Country wisdom & know-how everything you need to know to live off the land

Summary: The most complete volume on every aspect of country living-from home and garden to barn and beyond.

Record details

ISBN: 9781603762359 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1603762353 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (480 p.) : ill.
Publisher: New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers : Distributed by Workman Pub. Co., c2004.

General Note:	"8,167 useful skills and step-by-step instructions including: attracting hummingbirds, baking basic bread, breeding livestock, building homebrew equipment ..."--Cover. Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Animals: Birds and bats -- Cats -- Dogs -- Rabbits -- Horses -- Livestock and more -- Cooking: General -- Breads -- From the dairy -- Meats -- Preserving, pickling, canning, distilling -- Crafts: For the home -- Gifts from nature -- Gifts and decorations -- Gardening: General information -- Flowering plants -- Vegetables and more -- Fruits and berries -- Kitchen herbs -- Landscaping and speciality gardens -- Health and wellbeing: Beauty and bath -- Natural home remedies -- Recipes and elixirs -- Home: Inside the house -- Fences, orchards, outbuildings and more -- Appendices -- List of illustrators -- Index.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.