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Country Wisdom & Know-How |  | Author: The Editors of Storey Publishing's Country Wisdom Boards
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  50 reviews
Media: Paperback
Edition: illustrated edition
Pages: 488
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 13.4 x 10.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 1579123686
Dewey Decimal Number: 643
UPC: 768821236861
EAN: 9781579123680
Publication Date: September 1, 2004
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Product Description
Reminiscent in both spirit and design of the beloved Whole Earth Catalog, Country Wisdom & Know-How is an unprecedented collection of information on nearly 200 individual topics of country and self-sustained living. Compiled from the information in Storey Publishing's landmark series of "Country Wisdom Bulletins," this book is the most thorough and reliable volume of its kind. Organized by general topic including animals, cooking, crafts, gardening, health and well-being, and home, it is further broken down to cover dozens of specifics from "Building Chicken Coops" to "Making Cheese, Butter, and Yogurt" to "Improving Your Soil" to "Restoring Hardwood Floors." Nearly 1,000 black-and-white illustrations and photographs run throughout and fascinating projects and trusted advice crowd every page.
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 A little smaller with heavier paper and more pages November 24, 2009
So.IL.Survivor (So.IL)
A good book to have but will it stand up to repeated use?Paper not very strong,or thick enough.
 Little bit of everything ~ A must have on the bookshelf October 22, 2009
M. Graybeal (Peytona, WV USA)
This book really does touch on so many topics it is well worth the little bit you have to pay for the knowledge. I lik ein the country and have my whole life and learnd things in the book I have never even thought of.. Pick one up, you will like it.
I was pleased to find a copy, a friend had one and I found it interestin. very quice delivery A+++it is a great book of valua September 29, 2009
Marie Curtis (new york)
It is a wonderful bok of old time ways to do anyting on their property, All kind of those "Old Wives Tails" that really work. it tells what to do with herbs that you grew in your garden.
Great book
 A mixed bag September 14, 2009
Jolene Pirrone
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I originally intended to leave a scathing review, but held off until I was in a better mood. There is a lot of good information in this book - printed in tiny text on very large pages. This is not a problem for my 20/10 vision, but may be an issue for some. I really like the info about cheese and yogurt making. The gardening and animal sections are good solid starting points although leaning a little more towards conventional methods. There are lots of good recipes. (Perhaps a few too many.)
My problem is that in between the good information, there are a lot of perfectly useless topics such as training your cat, feeding birds, stenciling, busy-work crafts, etc. These are not awful subjects to read about, but this text devotes way too much time to such superfluous pursuits. Before you think I'm cold-hearted, consider the fact that there is 3 times as much material about feeding birds than there is on raising chickens. Then consider the title of the book and you tell me...
Great if you are looking for a overview of many subjects to get started with.
Good idea but needs work September 13, 2009
E. Adams (United States)
It reminds me of the old "Whole Earth Catalog". Large in size (13 1/2" by 10 1/2") it covers a wide variety of subject matter. From growing gardens to making yogurt, repairing roofs to identifying animals, it is a good source book for many questions that country living might bring up. Also, it does so with a very matter-of-fact presentation. This I appreciate. What I don't like is the small, nearly "legal-size" print. Even with my reading glasses on it's difficult to read. I hope in future publications they decide on a slightly thicker book but larger font. Also, I think more work is needed on the subject index in the back of the book. For example, I wanted to see if their cooking section had any ideas on strawberries. In the back of the book it showed subjects on strawberry growing, storage, wintering, watering and the like, but no cooking information. In the cooking section I did find more information. A more thorough, comprehensive index would help.
Having said all this, would I recommend this book? Absolutely. In spite of it's shortcomings it is a unique source book.
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