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Planting Native to Attract Birds to Your Yard

Sharon Sorenson · Stackpole Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Welcoming birds to your yard isn't about choosing the right feeders and bird food. If you want to attract the widest range of birds to your home, you need to plant a diversity of native plants. Why go green? Native plants live longer; they are drought resistant, take less water and fertilizer,...
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Rock Art Handbook: Techniques and Projects for Painting, Coloring, and Transforming Stones

Samantha Sarles · Fox Chapel Publishing
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Rock art is showing up everywhere, and anyone can do it!Over 30 step-by-step tutorials make Rock Art Handbook your comprehensive rock art resourceCovers various craft techniques for decorating rocks: puffy paint, acrylic paint, oil pastels, gelatos, art pens, embossing, stamping, and morePerfect...
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Stephanie Tourles's Essential Oils: A Beginner's Guide: Learn Safe, Effective Ways to Use 25 Popular Oils; Make 100 Aromatherapy Blends to Enhance Health; Soothe Common Ailments and Promote Well-Being

STEPHANIE L TOURLES · Storey Publishing, LLC
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback

Best-selling author and herbalist Stephanie L. Tourles offers reliable guidance on using essential oils effectively and safely. This friendly, accessible introduction to the 25 most versatile oils for health and wellness highlights the key characteristics of lavender, chamomile, eucalyptus,...
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Fizz Boom Bath!: Learn How to Make Your Own Bath Bombs, Body Scrubs, and More!

DA BOMB FIZZERS. · Rock Point
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

From fizzers to scrubs, masks to soaps, bubble bars to shower melts, Fizz Boom Bath! is your how-to source on all things bath-time beauty. Have you ever found yourself staring longingly at a table full of scrumptious-looking bath bombs, shower melts, or lotion bars for sale and thought,...
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Complete Guide to Making Wooden Clocks, 3rd Edition: 37 Woodworking Projects for Traditional, Shaker & Contemporary Designs

John A. Nelson · Fox Chapel Publishing
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback

This complete guide to wooden clock making shows how to construct a wide variety of traditional, Shaker, and contemporary clocks.37 projects for traditional, Shaker and contemporary clocksStep-by-step photo tutorial for making a Shaker coffin-style clockIncludes a bonus pattern pack with...
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Cool Plants for Cold Climates: A Garden Designer's Perspective

Brenda C Adams · University of Alaska Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

A cold climate is no excuse for a dull, colorless garden. The key is knowing the right plants that will survive and thrive in even the chilliest environments. Who better to guide gardeners than an expert from the far north? Award-winning designer and Alaska gardener Brenda Adams has spent...
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Healing Houseplants: How to Keep Plants Indoors for Clean Air, Healthier Skin, Improved Focus, and a Happier Life!

MICHELLE POLK · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

What if the beautiful plants in your home could also become a part of your health routine? Houseplants add vibrancy to any home or office, but many also have significant health benefits you may not even know about. That aloe plant sitting on your window sill can be used as an ointment for scrapes,...
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The Ever Curious Gardener: Using a Little Natural Science for a Much Better Garden

LEE REICH · New Society Publishers
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Curious why caressing your cucumber plants will help them bear more fruit? Or why you should grow oranges from seed even if the fruit is inedible? Or why trees need to sleep and how to help them?Join acclaimed gardener, scientist, and author Lee Reich on a journey through the delights of your...
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