Carla Emery

Offers advice in food preservation, recipes, gardening, beekeeping, raising livestock, soap making, and other farm and household activities for living well and living simply.

The Encyclopedia of Country Living

An enormous undertaking, this 900-page volume embraces every facet of country living, from raising livestock to canning vegetables. Over 300,000 copies of previous editions have been sold and author Carla Emery continues to draw new fans to her book. This revised and expanded edition is packed with information on growing, harvesting, processing, preserving, and cooking everything for vegetables and grains to dairy animals, pigs, and even earthworms! A wealth of other topics include enriching soil, baking bread, making soap, tanning hides, wood stove cooking, even delivering a baby. No book can match An Encyclopedia of Country Living for its thoroughness and reliability.

An Old Fashioned Recipe Book

The Encyclopedia of Hypnotism

Secret, Don't Tell

#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.com ** OutdoorHappens.com

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