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Epic Tomatoes: How to Select and Grow the Best Varieties of All Time

Craig LeHoullier · Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Print book

Savor your best tomato harvest ever! Craig LeHoullier, tomato adviser for Seed Savers Exchange, offers everything a tomato enthusiast needs to know about growing more than 200 varieties of tomatoes--from sowing seeds and planting to cultivating and collecting seeds at the end of the season....
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New Order: A Decluttering Handbook for Creative Folks

Fay Wolf · Ballantine Books
Pages: 187
Format: Print book

For readers of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and The Power of Habit comes a revelatory, witty guide to a clearer home and a more creative mind. Can a decluttered space fuel a creative mind? Heck yes, says organizing expert Fay Wolf, who has helped everyone from Hollywood celebrities...
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A Short History of Gardens

Gordon Campbell · Oxford University Press
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Gardens take many forms, and have a variety of functions. They can serve as spaces of peace and tranquilty, a way to cultivate wildlife, or as places to develop agricultural resources. Globally, gardens have inspired, comforted, and sustained people from all walks of life, and since the Garden...
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The Nautical Home: Coastline-Inspired Ideas to Decorate with Seaside Spirit

Anna OÃŒ?rnberg · Skyhorse Publishing,
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Are you a beach bum, a beach lover, or simply just a fan of the water? If you find yourself constantly longing for a relaxing vacation along the sandy shores of Tahiti or yearning to go on a coast-to-coast cruise, look no further. Interior designer Anna Örnberg has all the solutions to bring...
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Homegrown Berries: Successfully Grow Your Own Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Blackberries, and More

Timber Press · Timber Press
Format: Book

Enjoy delicious, nutritious berries from your own backyard! Why buy expensive berries from the supermarket when you can grow a bumper crop right outside your door? Homegrown Berries covers the entire process, from planting to picking that first nutritious, luscious fruit. Youll learn the best...
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The New Art of Living Green: How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint and Live a Happier, More Eco-Friendly Life

Susanne Hovenäs · Skyhorse Publishing

In today’s busy world it’s easy to understand the desire for shortcuts. With our time eaten up by work, family, and errands, we almost unconsciously look for quick fixes that aren’t always the healthiest for our home or family. With The New Art of Living Green, authors...
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The First Apartment Book: Cool Design for Small Spaces

Kyle Schuneman · Potter Style; 1ST edition
Format: Paperback

Star designer Kyle Schuneman offers bold ideas for achieving big style in small spaces—on any budget.A first apartment allows you to finally do what you want with your own space, but it can be tricky to decorate. Luckily, twenty-seven-year-old decorating prodigy Kyle Schuneman knows...
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New Small Garden: Contemporary principles, planting and practice

Noël Kingsbury · Frances Lincoln Ltd
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Small gardens are a challenge to design and to keep looking good. This title aims to inspire and inform gardeners to make the most of their small spaces by looking at more than 50 contemporary and inspirational gardens, at how their designers have created them and how their owners use and develop...
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The Complete Guide to Growing Tomatoes: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply - Including Heirloom Tomatoes

Cherie H Everhart · Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc.
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

In this newly updated guide, you will learn the fundamental aspects of all tomato plants that have helped growers around the world create the largest tomatoes. Topics include: The basics of composting and fertilization and what each tomato plant benefits best from How to select your...
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The American Idea of Home: Conversations about Architecture and Design

Bernard Friedman · University of Texas Press
Pages: 246
Format: Hardcover

"Home is an idea," Meghan Daum writes in her foreword, "a story we tell ourselves about who we are and who and what we want closest in our midst." In The American Idea of Home, documentary filmmaker Bernard Friedman interviews more than thirty leaders in the field of architecture...
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Home Gardener's Propagation: Raising new plants for the home and garden

David Squire · Creative Homeowner
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

Home Gardener's Propagation is the essential guide to raising new plants for the home and garden. Buying individual plants can be expensive but raising your own saves money and gives lots of gardening satisfaction. Every aspect of the art of propagation is covered, from the philosophy...
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Lives of the Great Gardeners

Stephen Anderton · W W Norton
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Entertaining and accessible -- the lives of the men and women, many of them multitalented artists, who created some of the world's most extraordinary gardens, and whose legacy continues to inspireThroughout history, great gardeners have risen from all walks of life. Some have been aristocratic...
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Gardening with Chickens: Plans and Plants for You and Your Hens

Lisa Steele · Voyageur Press
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Welcome to a world where chickens and gardens coexist!Join Lisa Steele, chicken-keeper extraordinaire and founder of Fresh Eggs Daily, on a unique journey through the garden. Start by planning your garden and learning strategies and tips for keeping your plants safe while they grow. Plant...
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Away At Home: Creating Relaxed Spaces of Your Own

Jason Grant · Hardie Grant Books
Format: Hardcover

Live every day like you’re on vacation with tips, tricks, and inspiration for creating a relaxed home. That sun-drenched feeling of a perfect vacation shouldn’t have to go away when you get back home. Taking inspiration from road trips, beach houses, boutique hotels, and summer...
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