We aren't quite country but we like to pretend we are. In order to help our imaginations in this we found this great book from the library. Country Life . It has beautiful photos and a nice summary of country endeavors, like chickens and pigs and canning and haying. The author came to country living later in his life and learned as he went. He writes in an easy conversational style. I am in enchanted by it!
When I did a search for a used copy, I found them running from $150 to $250. Yikes! We'll be borrowing it regularly from the library.
Even if you just have a little garden plot this book is full of information and inspiration.
We love this sort of book, too. This one looks great and what prices on the used copies! Are you familiar with the "Back to the Basics" books. I think there are at least two editions. If not, I bet you'd enjoy those, too.
Posted by: Suzanne Temple | March 29, 2007 at 09:08 PM
Oh, I will have to look for this. Thank you!
Posted by: Alice Gunther | March 29, 2007 at 09:53 PM
Bridget,
I too love this book -- and dream of some day owning a small plot of land and subsistence farming .... I also like the books from Storey (www.storey.com) -- those are more to drool over (but thankfully my library had all the ones that I can't afford to buy yet)
Posted by: Mary G. | March 31, 2007 at 12:12 AM
I enjoy the Storey books. This looks great but I wonder why it's so much money? Thanks for the recommendation Bridget. I'm putting it on our library list!
Posted by: Mary Ellen Barrett | April 02, 2007 at 10:41 AM
That book even tells you how to farm Lamas, Alpacas, and Ostriches.
Posted by: Monica | April 02, 2007 at 01:14 PM