Country Wisdom & Know-How Paperback – September 1, 2004

Full of information gets down to the nitty gritty of how to used to have this book a long time ago lost in a house fire glad I was able to find it again you can learn a lot

Tons of useful information. More than I thought. From raising live stock to building a home. Gardening and land rights and recipes. My only complaint is the extremely small type. Need plenty of light and a magnifying glass.

This book is rather large with small print, so it's definitely PACKED with information. I read somewhere (on some prepper site) that it was a good book to buy. I'd love to be a prepper, but let's face it guys, that's expensive! With this I figure I can be a 'mini-prepper' because I'll only have to have food enough for a hard fall/winter season, and then this book comes in handy after that.There is SO much knowledge in here! I really thought it would be some anecdotal stuff with some handy things thrown in with cute phrases, but seriously! This is like a homesteading manual! It has sections on animals, including wild, domesticated, and livestock; cooking, general, breads, dairy, meats, preserving (includes canning, pickling, distilling); crafts for home, fpm nature, for gifts and decorations; gardening, general, flowers, vegetables, fruits, herbs, and specialty, also landscaping; health for beauty, home remedies, including recipes and elixirs; home DIY's for inside and outside; hardiness zone maps for gardening, pest-proofing, and even buying land in the country. Each major section of the book has darkened side panels, so one can easily navigate the plethora of information. Also, there are lots of illustrations to help those of us who are more visual in our learning abilities.I bought mine from Amazon. Their packaging was terrible! I ordered 2 and both arrived torn on the edges (yes, this is a paperback). However, it was so good and comprehensive, I ordered the survival book in this series (Survival Wisdom and Know-How), and I'll probably order others in the future. I seriously think it's worth it.

The book's subject matter is excellent and covers many topics. A previous edition of this book had 480 pages with very tiny print that was difficult to read, and it measured almost 14 x 11 inches and about 1 inch thick - too big for a typical bookshelf. This newer edition has been changed to 8 x 10 inches and 2 inches thick with 1,061 pages - same content, better for the bookshelf, but still with the same size font - 7 lines of print per vertical inch (see photo). Lots of good information, but you'll need a magnifying glass to read it.

I have been wanting this book for a while. Its very imformative and has a ton of info.

WOW!ok... slow your roll usmillers this is a review not a oil wrestling match ok.the wife is an audiobook reader. She doesn't read much by eye because frankly she doesn't sit still long enough to do so. She is a gardener, rabbiteer, canner, baker, fodder growing homesteader. She has lots of reference books that sit on the shelf and look good. This one she carries everywhere, even to our bed!this is no small book either. It's massive in size and small in print and packed with information that is actually useful!Score one for me for buying it for her!hint, buy a magnifying glass and or a good set of reading glasses even if you don't think you need them. There is so much information in the book that they had to decrease the print about half in size. Lots of drawings too.

For survival kit

I added a photo of the book with a mechanical pencil so you could see just how huge this book is. It’s definitely something you could hand down to your children. It contains every single country skill you could ask for.The writing is pretty small, but only because they pack a ton of info into it. There are tons of good recipes that call for ingredients you can grow yourself or easily obtain.

great book, very informative, large and easy to read with illustrations

Livro surpreendente! Muita informação, ilustrações! Essencial para quem gosta de vida simples e contato com a natureza.Só as letras achei pequenas. Mas vale muito a pena! Um super compêndio!

This book have everything you need to know about the country or back to basics life,highly illustrated and simple to follow,just go for this book...highly recommended

This is a great compendium of knowledge and for around 10 quid delivered, you can't beat it. The person who wrote the review about the low quality is obviously a fool! The paper is thin, but there's that much stuff to fit into one book that it would be even thicker- they also complained that it's too big! Yes it's big and what is the problem reading a book at the table? I've found some real treasures of information in this book and would recommend it to anyone with an interest in escaping the world of idiots and becoming a hermit!

Country Wisdom really deserves like 30 stars– one for every book included. (And for this reason, it should be more expensive than it is, really).Okay, so I'm exaggerating a bit. But not much. There is SO much information here, you'l never get to it all. It's a country cook book, a book on bee keeping, a DIY book house/cabin construction, vegetable gardening, raising fowl, keeping/ training pets, preparing medicinal herbs, basket weaving, soap making, etc. etc. etc. The list is endless.As I understand it, this is basically the compilation of hundreds of books/newsletters published as a series by some hippy-farmers back in the 1970s. But don't be turned off by this, the knowledge is timeless and not dated in the least.It's printed in newsprint in an oversized format (like a Sunday paper), with loads of visual diagrams and written with very clear, easy too read - and often humorous - instructions.Think 'Cook's Illustrated', but for homesteading.Highly recommended if you're an a beginner, or even expert, homesteader. Will definitely be ordering more as gifts around Christmas time.