Publisher's Synopsis
Descended from a long line of homesteaders in Shelby County, Kentucky, Herbert Lee Clark lived his entire life near Harrisonville. A stone mason by trade, he was a well-known fiddle player, handyman, and farmer who stuck to the "old ways" of self-sufficiency and hard work. Old-Time Kentucky Farmsteading Ways and Means is an instruction manual for old-fashioned farmsteading, taken from his journals recorded in the 1970s-80s. Included are tips for working the land and building construction, animal food and health, agriculture and natural medicines, and other solutions for every day tasks passed down for generations. This is the perfect book for anyone who wants to work for themselves using the same tools and methods taught throughout rural communities for hundreds of years, assembled from a lifetime of knowledge and practice from Herbert Lee Clark.
