Country Wisdom & Know-How

Reminiscent of the classic Whole Earth Catalog, 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.Compiled from the information in Storey Publishing's landmark series of "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 bathouses and birdfeeders; training and caring for cats and dogs; raising rabbits, ducks, and game birds; buying and selling horses; building chicken coops; beginning beekeeping; butchering livestock
• Cooking: recipes for all seasons; the basics of bread baking; making cheese, butter, and yogurt; cooking game; preserving and pickling; homebrew equipment 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 much more!

Nearly 2,000 black-and-white illustrations, diagrams, and photographs complement these fascinating projects, and trusted advice on every page makes this the most thorough and reliable volume of its kind.

• Garden Wisdom and Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Plant, Grow, and Harvest (Wisdom & Know-How)
• Survival Wisdom & Know How: Everything You Need to Know to Subsist in the Wilderness
• The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 40th Anniversary Edition: The Original Manual for Living off the Land & Doing It Yourself
• Home Repair Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Fix, Maintain, and Improve Your Home
• Woodworking Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Design, Build, and Create
• Natural Healing Wisdom & Know How: Useful Practices, Recipes, and Formulas for a Lifetime of Health
• Craft Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Stitch, Sculpt, Bead and Build
• The Forgotten Skills of Self-Sufficiency Used by the Mormon Pioneers
• Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills (Back to Basics Guides)
• A Guide to Canning, Freezing, Curing & Smoking Meat, Fish & Game