Wisdom & Know-How
Wisdom and Know-How
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Black Dog & Leventhal presents five Wisdom and Know-How titles that have ‘everything you need to know’ about connecting with the land, the earth, and yourself.
The titles in this series – Country Wisdom & Know-How, Garden Wisdom & Know-How, Craft Wisdom & Know-How, Survival Wisdom & Know-How, and Natural Healing Wisdom & Know-How – offer thousands of instructions, tips, and tricks on everything from how to live off the land to useful practices, recipes, and formulas for a lifetime of health.
Country Wisdom & Know-How
From the Editors of Storey Books
A Practical Guide to Simple Living
“If you could gather up the wisdom of the many generations of farmers, ranchers, outdoorsmen, homesteaders, and mountain-men and put it into a book you would end up with a book like this…Country Wisdom and Know-How is an indispensable reference volume for anyone interested in country living and is highly recommended.”
—Harold McFarland (Florida)
The most complete volume on every aspect of country living—from home and garden to barn and beyond.
From the President of Storey Publishing: The joy of doing more for oneself, mastering a skill, being more independent, connecting in a very physical way with our land, our property, our earth—that’s why we are drawn to this book.
Back in the 1970, during the “back to the land era” when hippies were homesteading and gas and energy prices were sky high, Storey began to publish a series of small booklets called Country Wisdom Bulletins, each one addressing a bite-sized piece of country know-how, a simple skill, some knitty-gritty information. The collection of bulletins grew into the hundreds and eventually over 15 million copies were sold to people eager to discover the fun and satisfaction of doing more for themselves.
And now, collected between the covers of this volume, is a compendium of treasured knowledge from hundreds of Country Wisdom Bullets. If you’re like most people, you’ll get stuck in it like a fly to old-fashioned flypaper. Whether you want to build a stone fence, make strawberry-rhubarb jam, or plant an herb garden, you’ll find this book to be like your grandfather or grandmother at your elbow, showing you how.
Everything old is new again!
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Attracting Hummingbirds • Baking Basic Bread • Braiding Rugs • Breeding Livestock • Breaking Your Cat’s Bad Habits • Building Adirondack Furniture • Buying and Selling a Horse• Caning Chairs • Cleaning and Caring for Tack • Cold Storing Fruits and Vegetables • Concocting Elixirs and Remedies • Constructing a Chicken Coop • Cooking with Fresh Sausage • Covering Ground with Flowers and Mulch • Crafting Hand-Dipped Candles • Creating A Habitat for Backyard Birds • Cultivating a Garlic Patch • Decorating from Nature • Digging a Pit Greenhouse • Drawing Maple Syrup • Drying Food • Erecting a Pole Woodshed • Fabricating Natural Milk Soap • Farming Blackberries • Fashioning a Gingerbread House • Frying Green Tomatoes • Growing the Best Tomatoes • Hanging Country Style Curtains • Healing with Natural Home Remedies • Helping Orphaned Wild Birds • Housebreaking and Training Your Puppy • Interlacing Grapevine Wreaths • Keeping Basements Dry • Landscaping with Bulbs • Luring Exotic Butterflies • Making Potpourri • Managing a Woodlot • Mastering Wide Row Planting • Nurturing a Wildflower Meadow • Perfecting Orchids • Pest-Proofing Your Garden • Pickling and Preserving • Planting Lavendar • Preparing a Bird-Watcher’s Journal • Producing Cheese, Butter, and Yogurt • Propagating the Best Blueberries • Pruning Trees, Shrubs, and Vines • Putting Together Essential Oils in the Bath • Putting up Stone Walls • Raising a Healthy Rabbit • Quilting • Restoring Hardwood Floors • Selling Your Crafts • Sharpening Hand Tools • Starting Right with Bees • Stenciling Furniture • Tending to the Best Asparagus • Using a Flower Press • Weaving Country Baskets
Storey Publishing, located in North Adams, Massachusetts, is one of the most respected and trusted publishers in the categories of country living, crafts, pets, and animals.
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Garden Wisdom & Know-How
From the Editors of Rodale Gardening Books
A Practical Guide to Nurturing Your Garden
“Loaded with good information. Helps you through every step if you’re a beginner, and offers great tips and methods for old hands. I especially appreciated the problem/solution sections. Divided logically, making later reference quick and easy. I am a fan of all the Wisdom and Know-How books.”
—C.M. Morris (Michigan)
“This is a wonderful source of information. I am from the country and I have learned so much from this book. I highly recommend it to all that wish to learn how to be more self sufficient.”
—”Smitty”, Amazon.com review
As the local food movement continues to pick up speed, many find themselves itching to grow their own food and perk up their yards, patios, desks, and homes with boisterous flowers and greens.
Now’s your chance to do just that and to learn from the age-old wisdom of generations before you. This ultimate guide to gardening gathers together all the lessons learned from gardeners and farmers before you—it’s tried, tested, and true.
Garden Wisdom & Know-How features a hand-picked selection of the best materials from books published by Rodale Press, a leader in gardening. The book includes hundreds of useful techniques, tools, illustrations, and photographs. Most of the techniques described are chemical-free and organic, giving you the peace of mind without spending a chunk of change at health food stores! This book includes lists, tables, resources, and step-by-step instructions…all in one volume.
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Getting to Know Your Soil • Gardening and Landscape Design • Perennial Gardens • Attracting Butterflies and Moths • Seed-Starting • Growing Herbs Indoors • Making and Using Organic Fertilizers • Planting Container Gardens • Rotating Crops • Watering Wisely • Growing and Caring for Roses • Planting a Flowerbed • Tips for Easy Trees and Shrubs • Caring for Annuals • Groundcover Basics • Soil Mixes for Houseplants • Using Crop Covers • Arranging Flowers • The Art of Composting • Building a Window Box • Tool Tricks and Techniques • Tips for Storing Seeds • Cooking with Herbs • Planting Sod • Defeating Plant Diseases the Organic Way • Building a Small Anima Shelter • Picking Perfect Plants • Fashioning Your Own Fence • Making a Portable Trellis • Creating Woodland and Shade Gardens • What to do About Weeds • Building Outdoor Rooms • Climbing Plants for Shade • Mapping Out the Garden • Propagating Tips • Making a Moth Trap • Growing Fabulous Flower Gardens • Building a Low-Care Deck • Making a Barrel Composter • Growing Berries and Small Fruit • Landscaping with Roses • Planning a Vegetable Garden • Attracting Beneficial Insects • Planning an Animal-Resistant Garden • Welcoming Wildlife to the Garden • Nurturing an Indoor Worm Farm • Secrets for a High-Yield Vegetable Garden • Balancing the Soil and Working with Soil
Rodale Books publishes award-winning, bestselling titles on gardening, health, wellness, fitness, food, nutrition, inspiration/spirituality, and the environment. Some of their best-known gardening books include Rodale’s Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening, Your Backyard Herb Garden, The Complete Compost Gardening Guide, and The Garden Primer.
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Craft Wisdom & Know-How
From the Editors of Lark Crafts
A Practical Guide to Creative Crafts
I love the scope of this book! It has every craft I would need, from crocheting to stained-glass…I am amazed at the extent of the crafts.
-Susan Hoag, Amazon.com review
Have you been scrolling through the lovely items featured on online craft websites and thought, “I bet I could make that”?—Well, now’s your chance! Craft Wisdom & Know-How is a complete home reference for dozens of different types of crafts—from sewing and quilting to making jewelry and throwing pots.
Try your hand with these crafts to create gorgeous, inexpensive, and meaningful gifts (for others or yourself!). Craft Wisdom & Know-How includes dozens of different types of crafts from needlework to metalwork and materials from glass to clay to paper.
Features a handpicked selection of the best materials from books published by Lark Books, a leader in craft books. Sections are organized by type of craft including Sewing, Knitting, and other Needlework; Paper Crafts and Bookmaking; Glasswork; Jewelry Making; Metalwork; Pottery and Clay; Silk Screening; and Woodworking and Toys.
Each section is the further broken down into chapters that cover specific crafts, each with step-by-step instructions for projects from beginner to advanced. Includes hundreds of individual projects such as Super Sock Monkeys, Crocheted Hats, Etched Glass, One-Afternoon Skirts, Candle-Making the Natural Way, Beading Vintage-style Jewelry, and much more. Also included are essential resources for supplies and materials.
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Knitted Capelets, Cowls, and Collars • Perfectly Simple Potpourris • Building Rustic Furniture • Mosaic Stepping Stones • Stylish Skirt Making • Painted Recycled Glass Projects • Paraffin Candlemaking • Kids’ Polymer Clay Projects • Pearl Cluster Necklace and Earrings • Making Wreathes with Faux Flowers, Fruits, & Greens • Woodland Friends Wash Mitts • Holiday Ornaments • Retro Glass Crafts • Terra Cotta Candle Holder • Beadweaving Materials, Tools, and Tips • Wicks, Waxes, and Additives • Cool Crocheted Hats • Chandelier Mosaics Lamp Shades • Felt Embroidery Basics • Mini-Book Making • Handbag Basics • The Ten-Minute Baby Hat • Country Rocking Horse • Vintage Christmas Cards • Fit-for-a-Queen • Chandelier Necklace and Earrings • Quickie Socks • Overdipped Candles • Two-Minute Potpourri Sachets • Child’s Small Chest of Drawers • Embroidered Halloween Projects • Textured Polymer Clay Beads • Silk-Flower Gift Decorations • Choosing Yarn and Determining Yardage • Warm Fuzzy Hat and Mittens • Working with Polymer Clay • All-Buttoned-Up Candles • Gemstone and Accent Beads • Christmas Card Garland • Walking Penguin Toy • Book Lovers Botanical Bookmarks • Crochet Projects for Kids • Recycled Gift Wrap • Stringing Beads with Thread • Candlemaking Equipment • Short Row Shaping • Violet Textures Picture Frame • Oil and Vinegar Decanters • Climbing Ivy Candles • Look-Inside Birdhouse • Creating Tube Beads • Knitted Clothes for Moms-to-Be • Embellish Your Curtain • Beads Sewn to Knitwear • Ruby-&-Gold Wine Goblets • Faux Flower Arrangements • Building a Knitter’s Toolkit • Mosaics on Curved Surfaces • Container Candles • Garden Decoupage Dinner Plate • Add a Facing, Add a Ruffle • Woodcarving Techniques • Library Mosaic Bookends
Lark Books publishes books on crafts, home decorating, cooking, and outdoor living. Lark’s titles range from beginner project books to advanced technique books to best-selling gallery books on topics such as sewing, quilting, knitting, crochet, jewelry, ceramics, general crafts, and emerging DIY and lifestyle areas. Some of their best known books include titles in the 500 Series, Master Class Series, and the Homemade Living Series.
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Survival Wisdom & Know-How
From the Editors of Stackpole Books
Everything You Need to Know to Subsist in the Wilderness
“I love this book, it tells you everything you need to know about being self sufficient and then some. Everyone should have a copy, especially if you love to camp and hike, could save your life.”
—Melissa, Amazon.com review
This practical guide is jam-packed with information on every aspect of outdoor life and adventure. If you’re looking to get yourself and/or your family out for a completely “unplugged” natural adventure, this is the book you’ll need. Filled with tips and techniques for surviving in the wilderness, Survival Wisdom & Know-How could well prove to be a life-saver!
Survival Wisdom & Know-How is the most complete, all-in-one volume on every aspect of outdoor adventure and survival ever, from orienteering to campfire cooking to ice climbing and beyond. Culled from dozens of respected books from Stackpole, the industry’s leader in outdoor adventure, this massive collection of wilderness know-how leaves absolutely nothing to chance when it comes to surviving and thriving in the wilderness—and appreciating every minute of it.
Useful illustrations and photos throughout make it easy to browse and use. With contributions by the experts at the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) as well as the editors of Stackpole’s Discover Nature series, Survival Wisdom & Know-How is the definitive, must-have reference for the great outdoors.
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Building Outdoor Shelter • Tracking Animals • Winter Camping • Reading the Weather • Identifying Edible Plants • Surviving in the Desert • Fishing and Ice Fishing • Hunting and Trapping • Navigating Without Map and Compass • Canoeing and Kayaking • Tying Knots • Administering Emergency First Aid • Avoiding Dangerous Animals • Recognizing Poisonous Snakes • Cooking Outdoors • Avoiding Dangerous Mammals • Building and Lighting a Fire • Choosing a Campsite • Cleaning Fish: Step by Step • Climbing and Bouldering • Constructing Natural Shelters • Cooking and Preserving Wild Meat • Crossing Safely over Water • Cutting Firewood • Disposing of Wilderness Waste • Dressing for the Desert • Entering, Exiting, and Carrying Kayaks • Finding Land and Coming Ashore • Fishing from a Life Raft • Hand-Crafting Hunting Tools • Home Drying One-Pot Meals • Identifying Animal Tracks • Identifying Poisonous Plants • Identifying Trees • Identifying Wildflowers • Knowing Where and When to Fish • Launching, Landing, and Trimming a Canoe • Maintaining a Heat Source • Mastering Common Knots • Orienting Your Map • Outfitting for Cold Weather • Packaging and Transporting Food • Planning Meals in the Wilderness • Practicing “Leave No Trace” Camping • Reading a River • Reading a Topographic Map • Rigging Live Bait • Searching for a Lost Person • Selecting Lamps and Torches • Signaling for Rescue • Surviving a Shipwreck • Tackling River Hazards • Trapping and Snaring Animals for Food • Traversing Mountainous Terrain • Treating Common Camping Injuries • Understanding and Predicting the Weather • Using an Ice Ax • Using Plants for Medicine
Stackpole Books has a long and acclaimed record of publishing Civil War and military history for more than 75 years. With over 50 Civil War titles on its backlist, Stackpole editors continue to add new titles of merit such as this to the program.
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Natural Healing Wisdom & Know-How
Edited By Amy Rost
Useful Practices, Recipes, and Formulas for a Lifetime of Health
“Whether you are interested for the sake of wellness or in need of natural healing for a condition or disease, you will find the information you need inside the cover of this book…Most people wait until they have an affliction before they do anything about it. In the hospital where I work, our insurance costs are skyrocketing, and the top five diseases and conditions causing this rise are totally preventable. Many of our health problems today are due to our lousy diet…Interested in prevention and natural healing? This is one book you need to order!”
—Lynette R. Fleming, Co-Author of Lunch Buddies: Buddy Up for a Better Diet
Compiled from many well-respected authors in the field of natural and alternative healing (Diane Stein, Elson Haas, and James Green, to name a few), Natural Healing Wisdom & Know-How includes practical and time-tested information on healing the natural way.
A special “Index of Ailments and Symptoms” appears at the front of the book to guide you to useful methods and techniques to help you manage specific issues and problems.
Chapters are organized by topic, including Herbal Healing, Naturopathy, Homeopathy, Eastern Medicine, Energy Healing, Mind-Body Healing, and Healing With Foods.
Information within these chapters includes various methods and techniques for managing and curing hundreds of ailments, as well as for maintaining a healthy constitution year round. Includes lists, tables, resources, and step-by-step instructions—all in one volume.
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Healing Herbs • Homeopathic Medicine • Meditation • Aromatherapy • Stress Reduction • Acupressure • Chinese Medicine • Yoga • Ayurvedic Healing • Massage • Raw Foods • Herbal First Aid • Reflexology • Macrobiotics • Naturopathic Medicine • Chakric Healing • Fasting • Floral Acupuncture • Juicing • Self-Hypnosis • Color Zone Therapy • Gemstones and Crystals • Bach Flower Essences • Natural Supplements • Progressive Relaxation • Visualization • Herbal Fundamentals • Foundations of Chinese Medicine • Traditional Yogic Diet Principles • Autogenics • Female-Specific Herbalism • Skin Care • Hatha Yoga • Preparing Teas, Tinctures, and Herbal Extracts • Naturopathic Medical Philosophy • Male-Specific Herbalism • Biofeedback • Emotional Health • Healing with the Voice • Vitamins, Minerals, and Amino Acids
Amy Rost is a freelance book editor and write who lives in New England.
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