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

John & Martha Storey

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This is the book for anyone who wants to become more self-reliant, from suburbanites with 1/4 of an acre to country homesteaders with several. The information is easily understood and readily applicable.

More than 150 of Storey's expert authors in gardening, building, animal raising, and homesteading share their specialized knowledge and experience in this ultimate guide to living a more independent, satisfying life.

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You may have once thought to yourself, "I have got to get out of the city/suburbia, and into the country."  Naturally, reality then has a tendency to hit you when you realize that you have no idea how to LIVE in the country, much less grow a garden or tend to animals of any kind other than to feed your dog or cat.  This is the book, the passport if you will, to get you to where you want to be.

There scarcely seems to be an area that is not covered in this volume.  It is subdivided into four section; Your Place in the Country; Your Garden, Yard, & Orchard; Country Cooking & Stocking Up; and Your Barn, Stable, and Fields.  All of this is followed up by a wonderfully extensive list of resources.            

Don't know how to find land... find out here.  Don't know how to bake bread or make yogurt (yes, yogurt!)... learn how here.  Wish you knew how to preserve foods to avoid the all-too-common chemical preservatives... this book will show you how.  This, of course, is only a sampling of what a good read through this book will teach you.

In the realm of know-how that was at one time common place, now all but lost given the typical American lifestyle, Storey's Basic Country Skills is an antidote, a solution, a compendium of this timeless knowledge that will serve to help make you a happier, more self-sufficient person, capable of sharing this wealth of information with others.

John & Martha Storey
John Storey founded Storey Communications, Inc. with his wife Martha in 1983. He has three children and eight grandchildren. He lives in western Massachusetts and farm in Westport, New York. Martha Storey lent her party-planning advice to Keeping Entertaining Simple. She has mastered the art of relaxed hostessing, whether giving small dinner parties for close friends or large corporate picnics, and she shares her secrets and inspiring ideas with readers. Country-living publisher for more than 17 years, Martha also draws on her country roots to bring you the time-honored classics of the American country kitchen in her book, Treasured Country Recipes from Martha Storey and Friends. Martha founded Storey Communications, Inc. with her husband John in 1983. She has three children and eight grandchildren. She lives in western Massachusetts and farm in Westport, New York.