Thomas H. Ormsbee

If You're Going to Live in the Country: Achieving Your Rural American Dream Thomas H. Ormsbee

Written in a chatty, reader-friendly style, If You're Going to Live in the Country employs stories from the author's own relocation to the country to illustrate practical information anyone who shares his dream of escaping the physical, mental and spiritual confinement of big city life can apply toward successfully following in his footsteps. With chapters on the "Do's & Don'ts" of selecting country property, financing the purchase, building VS remodeling, working with architects, builders and contractors, inspecting an old house, moving an old home to a new site, fireplace construction and maintenance, digging wells, sewage and septic systems, the well-equipped country kitchen, pets and livestock, preparing for winter, fire safety, what to do when things go wrong, and finding a pleasurable balance with the natural world, If You're Going to Live in the Country is a must-read for every urbanite who craves the greater peace and lessened pace of bucolic country living.