Storey's Curious Compendium of Practical and Obscure Skills: 214 Things You Can Actually Learn How to Do
Storey's Curious Compendium of Practical and Obscure Skills: 214 Things You Can Actually Learn How to Do
Jacket Description/Back: Have you ever wondered how to grow your own food, craft and mend your own clothes, handle and train animals, forage for wild food, whip up silky-smooth shaving...
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Jacket Description/Back: Table of Contents: Build a Fire Pit for Outdoor Roasting Smoke Meat on the Stove Make More Houseplants for Free Build a Self-Watering Container for Houseplants Make a Terrarium Stitch Leather Make a Leather Belt Mount a Horse Dismount a Horse in an Emergency Predict the Weather by the Clouds Navigate by the Sun, Moon, and Stars Make Probiotic Pickles Make Sauerkraut Make Tempeh Grow a Straw Bale Garden Grow Vegetables in Bags Grow Upside-Down Vegetables in a 5-Gallon Bucket Dye Your Hair with Herbs Make Toothpaste and Hair Conditioner Learn about Nature by Drawing It Make Prints from Nature Weave a Paper Basket Make Paper in a Tin Can Make a Pop-Up Paper Lantern Make a Flowerpot Smoker Bake Bread in a Flowerpot Tell the Difference between a Sheep and a Goat Milk a Goat Make Greek Yogurt Make Farmhouse Cheddar Restore a Forgotten Fruit Tree Growing a Fruiting Espalier Carve a Wooden Spoon Braid a Rug Know Your Honey Bees Put Together a Beehive Extract Honey Make a Medicinal Honey Make a Water Filter from a 2-Liter Bottle Make a Still for Collecting Water Grow a Garden to Help You Sleep Make a Tincture to Ease Aches and Pains Make Antifatigue Essential Oil Drops Read Your Weeds for Pasture Management Use Weeds to Treat Bites and Rashes Make a Reusable Dish Cover Make Beeswax Candles Store Potatoes Seven Ways Store Winter Vegetables Give a Full Body Massage Give a Foot Massage Relieve Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Shear a Sheep in Ten Steps Make 4 Little Projects from Scraps of Felted Wool Make Pot Holders from Recycled Sweaters Rewire a Table Lamp Re-Cover a Lampshade Make Beer the Easy Way Pour a Beer for Great Foam Build a Raised Garden Bed Build a Garden Dolly from a Golf Cart Bake Gravy Cookies for Your Dog Teach Your Dog to Weave through Your Legs Set Up a Dog Agility Course Darn Socks Patch Clothing Unclog a Drain without Chemicals Thaw Frozen Pipes Fix a Burst Pipe Make Compost in Four Easy Steps Build a Moveable Compost Bin Make Compost with Worms Identify Animal Tracks Spot Common Signs of Wildlife Speak Chicken Catch a Chicken Bathe a Chicken Make Body Butter Make a Super Skin Salve Make Herb-Infused Oil Understand the Anatomy of a Timber Frame Build a Homestead in (and from) the Woods Grow the Most Vegetables Possible Can Your Bountiful Harvest Blanch and Freeze Vegetables Dry Herbs Make Herbal Vinegar Yoke and Hitch an Ox Team Move a Pig Move a Cow Make a T-Shirt Quilt Make a Cardigan from a T-Shirt Make Quick Strawberry Jam Dry Fruit Test the Freshness of an Egg Identify 10 Popular Chicken Breeds Field Dress a Deer Scout for Deer Clean a Fish Shuck an Oyster Dig Clams Knit a Hat without a Pattern Knit a Scarf That Records the Weather Finger Knit Make Your Hellstrip Heavenly Create an Edible Driveway Hedge Learn How to Never Mow Again Find Your Way around the Night Sky Make Silky-Smooth Shaving Cream Make a Natural Aftershave Tonic Plant a Tree or Shrub Rejuvenate a Shrub Prune a Flowering Shrub Grow a Lemon Tree Indoors Hang a Tire Swing Using a Bowline Knot Make a Heavenly Hammock (and Learn Another Knot) Build a Tin Can Stove Sharpen and Hone a Knife Cut Up a Chicken Carve a Turkey Peel a Tomato the Easy Way Save Tomato Seeds Grow Vegetables Vertically Make Easy, Perfect Pie Crust Make a Lattice-Top Pie Learn Five Funky Chicken Coop Designs Identify 10 Native Pollinators Hive a New Colony of Bees Capture a Swarm of Bees Fix a Flat Bicycle Tire Put Your Bike Chain Back On Make Large Gardening Pots with Hypertufa Grow Plants from Seed Grow an Avocado Tree from a Pit Bottle-Feed a Baby Goat Clip a Cat's Claws Make Cat Chow Cookies Teach Your Cat to Jump through a Hoop Cut Hay Eat Wild Plants Grow Mushrooms on Logs Make an Inner Tube Stool Build a Clamp Table Identify and Tap a Maple Tree Make Maple Syrup Make Easy Fruit Wine Know Birds by Their Song Understand the Language of Crows Identify Beef Cuts Identify Pork Cuts Make Jerky Make Fresh Sausage Grow a Sprout Salad Create a Pollinator-Friendly Meadow Build a Butterfly Landscape Make a Chunnel (Chicken Tunnel) Milk a Cow Make Cream Cheese Make Butter Crochet a Pair of Earrings Finger Crochet Set Up a Lobster-Clambake Eat a Lobster Remove a Limb from a Living Tree Sharpen a Chainsaw Go Owling Adjust Binoculars to Avoid Eye Strain Make a Wreath Change a Flat Car Tire Make Biodiesel Jump-Start a Car Battery Make Herbal Energy Balls Make No-Knead Sourdough Bread Make Charcoal in a Homemade Crucible Bake Bread over Coals Make Medicinal Basil Pesto Make Bitters Read a Rabbit's Body Language Pick Up and Carry a Rabbit Tell If a Rabbit Is Pregnant Divide Perennials Pollinate by Hand Hold a Farm Bird Determine Whether a Chicken Is Healthy Identify the Scat of Predators Split Firewood Stack Firewood and Keep It Stable Build a Wall with Cordwood Sharpen an Ax Hang an Ax Make Kombucha Identify a Horse's Gait Read a Horse's Body Language French-Braid a Horse's Tail Fix a Toilet That Runs Constantly Set Up a Composting Toilet Build a Wattle Fence Build a Stepping-Stone Path Build a Drystone Wall Harvest Rainwater Divert Kitchen Sink Greywater to the Landscape Create a Laundry-to-Landscape Greywater System Spatchcock a Chicken Render Animal Fat Make a Medicinal Infusion Make a Medicinal Decoction Make Rosemary's Original Fire Cider Make Herbal Pills Make Seven Tents from Tarps Build a Tiny Shelter on Wheels Reupholster a Seat Sew a Pretty Pillowcase Build a Manually Operated Outdoor Shower Fix a Broken Windowpane Skills by Topic Index Book Credits Art Credits Brief Description: "The How-To Experts at Storey Publishing." Review Quotes: "For decades, Storey Publishing has been teaching curious readers how to "garden, farm, cook, craft, build, fix, and heal." Now the "makers and doers" at Storey have compiled some of their favorite projects in this how-to book of how-to books, which couldn't have come at a better moment... So much has been canceled or postponed lately, but the excitement for learning new things doesn't have to be one of them. Storey's Curious Compendium provides readers with the perfect book to spark a new interest or passion and have a lot of fun along the way." -- Booklist, starred review Biographical Note: Storey Publishing, located in North Adams, Massachusetts, specializes in books on natural health and wellness, farming, sustainability, food, gardening, crafts, nature, and children's activities. Publisher Marketing: Have you ever wondered how to capture a swarm of bees? Predict the weather by the clouds? And just how do you darn a pair of socks, anyway? Anyone curious about the myriad ways people have taught themselves to make, grow, and build things will find everything they've ever wondered about in this colorful, inviting volume. With dozens of useful and intriguing visual tutorials selected from Storey's extensive library of how-to books, you can learn how to carve a turkey, create a butterfly garden, set up a dog agility course, keep a nature sketchbook, navigate by the stars, and more. Whether you plan to "do it yourself" or just love reading about how things are done, this rich compendium will educate, fascinate, spark conversation, and inspire new hobbies and experiences. Review Citations:
Contributor Bio:How-To Experts at Storey Publishing |
Author: How-To Experts at Storey Publishing
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: 2020-09-15
BISAC: Reference / Personal & Practical Guides|House & Home / Sustainable Living|Health & Fitness / Beauty & Grooming / General|House & Home / Do-It-Yourself / General
Subjects: Life skills|Handbooks and manuals
Weight: 3.35 lbs
ISBN: 9781635861914
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9781635861914
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