No home, whether in the country, the city, or somewhere in between, should be without this one-of-a-kind encyclopedia. For more than 30 years, people have relied on Carla Emery's practical, step-by-step advice on basic self-sufficiency skills such as how to cultivate a garden, buy land, bake bread, raise farm animals, make sausage, milk a goat, grow herbs, churn butter, build a chicken coop, cook on a wood stove, and much, much more. This updated 10th edition includes expanded and updated mail-order information, including e-mail addresses and Web sites, while adding more of Emery's personal advice, reflections, and anecdotes to ensure that this incredibly detailed, diverse book is as enjoyable as it is useful.

"If you are even thinking about moving to the country, homesteading, or self-sufficiency you will want this book.  Carla explains everything in an easy to read way and provides other information such as websites supporting her information.  I love this book and still learn new things from it every time I read it.  From gardening to bears, chainsaws to honey bees, milking a goat to canning food, making candles to building a mud oven!!  This book has it all and if it doesn't just look in the back for her exhaustive list of resources on the subject.  There is a reason she has sold over 650,000 copies!"