From the garden or barnyard to the kitchen table, here is a comprehensive resource for step-by-step information about food production. Filled with more than 1,000 recipes, 700 mail-order sources, how-to instructions, and earthly wisdom gleaned from a lifetime of self-sufficient living, this thorough, reliable treasury should be in every home. Features 300 illustrations.

A guide to country living features photographs, illustrations, instructions and tips for living off the land, covering such topics as canning and preserving, soap-making, and building a dog house.

"Surround yourself with the lush, opulent Magnolia Pearl look--the ultimate in bohemian chic home décor"--Page 2 of cover.

Collects over one hundred of the best spooky Halloween crafts and recipes from the pages of "Country Living" magazine.

For more than a decade, Jo Northrop wrote the "Simple Country Pleasures" column in Country Living magazine. This delightful volume collects Northrops thoughtful observations of contemporary life in the country.

Of course I had no idea of radio programs or anything so practical in mind when I first saw the little white farm nestling against the hill, flanked by its long perfection of a barn and guarded by the huge ash tree standing between them. I was in love...with the sheer magic of the valley.... So begins this evocative account of rural life, an account so humorous and warmhearted that it is sure to be likened to James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small.