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# Sustainable Living Comprehensive Guide DIY Mastery The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 40th Anniversary Edition: The Original Manual for Living off the Land & Doing It Yourself

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## Summary

> 🌍 Cultivate Your Independence with Every Page!

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- **What is this?** The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 40th Anniversary Edition: The Original Manual for Living off the Land & Doing It Yourself
- **How much does it cost?** € 71.67 with free shipping
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## Key Features

- • **DIY Empowerment:** Master the art of doing it yourself with step-by-step instructions.
- • **Timeless Wisdom:** Unlock the secrets of self-sufficiency with this classic manual.
- • **Heritage Knowledge:** Celebrate 40 years of trusted advice from seasoned homesteaders.
- • **Eco-Friendly Living:** Embrace a sustainable lifestyle with practical tips and techniques.
- • **Community Connection:** Join a movement of like-minded individuals passionate about living off the land.

## Overview

The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 40th Anniversary Edition, is a revered manual that offers extensive knowledge on self-sufficient living, gardening, and DIY projects. This used book, in good condition, serves as a timeless resource for anyone looking to embrace a more sustainable lifestyle.

## Description

The essential resource for modern homesteading, growing and preserving foods, and raising chickens, The Encyclopedia of Country Living includes how to  cultivate a garden, buy land, bake bread, raise farm animals, make  sausage, can peaches, milk a goat, grow herbs, churn butter, build a  chicken coop, catch a pig, cook on a wood stove, and much, much more. This comprehensive resource is the most authoritative guide available to a sustainable lifestyle and living off of the land.Carla Emery started writing The Encyclopedia of Country Living in 1969 during the back-to-the-land movement of that time. She continued to add content and refine the information over the years, and the book went from a self-published mimeographed document to a book of 928 pages.This 40th Anniversary Edition reflects the most up-to-date resource information and the most personal version of the book that became Carla Emery's life work. It is the original manual of basic country skills that have proved essential and necessary for people living in the country, the city, and everywhere in between.Carla Emery's The Encyclopedia of Country Living contains 1,000,000 words, 2,000+ recipes, and 1,500+ mail-order sources (for everything she tells you how to do, she also tells you where to get the supplies to do it). This book is so basic, so thorough, so reliable, that it deserves a place in every home.Table of Contents1 Oddments2 Introduction to Plants3 Grasses, Grains & Canes4 Garden Vegetables5 Herbs & Flavorings6 Tree, Vine, Bush & Bramble7 Food Preservation8 Introduction to Animals9 Poultry10 Goats, Cows & Home Dairying11 Bee, Rabbit, Sheep & Pig12 Appendix

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

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