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The Urban Gardener

Matt James · Mitchell Beazley
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

In The Urban Gardener, garden designer and lecturer Matt James provides an approachable, practical guide to making the most of an urban garden, including: How to design an urban space - from balconies and roof terraces to courtyards, basement areas and window ledges. Ten ways to improve...
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Hellstrip Gardening: Create a Paradise between the Sidewalk and the Curb

Evelyn Hadden · Timber Press; First Edition edition
Format: Book

In this fresh and enchanting book, Evelyn Hadden invites you to use your gardening power to convert your "hellstrip" - the space between the street and the sidewalk - into a rewarding garden that generates smiles and celebrates nature. And you don't need to stop there: if you have...
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The Complete Guide to Stonescaping: Dry-Stacking, Mortaring, Paving & Gardenscaping

David Reed · Lark Crafts
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

Two bestselling books - now in one comprehensive volume! Together, The Art & Craft of Stonescaping and The Art & Craft of Stonework make up the best beginner-friendly guide available for anyone wanting to build stone walls (freestanding, retaining, dry-stacked or mortared) , steps,...
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The Big Book of Mod Podge: Decoupage Made Easy

Inc. Plaid Enterprises · Lark Books (NC)
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Everyone loves Mod Podge-it's one of the most popular craft materials on the market. This big book follows the bestselling Mod Podge Rocks! and it features 90 fun decoupage projects, big and small. From trendy bracelets to picture frames to a collage-chic headboard and a refurbished...
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How to Eradicate Invasive Plants

Teri Dunn Chace · Timber Press
Format: Print book

Unfortunately, invasive plants―like kudzu, ragweed, and Himalayan blackberry―won’t go away on their own. Luckily, How to Eradicate Invasive Plants offers a clear, practical solution to an increasingly common problem.Invasive plants are a growing threat to our home landscapes,...
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Trafalgar Square Books-Knitting Double

Anja Bell · Trafalgar Square Books
Format: Hardcover

Trafalgar Square Books-Knitting Double. Knitting double also known as double knitting is a technique by which knitters can create two fabrics at the same time and this guidebook includes step-by-step instructions with photographs to help master this method. Crafters learn how the front...
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Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate

Rose George · Metropolitan Books; First American Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Eye-opening and compelling, the overlooked world of freight shipping, revealed as the foundation of our civilizationOn ship-tracking websites, the waters are black with dots. Each dot is a ship; each ship is laden with boxes; each box is laden with goods. In postindustrial economies, we no longer...
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Perfect Christmas: The Ultimate Guide To Cooking, Decorating And Gift Making For The Festive Season, With 330 Recipes And Projects In 1550 Photographs

Carolyn Bell · Southwater
Format: Book

The ultimate compendium of food, decorations and gifts for the holiday season, with a feast of recipes and projects. Enjoy cooking party foods, making your own cards and gift wrap, and adorning your home with festive decorations and hand-made table settings. With clear easy-to-follow instructions...
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Crafting for Cat Ladies: 35 Purr-fect Feline Projects

Kat Roberts · Lark Crafts
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

For cat-crazy crafters, these 35 unique projects are absolutely purr-fect! Sweet and trendy, creative and fun to make, the crafts are divided into four sections - accessories, apparel, home, and party. Projects range from a kitty clutch wallet and cat print jeans to kitty-shaped coasters...
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Beaded Lace Knitting: Techniques and 25 Beaded Lace Designs for Shawls, Scarves & More

Anniken Allis · Stackpole Books
Format: Print book

Browse all 25 beaded projects in our exclusive Look Book! Create delicate knitted lace fashions, and then kick them up a notch with beautiful beaded embellishments, led by lace expert Anniken Allis. 25 original beaded lacework patterns for shawls, sweaters, vests, cowls, ponchos, and moreStep-by-step...
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Apples of Uncommon Character: Heirlooms, Modern Classics, and Little-Known Wonders

Rowan Jacobsen · Bloomsbury USA; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In his classic A Geography of Oysters, Rowan Jacobsen forever changed the way America talks about its best bivalve. Now he does the same for our favorite fruit, showing us that there is indeed life beyond Red Delicious--and even Honeycrisp. While supermarkets limit their offerings to a few waxy...
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The Little Free Library Book

Margret Aldrich · Coffee House Press
Pages: 259
Format: Hardcover

"The Little Free Library is a terrific example of placing books - poetry included - within reach of people in the course of their everyday lives. Free is always a good thing, and the project has a nice give-and-take feel to it. Here's hoping we bump into literature when we turn the next...
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What Tommy Took to War, 1914-1918

Peter Doyle · Shire
Format: Hardcover

A century may now have passed since the Great War, but the stories of everyday soldiers serving in miserable and life-threatening conditions still have a sobering sense of immediacy. Personal records, photographs and sentimental possessions that bring us even closer to the soldier as a person...
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Japanese Zen Gardens

Yoko Kawaguchi · Frances Lincoln
Format: Hardcover

The austere, enigmatic rock gardens of Kyoto, Japan's ancient capital, have never ceased to fascinate garden lovers. Weather-beaten rocks set in an expanse of white sand raked into geometric patterns challenge the idea of a garden as a space chiefly dedicated to the cultivation and appreciation...
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The Ohio Canals: Second Edition

Frank Wilcox · Kent State University Press; 2nd Revised edition edition
Format: Kindle Edition

From Cleveland to Portsmouth and Toledo to Cincinnati, two great canals and numerous connections and feeders laced Ohio with a thousand miles of waterways in the years before the Civil War. They were a major force in transforming Ohio from a frontier society to a leading agricultural and commercial...
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