Product Description
No home, whether in the country, the city, or somewhere in between, should be without this one-of-a-kind encyclopedia — the most complete source of information available about growing, processing, cooking, and preserving homegrown foods from the garden, orchard, field, or barnyard. For more than 30 years, people have relied on its practical, step-by-step advice on basic self-sufficiency skills such as how to cultivate a garden, buy land, bake bread, raise farm ani… More >>
The Encyclopedia of Country Living
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October 31st, 2009 at 2:55 am
The author takes up way too much space in this book, and there’s way too much fluff. This must be her first book
Rating: 1 / 5
October 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
If you want to be preach at, Read this book!! If you want relevant country life information, get a different book. Carla has a hidden agenda to convert everyone…I wanted a country living reference guide, not the bible reprinted.
Rating: 1 / 5
October 31st, 2009 at 6:55 am
I bought this for myself, but would not do again. A much to large tome, very confusing at times and dull. Maybe for a serious farmer it MIGHT be fascinating, but for the average consumer it is to dry and dull. I find myself using it as a reference on a rare occasion for some recipe related item, but mostly collecting dust. Might be donated to the local public book source soon, not worth the shelf space in my opinion. Spend your precious cash elsewhere.
Rating: 2 / 5
October 31st, 2009 at 7:44 am
In terms of content, brilliant — the only thing is Carla’s tendancy to give you info on her personal life that I felt had no bearing on the how-to info being shared.
Rating: 4 / 5
October 31st, 2009 at 7:54 am
I returned this book as it came hurt. The paper stock used is quite cheap- nearly like newspaper. i will not repurchase….
Rating: 2 / 5