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Mary's Household Tips & Tricks: Your Guide to Happiness in the Home

Mary Berry · Penguin Random House UK
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Inside you'll find tips on how to order your freezer, store and organize your food, create cleaning products from store cupboard items, make a bed in no time, banish moths from your home for good, remove stains from every kind of fabric, bring greenery into your home even if you have...
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The Nature of Plants: An Introduction to How Plants Work

Craig N. Huegel · University Press of Florida
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Plants play a critical role in how we experience our environment. They create calming green spaces, provide oxygen for us to breathe, and nourish our senses. In The Nature of Plants, ecologist and nursery owner Craig Huegel demystifies the complex lives of plants and provides readers with...
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The Posy Book: Garden-Inspired Bouquets That Tell a Story

Teresa H. Sabankaya · Countryman Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"Like a favorite recipe, a posy is meant to be savored and shared. Try it yourself, and ... welcome a bit of floral enchantment into your life." -- Amy Stewart, author ofThe Drunken Botanist Inspired by the Victorian-era language of flowers, a posy is a small, round bouquet...
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Woodcraft: Master the Art of Green Woodworking with Key Techniques and Inspiring Projects

William Wall · DK
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Looking for a simpler, more natural way of working with wood? Create beautiful wooden objects from fresh green wood by becoming skilled in the crafts of whittling, ax-based furniture making, turning, and weaving.With green woodworking there's no need for costly materials and machinery....
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Best Perennials for Sun and Shade

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

A quick-reference guide to planting perennials for gardeners with little experience and time Choosing perennials for a garden can be a daunting task, considering that there are thousands of choices. Yarrow? Columbine? Aster? To make the selection easier, this guide profiles the easiest-to-grow...
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Nature Play at Home: Creating Outdoor Spaces that Connect Children with the Natural World

Nancy Striniste · Timber Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

"A magnificent resource for transforming backyards into stimulating environments which enhance children's creativity, learning, and fun." - Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, The Nature Principle, and Vitamin N Access to technology has created a generation of children...
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HVAC Level 2 Trainee Guide

NCCER · Pearson
Pages: 744
Format: Paperback

This exceptionally produced trainee guide features a highly illustrated design, technical hints and tips from industry experts, review questions and a whole lot more! Key content includes: Commercial Airside Systems, Chimneys, Vents, and Flues, Introduction to Hydronic Systems, Air Quality...
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Tiny Houses

Mimi Zeiger · Rizzoli
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

With "McMansions" increasingly giving way to "tiny" houses, the desire to downsize and be more ecologically and economically prudent is a concept many are beginning to embrace. Focusing on dwelling spaces all under 1,000 square feet, TINY HOUSES (Rizzoli, April 2009)...
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New Fix-It-Yourself Manual: How to Repair, Clean, and Maintain Anything and Everything In and Around Your Home

Reader's Digest Association. · Reader's Digest
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

The indispensable reference guide for every homeowner, guaranteed to help you maintain and improve your home while saving time and money. Covering everything from replacing faulty faucets and showerheads to curing the quirks of an air conditioner, this book provides step-by-step illustrated...
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Popular Mechanics The Ultimate Tool Book: Every Tool You Need to Own

Popular Mechanics · Hearst
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

From the trustworthy experts at Popular Mechanics comes the definitive guide to hand tools and how to use them. This tool . . . or that? Learn how to choose the right one for tackling any home project and completing it quickly, correctly, and efficiently. The editors of Popular Mechanics...
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