This unique manual for living is a celebration of simple pleasures for farm girls and city girls alike. Drawing on her own experience as an organic farmer, carpenter, activist, and mother, popular lifestyle authority Maryjane Butters reintroduces hundreds of forgotten domestic arts to the 21st century.

Proven, commonsense tips on cooking, keeping a home, maintaining a garden, stitching, cleaning, carpentry, and other useful skills give women the tools to live a self-sufficient life, while discussions of how to foster community, create beautiful crafts, and plan family outings offer opportunities to enrich everyday activities. Line drawings and color photographs make it easy to follow each step-by-step project, so even women who never learned the ins and outs of smocking from their grandmothers can get gorgeous results. Maryjane's encouraging, no-nonsense advice makes this book the perfect resource for any woman who wants to make the most of her time, her home, and her life.