The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Living by Gehring, Abigail R. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Copyright CONTENTS Introduction PART ONE

ANIMALS Bees Chickens Cows Dogs Ducks Fish Goats Horses Llamas Pigs Rabbits Sheep Turkeys

PART TWO

BAKING, PRESERVING, AND MORE Baking: Bread, Cakes, and Cookies Beer Butchering Butter Canning Cheese Cider Cooking Drying Edible Wild Plants Fermenting Freezing Gingerbread Houses Ice Cream Maple Syrup Mushrooms Root Beer Sharing Your Bounty Yogurt

PART THREE

CARPENTRY AND WOODWORKING Basic Tools Geometrical Tools Holding Tools Bedroom Furniture Birdhouses Bridges Doghouses Gates and Fences Kitchen Furniture Poultry Houses Root Cellars Sheds, Tool Houses, and Workshops Smokehouses Stables Treehouses Workshop Furniture

PART FOUR

CRAFTS Basketry Blown Eggs Bookbinding Candles Christmas Wreaths Cornhusk Dolls Dyeing Wool or Fabric Flower Arranging Flower Preserving Grapevine Wreaths Jewelry Knots Knitting Lampshades Mosaic Flowerpots Paper making Pine Cone Birds Pine Cone Bird Feeder Potpourri Pottery Quilting Rag Rugs Scrapbooking Sewing Soap making Spinning Wool Sundials Tanning leather Terrariums Wedding Crafts

PART FIVE

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS Earthquakes First Aid Floods Hurricanes Wildfires

PART SIX

ENERGY Composting Toilets Geothermal Energy Greywater Hydropower Solar Energy Wind Energy

PART SEVEN

GARDENING Bees, Birds, and Butterflies: How to Attract Them to Your Garden Community Gardens Composting in Your Backyard Container Gardening Farmers’ markets Flower Gardens Fruit Bushes and Trees Grains: Growing and Threshing Greenhouses and Hoophouses Harvesting Your Garden Herb Gardens Hydroponics and Aggregate Culture Machinery for Your Garden and Farm Mulching: Why and How to Do It Organic Gardening Pest and Disease Management Planning a Garden Planting and Tending Your Garden Raised Beds Rooftop Gardens Saving Seeds Soil and Fertilizer Terracing Trees for Shade or Shelter Vegetable Gardens Water: How to Collect It, Save It, and Use It

PART EIGHT

WELL-BEING FOR BODY, MIND, AND SPIRIT Community Cosmetics Herbal Remedies Herbal Teas Home schooling Massage

APPENDIX 1

FOOD CO-OPS

APPENDIX 2

ANIMAL TRACKS

Acknowledgments Sources Resources Index

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