Here are some fascinating country-living related books from Project Gutenberg. Some may be a little dated, given recent technological developments though…
The Making of a Country Parish [2]
A Woman’s Wartime Journa [3]l (circa U.S. Civil War)
Home pork-making [4]
Dry-Farming [5]
Everyday foods in wartime [7] (WWI)
On Horsemanship [8] (Xenophon!)
Regards, – Jonathan W.