Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance - Brossura

Storey, M. John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1580172024 ISBN 13: 9781580172028

Casa editrice: Storey Books, 1999

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Covering virtually every aspect of independent country living, this practical handbook covers such topics as building and renovating a home, alternative energy and heating sources, basic home maintenance, cooking skills, food preservation, gardening, and much more. Simultaneous.

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REDISCOVER THE BASIC SKILLS OF COUNTRY LIFE!

Whether it's making ice cream or sharpening an ax, cleaning a chimney or growing raspberries, you'll learn how to do it in this treasury of time-honored country wisdom. Illustrated step-by-step instructions will show you how to milk a cow, tap a maple tree, clean a fish, lead a horse, and build the best chicken coop. You'll find out how to heat your house with wood or by the sun and how to de-skunk a country dog. You'll learn the proper way to put in a water system, rewire an old house, stack a cord of wood, and grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs.

Yearning for a more self-reliant life? You'll find the answers in Storey's Basic Country Skills.

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• Editore: Storey Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1580172024
• ISBN 13: 9781580172028
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 564
• Redattore: Burns Deborah