The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book, Updated 9th Edition

Full of useful information (I bought it for the stuff on growing and preserving vegetables). A bit too much God in it for my taste, but that's the way many Americans see the world, so I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised.

An excellent, obscure book, written with wit and flair. I found much to learn in this book, and was highly entertained along the way by the author's often hilarious stories of life on her farm with her husband, kids, and livestock.

Everything you need to know concerning living in the country! Excellent resource.

A must for those who seek to live self sufficiently. From hoe to pick the right spot of land to purchase, to planting instructions for vegetables, to how to give birth alone, this book has advice for practically every situation in life.

Mine is the 9th edition. There are many more. That alone should tell you this is a keeper. Speak with folks interested in land, garden, animal husbandry, etc, and this book WILL come up eventually. Everyone has a copy or knows someone who does. More information than most of us will ever need, yet

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the thin newsprint pages that make this phonebook size book lap reading in your favorite chair (or tree stump) will keep you coming back again and again. If someone responds to an earlier edition with good info, Carla Emery includes that information (in their own words) in her next edition.

Reading this is like sitting down in a room full of homesteaders and listening to them gab. Sure, you may never need to know how to give birth by yourself in the winter, but isn't it great to know the information is there is you do need it? Maybe you won't need to know how to birth a lamb, but that part on growing grain might be just what you need. If you can do it on a homestead, it IS in this book.

Get the latest edition, and rest easy knowing Carla has your back.

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Yep, it's true. I have three different editions of this book. They differ slightly, and I'm always afraid that something useful might not be in a newer version; because, my friends, these books ARE useful. Some things are just worth having multiple copies of.