Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance | 
 enlarge | Authors: John Storey, Martha Storey
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Category: Book
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Rating:  31 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 576
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 1.6
ISBN: 1580172024
Dewey Decimal Number: 640.91734
UPC: 037038172027
EAN: 9781580172028
Publication Date: September 1, 1999
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Product Description
This is the book for anyone who wants to become more self-reliant, from suburbanites with 1/4 of an acre to country homesteaders with several. The information is easily understood and readily applicable. More than 150 of Storey's expert authors in gardening, building, animal raising, and homesteading share their specialized knowledge and experience in this ultimate guide to living a more independent, satisfying life. Readers will find step-by-step, illustrated instructions for every aspect of country living including: Finding country land Buying, building, and renovating a home Developing water sources and systems Understanding wiring, plumbing, and heating Using alternative heating and energy sources Vegetable, flower, and herb gardening Traditional cooking skills such as baking bread and making maple syrup Preparing and preserving meat, fruits, and vegetables Building and maintaining barns, sheds, and outbuildings Caring for common farm and ranch animals, and pets
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| Customer Reviews: Read 26 more reviews...
 Basic Country Skills August 10, 2008
Margaret Nordhagen
I am so impressed with this book I am considering it as Christmas gifts for my son and perhaps a brother. I checked it out of the library and enjoyed it so much I purchased it.
Great overall starter guide and reference June 11, 2008
Deborah (Florida, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book covers a huge range of country skills, including a companion planting guide. I wouldn't be without mine!
 Basic Country May 8, 2008
A. Anderson
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The book was definitely basic and it covered lots of information that would be useful on a farm. However, it was not helpful in how to develop the farm system, it was very piece meal and stand alone information, it also deferred its solutions too much to the chemical industry.
Heading For The Country April 28, 2008
Susan Savelli (Richmond, Texas USA)
Who would have thought you could cram so much information into one book. This has been a wonderful tool for my husband and I who are in the process of establishing our little retirement ranch. Excellent resource for anyone moving from the burbs to the country.
 wow - everything you always wanted to know and... April 19, 2008
Dorothyanne Brown (Westport, ON)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
So cool. Where else can you get a book that will tell you how to build a pond and raise livestock, wire an outbuilding, and cut wood? This book has a little bit of everything in it and I'm glad to have it as a resource when I move out to the country in a couple of weeks. It's not exhaustive, and there are probably things in it that I'll want to know more about, but the diagrams are very clear, the discussions neither patronizing nor over my head, and most of all it has a cheerful, you can do it feel that makes me excited about my future challenges.
This would also be a good (if big) book to share with someone who used to live in the country and run a farm, just for their interest and amusement. My dad, never a farmer, would have loved this book for the bits of interesting things in it to read and think about.
Don't know if I'll be self-reliant after using this book, but I think I'llb e keeping it out on the coffee table for quite a few months.
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