This book may be 30 years old, but the info is timeless. Especially in a world where we are striving to be more "green" in our every day endeavours. This book has such vital information as to how to make homemade cleaners instead of the chemically laden things we buy in the store today. It also has such entertaining information such as how to make boot grease out of bear fat. Someone out there would love to know that. But the book itself is a wonderful wealth of information and entertaining thoughts from the late great Carla Emery!
This is exactly what the title claims--an encyclopedia. It is amazing in that it covers everything you'd need to know about homesteading, living off grid, gardening, small animal farming. Even has a section on how to milk a cow or goat! I've heard where the early editions of this book go for upwards of $150. You definitely get your moneys worth. Great for DIY and self-sufficiency folks plus anyone wondering how they did it "back in the day". I had a friend who bought this book and I liked it so much I found my own copy!
So far very informative and I will use ideas from the book thank you I have used it for some canning ideas
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This is a great personal testament written by a woman who is honest and humorous about the "simple" life. There is a huge amount of information that is quite often only passed down in families through oral traditions. Many people may find it amusing, but this is a clear and honest portrait of the daily life tasks that someone living the simple life deals with. The recipes are funny and good, when followed, but the stories are the best.
book tells you how to be TOTALLY self sufficient.
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