The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book

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Summary: lives up to name
Review: This is a monster of a book. You will not be able to read it in one sitting. Carla does cover her material very well, but in an easy to read way that makes you want it to be shorter so you CAN read it at one time. She does put quite a bit of herself into it. You will discover she is a christian. You will find out that she had seven children. And you will also find out there are three ways to make hominy. That pigs wil distroy almost any fencing. And perhaps you might discover why this book became her life's work with its constant revisions and additions.

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Summary: If you are entertaining small farm fantasies, start here!
Review: We're lifelong suburbanites, but we picked up this book after reading the reviews here because my youngest daughter wants to raise some chickens and, after all, we do have 5 acres with no livestock restrictions. What a wealth of information. I thought the chickens sounded like work, but they actually didn't sound too bad compared to keeping a few dairy goats. Reality-check time!!! Once you start poking around in this book, you find all sorts of great things- like how about aprox. 10 different yougart and kefir making methodologies. We're still considering the chickens, but I think I'll just go to the store for goat milk- I like my landscaping too much. That probably sounds funny to all you real farmers out there. Well, I'm thrilled that we saved ourselves so much unnecessary work!

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Summary: The BEST Reference Book
Review: With 65 reviews already written by the time I add this one, you know people are reading and enjoying this book! I gave a copy to all my friends interested in raising ANYTHING.
Carla's book is like sitting down with an old friend and listening to her time-tested advise. When I want a quick reference to something like raising chickens or tapping trees for syrup, I grab myself a cup of copy and realize that I will spend time giggling and contemplating life as I read her advise and the advise of people who write to her.
The newest edition includes internet information which is quite helpful in this 21st century. Hope you enjoy the book as much as we do here in Auberry.