Description: #1 -- The Best Country and Rural Living Books* #1 -- 15 Best Homesteading Books for Beginners in 2021** For more than 50 years, this homesteading classic is the essential book of basic skills and country wisdom for living off the land, being prepared, and doing it yourself. Keep your family healthy, safe, and independent--no matter what's going on in the world. 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 that allows you to survive and thrive--even in uncertain times. Book and Mortar Record Store The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 50th Anniversary Edition: The Original Manual for Living Off the Land & Doing It Yourself (Homesteading & Off-Grid -- Carla Emery #1 -- The Best Country and Rural Living Books* #1 -- 15 Best Homesteading Books for Beginners in 2021** For more than 50 years, this homesteading classic is the essential book of basic skills and country wisdom for living off the land, being prepared, and doing it yourself. Keep your family healthy, safe, and independent--no matter what's going on in the world. 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 that allows you to survive and thrive--even in uncertain times. With its origins in the back-to-the-land movement of the late 1960s, Carla Emery's landmark book has grown into a comprehensive guide to living a self-sustaining lifestyle. Learn how to live independently in this comprehensive guide, including how to: * Can, dry, and preserve food * Plan your garden * Grow your own food * Make 20-minute cheese * Make your own natural skincare products * Bake bread * Cook on a wood stove * Learn beekeeping * Raise chickens, goats, and pigs * Create natural skincare products * Make organic bug spray * Treat your family with homemade remedies * Make fruit leather * Forage for wild food * Spin wool into yarn * Mill your own flour * Tap a maple tree And more! Basic, thorough, and reliable, this book deserves a place in urban and rural homes alike. This 50th anniversary edition includes updated resources. * Bookscrolling ** OutdoorHappens Author: Carla Emery Publisher: Sasquatch Books Published: 12/03/2019 Pages: 928 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 3.80lbs Size: 10.80h x 8.40w x 2.00d ISBN: 9781632172891 About the Author Carla Emery lived on a farm in Idaho for more than thirty years as a wife, mother of seven, home-schooler, goat-keeper, garden-grower, writer, and country-living instructor. She wrote and self-published the first editions of The Encyclopedia of Country Living during the early 1970s and also ran her School of Country Living. Carla sold nearly 90,000 copies of her self-published editions, traveling the country to promote it and appearing on such shows as The Mike Douglas Show, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, The Phil Donahue Show, and Good Morning America, where she demonstrated country-living skills such as goat-milking, bread-making, and butter-churning. When Sasquatch Books published the 9th Edition of Encyclopedia in 1994, Carla continued to travel the country promoting and selling the book, and teaching the timeless skills of country living. Carla cultivated a large and loyal following across the country. Carla passed away in 2005.
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Genre 1: Books,Subjects,Self-Help
Label: Sasquatch Books
Artist: Emery, Carla
Album: The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 50th Anniversary Edition: The
Edition: 50
Book Title: Encyclopedia of Country Living, 50th Anniversary Edition : The Original Manual for Living off the Land and Doing It Yourself (Homesteading and off-Grid Survival)
Number of Pages: 928 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Item Height: 2 in
Publication Year: 2019
Topic: Sustainable Living, Reference, General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: House & Home, Gardening
Item Weight: 60 Oz
Author: Carla Emery
Item Length: 11.2 in
Item Width: 8.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
