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

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

Author: Editors of Storey Publishing
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Published: 01/03/2017
Pages: 1072
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.00lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.90w x 1.60d
ISBN13: 9780316276962
ISBN10: 0316276960
BISAC Categories:
- House & Home | Do-It-Yourself | General
- Reference | Personal & Practical Guides
- Family & Relationships | General

About the Author
Editors of Storey Books, located in North Adams, Massachusetts, is one of the most respected and trusted publishers in the categories of country living, crafts, pets, and animals.