Gene Logsdon’s Practical Skills: A Revival of Forgotten Crafts, Techniques, and Traditions

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Gene Logsdon has long served as a voice of grounded agricultural wisdom. His wry humor and keen insights have made him a favorite among homesteaders, gardeners, orchardists, and farmers. In Gene Logsdon’s Practical Skills, he turns his attention to traditional crafts and practices, reviving and documenting the homemaking, culinary, and agricultural skills handed down through generations of American farmers.

This wide-ranging volume of practical instruction is divided into 5 parts, each focused on a different aspect of country life, including:

Home maintenance and comfortFood preparation and domestic choresLandscaping and gardeningBarn construction and livestock managementAgricultural and woodlot land management

Develop the skills your grandparents knew by heart. Gene Logsdon’s Practical Skills is a book you can learn from for years to come.

Gene Logsdon and his wife Carol have a small-scale experimental farm in Wyandot County, Ohio. Gene is the author of numerous books and magazine articles on farm-related issues, and believes sustainable pastoral farming is the solution for our stressed agricultural system.

Readers interested in related titles from Eugene Logsdon will also want to see: Getting Food From Water (ISBN: 1626545987), Homesteading (ISBN: 1626545960), Organic Orcharding (ISBN: 1626545790), Successful Berry Growing (ISBN: 1626546002), Two Acre Eden (ISBN: 1626545820).

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Echo Point Books & Media
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 7, 2017
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint ed.
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 482 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1635610818
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1635610819
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.81 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.97 x 9.25 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #662,481 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,146 in Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement (Books) #1,247 in Sustainable Living #70,134 in Self-Help (Books)
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Customers find the book informative, with one review noting it covers a wide range of topics. They appreciate the content, with one customer describing it as the best book they’ve found about old skills.