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Small-Space Vegetable Gardens: Growing Great Edibles in Containers, Raised Beds, and Small Plots

Andrea Bellamy · Timber Pr
Pages: 213
Format: Book

"If I could recommend one book for small-space vegetable gardening, this would be it. Andrea Bellamy nailed it!" - Joe Lamp'l, Growing a Greener WorldSmall-Space Vegetable Gardens explains the basics of growing a bounty of edibles in a minimal amount of space. Andrea Bellamy,...
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Miniature Japanese Gardens: Beautiful Bonsai Landscape Gardens for Your Home

Kenji Kobayashi · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

Japanese gardens don't have to be large or elaborate to be beautiful.Bring the tranquility of Japanese garden design into any space in your home or office. Miniature Japanese Gardens shows you how to create simple Japanese-style container gardens using inexpensive plants and materials...
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Speed Decorating: A Pro Stager's Tips and Trade Secrets for a Fabulous Home in a Week or Less

Jill Vegas · Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

She does it all!  Decorate your house at top speed, using Jill’s practical, stylish tips that will transform any abode instantly.  For every room in the house, hot design ideas from the definitive insider.  How to make a home (large or small) absolutely  beautiful.  Fast...
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Breaking Through Concrete: Building an Urban Farm Revival

David Hanson · University of California Press
Format: eBook

People have always grown food in urban spaces—on windowsills and sidewalks, and in backyards and neighborhood parks—but today, urban farmers are leading an environmental and social movement that transforms our national food system. To explore this agricultural renaissance, brothers...
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Crops in Pots

Bob Purnell · Readers Digest
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

With easy recipes using ingredients grown in your window box or the local market, Ethnobotanist James Wong shows you how easy--and cheap--it is to make simple creams, salves, teas, lozenges, and much more. James uses his top-class academic knowledge to reveal how many plants contain the same...
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Good Housekeeping Simple Household Wisdom: 425 Easy Ways to Clean & Organize Your Home

Good Housekeeping · Hearst
Pages: 216
Format: Print book

Your home is the place where you're free to relax, entertain, and express your personality. Filled with fabulous photographs of every room, plus genius tips, savvy shortcuts, and quick fixes for tidying, decluttering, organizing, adding style, and more, Good Housekeeping Simple Household...
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Feels Like Home: A Practical Guide to Styling Your Space

Jason Grant · Hardie Grant Books
Pages: 255
Format: Hardcover

Let acclaimed stylist and blogger Jason Grant show you how to transform your house into a beautiful home with this practical DIY guide to becoming your own interior stylist. Feels Like Home is a practical guide on how to become your own interior stylist and create beautiful spaces. Jason...
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The Quest for Shakespeare's Garden

Roy Strong · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

A lavishly illustrated history of gardens drawing from Shakespeare's works and garden writing -- published to commemorate the 400th anniversary year of his deathPublished in association with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, The Quest for Shakespeare's Garden traces the origins...
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Contemporary Cottages

Molly Hyde English · Gibbs Smith
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Contemporary Cottages updates beach and mountain cottages with fresh, modern appointments, magical entryways, updated and repurposed rooms, open ceilings, custom floor plans and unique lighting -- all without disturbing the timeless charm and scale that defines a cottage. Molly Hyde English...
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Big Ideas for Small Gardens: Featuring Dave Egbert's Garden Notebook

Emily Young · Oxmoor House
Pages: 156
Format: Paperback

Even the smallest garden can be transformed into an earthly delight when you know how to make the most out of limited square footage. Balconies, rooftops, townhouse patios, and postage-stamp-size front yards alike can yield spectacular results with the right focal point, plants, and an expert...
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Wood Magazine: 35 Great Outdoor Projects

Editors of Wood Magazine · Sterling
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Adirondack chairs, arbors, porch rockers, picnic suites, trellises, and birdhouses: these attractive projects from the editors of Wood® Magazine will appeal to do-it-yourselfers striving to beautify their garden and make it more usable, too. The magazine's experts provide general...
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