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All the Presidents' Gardens: Madison's Cabbages to Kennedy's Roses, How the White House Grounds Have Grown with America

Marta McDowell · Timber Press
Pages: 328
Format: Print book

"This informative gem of a book is for readers fascinated by either gardening or presidential history." - Library Journal The eighteen acres that surround the White House have been an unwitting witness to history--a backdrop for soldiers, suffragettes, protestors, and activists....
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Gardening for Butterflies: How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects

Scott Hoffman Black · Timber Press
Pages: 287
Format: Print book

Library Journal Starred Review Welcome the world's most exquisite visitors to your garden! Gardening for Butterflies, by the experts at the Xerces Society, introduces you to a variety of colorful garden guests who need our help, and shows you how to design a habitat where they will thrive....
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Pruning Simplified: A Step-by-Step Guide to 50 Popular Trees and Shrubs

Steven Bradley · Timber Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Paying a professional to prune your trees and shrubs is an unnecessary expense. You can tackle most trees and shrubs on your own, and Pruning Simplified by Steven Bradley makes it easier than ever to learn how to prune. He offers expert advice on the best tools for the job, specific details...
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The Inspired Houseplant: Transform Your Home with Indoor Plants from Kokedama to Terrariums and Water Gardens to Edibles

Jen Stearns · Sasquatch Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

The ultimate go-to guide for aspiring indoor gardeners, this book offers inspiration and instruction to envision and create your own gorgeous in-home garden spaces.With plentiful images and a distinctly modern and sophisticated feel, this book imparts both easy-to-follow advice and creative...
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Seed Saving

CALEB WARNOCK · HOBBLE CREEK PR
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

The goal of all seed saving is to prevent seeds from becoming wild. Stop wasting money on storebought seeds and create a garden you can truly call your own. With easytofollow instructions for lettuce, beans, corn, onions, and much more, you'll soon be creating your very own heirloom...
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Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter and Organize to Make More Room for Happiness

Gretchen Rubin · Harmony
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

With clarity and humor, bestselling author of The Four Tendencies and The Happiness Project Gretchen Rubin illuminates one of her key realizations about happiness: For most of us, outer order contributes to inner calm. And for most of us, a rigid, one-size-fits-all solution doesn't work....
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Compact Farms: 15 Proven Plans for Market Farms on 5 Acres or Less; Includes Detailed Farm Layouts for Productivity and Efficiency

Josh Volk · Storey Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Small is beautiful, and these 15 real farm plans show that small-scale farmers can have big-time success. Compact Farms is an illustrated guide for anyone dreaming of starting, expanding, or perfecting a profitable farming enterprise on five acres or less. The farm plans explain how to harness...
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Elements of Family Style: Elegant Spaces for Everyday Life

Erin Gates · Atria Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and popular lifestyle blogger Erin Gates shares everything you need to know about designing a beautifully stylish - yet practical and functional - family home through candid advice, inspirational ideas, and lessons learned.Loved by her readers for her chic...
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Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness

Marie Tourell Soderberg · Penguin UK
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Other books will tell you how to be hygge. This is the only book that will show you. Though we all know the feeling of hygge instinctively, few of us ever manage to capture it for more than a moment. Now Danish actress and hygge aficionado Marie Tourell Søderberg has traveled the length...
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Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave

JOANNA GAINES · Harper Design
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

In her design book, Homebody: A Guide To Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave, Joanna Gaines walks you through how to create a home that reflects the personalities and stories of the people who live there. This comprehensive guide will help you assess your priorities and your instincts,...
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The Martha Manual: How to Do

MARTHA STEWART · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Essential life skills from America's most trusted lifestyle expert - together in one beautiful and practical handbook, with hundreds of ideas, instructions, and inspirations Martha Stewart is America's go-to source for the best answers to nearly every question. As an authority on the many...
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Grow. Food. Anywhere.: The New Guide to Small-Space Gardening

MAT PEMBER · Hardie Grant
Pages: 272
Format: Flexibound

Grow. Food. Anywhere. is the must-have guide for anyone who has ever had a desire to grow their own food. Authors Mat and Dillon, of the Little Veggie Patch Co. provide a comprehensive and authoritative guide to gardening in any space, all in their own unique and entertaining style. Whether...
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Once Upon a Farm: Lessons on Growing Love, Life, and Hope on a New Frontier

Rory Feek · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Sometimes, it's not only what we plant but where we're planted.Now raising their 3-year old daughter, Indiana, alone, after Joey's passing, Rory Feek digs deep into the soil of his life and career to share the choices made and lessons learned that helped turn a middle Tennessee farm into...
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Black & Decker Deck Codes & Standards: How to Design, Build, Inspect & Maintain a Safer Deck

Bruce A Barker · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Make sure your deck is safe for family and friends with BLACK+DECKER Deck Codes and StandardsBruce Barker, one of the country's leading authorities on building codes, has turned his eye toward one of his favorite subjects: building decks. Although it's one of the most popular DIY building...
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Hot Color, Dry Garden: Inspiring Designs and Vibrant Plants for Year-Round Beauty

NAN STERMAN · Timber Press
Pages: 324
Format: Paperback

Dry weather defines the southwest, and it's getting dryer. A water becomes more precious, our gardens suffer. If we want to keep gardening, we need to revolutionize our plant choices and garden practices. Hot Color, Dry Garden provides home gardeners wit a joyful, color-filled way to exuberantly...
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