me great ideas on how to expand the self-sufficiency of my home. I can't wait to build the compost frames from the plans in this book. My family has enjoyed some of recipes for thanksgiving dinner and preserves put up for the Winter months. The only negative I could name would be the index is not always as complete as I would like. I have written in what page the tomato sauce recipe can be found next to Tomatoes entry, since I don't usually think to look for it under Pasta Sauce. Regardless, the tomato sauce is delicious.
Great Story Publication! November 2, 2008
This is a great resource for country living. We bought it for our son-in-law and then ordered another one for ourselves. And we live on the same property! But this is one worth having close at hand.
Wisdom October 3, 2008
This is a very thorough and concise book. Everything that I want to know about butchering chickens, building a rock wall, and cleaning squirrel was in there. It is wonderful.
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