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The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book
by
Carla Emery
Initially self-published 20 years ago, The Encyclopedia of Country Living has become the trusted guidebook to sustainable, self-sufficient living. Filled with memorable anecdotes, crucial advice, and a generous helping of good humor, this compendium provides detailed information about food production growing, processing, cooking, and preserving together with hundreds of il...more
Paperback, 864 pages
Published
March 6th 2003
by Sasquatch Books
(first published 1977)
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We keep this book up at the cabin. I like to sit by the fire and read about shearing sheep and slaughtering pigs (sorry, my veggie friends).
Contained in these pages is just about everything you need to know to live off the grid or on it, if you prefer. It covers finding and purchasing land, building houses and barns, buying, raising, and breeding all sorts of animals, hunting, foraging, slaughtering livestock, shearing sheep, growing fruits and vegetables, canning, and more and more and m...more
Contained in these pages is just about everything you need to know to live off the grid or on it, if you prefer. It covers finding and purchasing land, building houses and barns, buying, raising, and breeding all sorts of animals, hunting, foraging, slaughtering livestock, shearing sheep, growing fruits and vegetables, canning, and more and more and m...more
This is my most favorite book for how to live off the land and receipies to use what you grow, how to preserve it, keep seeds for the next growing season form the plants you are currently growing and much much more.
the author hired me to assemble the early version of this book for mailing - three-ring binder rings through hole-punched multicolored cardstock. without this book i would never have known how to kill and skin a rabbit.
This book has everything you would ever want to know about gardening, country living, and being self-sufficient. If you ever wanted to give birth to a baby at home or raise chickens, this is the book for you.
A handy reference book for gardening, livestock care, food production and storage. There are inaccuracies in it, but in general a handy book to have around.
This is a must have for your reference books for homesteading, gardening, and animal husbandry. It is cram packed with excellent information.
Kjerstin
is currently reading it
reading voraciously, I hide the seed catalogs while I do so. otherwise my aspirations quickly outgrow my available topsoil
I give up. Though I made it through the section on wheat and flour, the final straw turned out to be a 50 page chapter on herbs and do it yourself cosmetics. Most likely this book will go out on the porch with my birding guide and gardening books. Maybe I'll pick away at it over the summer or drag it out next February to stave off cabin-fever.
On a side note, this book will make a great reference. It's sort of the Mount Everest of diy home/farm-keeping books. But with nearly 900 ...more
On a side note, this book will make a great reference. It's sort of the Mount Everest of diy home/farm-keeping books. But with nearly 900 ...more
Awesome resource to have on hand if you want to raise chickens, vegetables, or just live more simply.
Great for the homesteader/small farm types ... and others. :)
great info for planting; interesting to read
Well, I can't honestly say I "read" it, but I flipped through it, read some parts and deemed it a good reference book. I gave it to my husband for Christmas a few years ago. Good to have living the way we do!
If and when we get chickens and goats. I am ready to turn to this fascinating and insightful "encyclopedia" of hints and how-to's. The stories found throughout the book are so endearing. Each year as I take more steps to live simply and find ways to get the things I need from my own labor I want more. This will undoubtably assist me in realizing what is possible and how to realize it in my own life.
This book is a big fat one and has it all. How to build a fire in a cookstove and cook on it. How to can vegetables. How to grow a garden. What to feed your rabbits and chickens. How to butcher and cook your rabbits and chickens, and pigs etc. How to build an outhouse. How to save rainwater to use. Lots and lots more. We better know some of this stuff. A real self-sufficient bible.
This book has everything (almost) you need to be self sufficient in raising everything from kids to animals to food. From "how to give birth by yourself" to "Caring for your dead" and everything in between, this book is a wealth of information. Handy reference, not that I plan to bury any of my own dead... but as far as gardening, food preservation, and livestock care, this is great.
This is a must-have if you are truly interested in homesteading and have at least 1/2 acre. If not, it has some interesting information and good recipes. It is a great how-to source for a variety of skills that were probably common knowledge for our grandparents on their family farms.
Must have for all who are learning to live, or already live the "Country Life".
Has information on every little thing you can imagine pertaining to country living...and it's not all something you can read in the latest Hobby Farms mag either.
Great resource!
Has information on every little thing you can imagine pertaining to country living...and it's not all something you can read in the latest Hobby Farms mag either.
Great resource!
This book is chock full of usefull info. Obviously not finished reading the entire thing but one of those I keep flipping through. Only thing lacking is the "male" side of the country living: Building log cabin, making a fire, hunting, etc. Other than that so far so good.
Probably the ONLY book that will forever be on my "currently-reading" list.
Umm...amazing? Everything you could ever need to know to live self-sufficiently? Quite possibly, yes. I'll probably be reading and re-reading this for the rest of mt life.
Umm...amazing? Everything you could ever need to know to live self-sufficiently? Quite possibly, yes. I'll probably be reading and re-reading this for the rest of mt life.
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So much more then a cook book. Carla takes you from catching or growing the food to the plate. If you want to eat chicken she'll teach ya how to catch it, pluck it, and serve it up right.
A book full of great resources from how to wash clothes by hand to raising a duck. The majority of the book is dedicated to food production. A must book for a starting homesteader.
How to build a homestead
How to kill a pig
Cure ham
Make peach ketchup
and so much more.
You can dip into just about any page and it's entertaining and practical.
How to kill a pig
Cure ham
Make peach ketchup
and so much more.
You can dip into just about any page and it's entertaining and practical.
I so need to get this book. I might know a lot about food preservation and gardening and general homesteading, but this book covers it ALL... and then some!
Only read the parts that pertained to my interests(after all, it's an 900+ page encyclopedia) but it's an amazingly thorough book.
everything from canning to animal husbandry. A self sufficency guide (a bit hard to incorporate when living in Singapore though!)
We love books like these that teach us how to live with more "country" skills. It is good to get back to the basics.
This us one of my "go-to" books when I'm at a loss to figure out how to use garden stuff, herbs, fruit, milk...
We are always currently reading this book. Without a doubt, one of the best purchases we have ever made.
Next time you need to castrate a goat, check out this book first.
Lots of useful information. Interesting reading.
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