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Gene Logsdon's Practical Skills: A Revival of Forgotten Crafts, Techniques, and Traditions Hardcover – August 12, 2016

by Gene Logsdon (Author), Barbara Field (Illustrator)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 111 ratings
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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 comfort
  • Food preparation and domestic chores
  • Landscaping and gardening
  • Barn construction and livestock management
  • Agricultural 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).

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    August 12, 2016
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  6. ISBN-10
    1626545952
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Echo Point Books & Media; Reprint ed. edition (August 12, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 482 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1626545952
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1626545953
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.28 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1.06 x 9.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 111 ratings

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Samantha Payton
5.0 out of 5 stars OBSESSED
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2022
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I got this for a Christmas gift and I loved it so much I bought another one for my Bestie! So much good information
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A. Martinez
5.0 out of 5 stars It Belongs In Your Library
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2013
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Buy it now and study it. It's that simple. Even if there are better ways or alternatives, Gene Logsdon is giving you a heck of head start. Not everyone needs this book, I'm sure, although it wouldn't hurt anyone to read it and use it as a reference.

In my case, I no longer have my grandfather with me, and I am learning a lot on my own. This books is tremendously helpful, if just for the inspiration required to tackle projects and tasks. If you're lucky enough to have someone of the older generation with you, ask them questions and learn from them. Get this book anyway, as ask them for their opinions on what Gene suggests.

Definitely a good read and reference, and you will never see my copy up for sale.
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Joyce Terra
5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I was looking for
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2014
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I used to own this book and I loved it. I had recommended it and they borrowed it, then they let someone else borrow it etc. Well you get the picture. I never got the book back. I have been trying to find it ever since. I would recommend this book to anyone who is starting out on a farm, as well as those who have been farming. It shows you how to do everything from cooking on open fires and woodstoves to how to work you soil and everything inbetween. It is so packed full of information and how tos it would be useful for anyone.
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dlhitzeman
5.0 out of 5 stars Please, please put this book back into print
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2012
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Gene Logsdon's Practical Skills is a great primer for anyone wanting to learn about the skills our ancestors accumulated to get by in the age before electricity and mass mechanization. It is a great resource to start the quest to learn such skills, to identify otherwise unknown tools, and to start the process of developing plans for all sorts of things. It belongs on every self-reliant person's bookshelf.

The only problem is that the book is currently out of print. Chelsea Green, are you listening? Get the rights to this book and print it, stat!
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Rhonda Renay Thomas
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book out there for "the old ways"
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2004
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I found a copy at a garage sale, took it home to my husband.
In the process of moving, changing jobs, we had to once give up all our stuff, including this book.
Now that we want the self reliant country lifestyle on a 5-40 acre farm, we can't find another book like it in the world. And my husband won't settle for anything less. He's read other self reliant books, but ..."Nothing is like that Gene Logsdon
book you bought me"....he says.
A wealth of information. Good information on building fences, gates in unique and interesting ways. Much foregotten information, you will hardly find elsewhere.
Rhonda Thomas,
hopeful homsteader
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"slu"
5.0 out of 5 stars "How Did They Used to Do. . . ."
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2016
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This material more than met my expectations. It covers a myriad of topics and yet did not just gloss over a subject, leaving the reader wondering why, for no more information given, it was even included. For someone looking for information on the "old ways" of doing different tasks on the farm or homestead that are still useful and helpful, I heartily reccomend this book.
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doofus
5.0 out of 5 stars Got me to try new projects
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2015
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I dont read a lot. like EVER. last book (not comic) i can remember reading was ALLADIN back when the movie first came out. Never read the assigned books in school, havent read since. But I really really thoroughly enjoy this book. lots of good, practical information. Some remedial, some not. I skipped some, but others may skip what i needed. I need pictures and it had em.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Part of book missing
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2021
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This would be a very good reference book, only one problem, my book starts on page 77. The first 76 pages are missing. Not sure if it is a "typo" . I would like it replaced with a complete book
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Frawley
5.0 out of 5 stars Covers a lot of topics
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2019
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The book contains a lot useful information.
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ConnieM
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource
Reviewed in Canada on March 7, 2014
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An excellent resource with lots of info on practically everything. Large book includes old time skills that need to be revived today.
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Mrs Rogers
5.0 out of 5 stars Treasure chest of information!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 24, 2019
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Treasure chest of information!
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Mario
3.0 out of 5 stars I was ok.
Reviewed in Canada on January 29, 2020
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It was an ok read. From the reviews I'd read, I was expecting more detail on some of the techniques discussed. I was hoping for more in-depth information on how things were done decades ago. This was more of a general overview. Anyhow, just wasn't what I was expecting. I guess this is on me.
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Jordan G
4.0 out of 5 stars Good addition to the bookshelf
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 29, 2019
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Liked very much, had a lot of things I didnt know.
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