This book started out with the purpose of saving and honoring the knowledge of Joy Scott (known in our family as our Mom, Grandma, and Great Grandma). Throughout our lives, our family has relied on her practical knowledge of so many different subjects. Several generations of our family depend every day on this knowledge. We wanted to preserve this heritage for future generations of our family who may need to depend on this common sense knowledge, this country way of life, to be able to survive. As we developed this book, we began to realize that not only our family but also others needed the...