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Making Water & Rock Gardens: Over 50 Techniques Shown In 350 Step-By-Step Photographs

Peter Robinson · Lorenz Books
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Everythig you need to design, plan and build a beautiful water and rock garden feature.
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Street farm : growing food, jobs, and hope on the urban frontier

Michael Ableman · Chelsea Green Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Street Farmis the inspirational account of residents in the notorious Low Track in Vancouver, British Columbia one of the worst urban slums in North America who joined together to create an urban farm as a means of addressing the chronic problems in their neighborhood. It is a story of recovery,...
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Cast-Iron Cooking: Recipes & Tips for Getting the Most out of Your Cast-Iron Cookware

Rachael Narins · Storey Publishing
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

Get the most from your cast-iron cookware with 40 fabulous recipes especially designed for cast iron, from a full English breakfast to chilaquiles, pan pizza, cheesy beer fondue, Korean fried chicken, vegetarian chili, mango curry, party nuts, two kinds of cornbread, baked apples, gingerbread...
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Screen-Free Crafts Kids Will Love: Fun Activities that Inspire Creativity, Problem-Solving and Lifelong Learning

Lynn Lilly · Ulysses Press
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

A collection of educational, entertaining crafts that are sure to get kids and parents to unplug and interactComputers, tablets, and even televisions can be valuable learning tools, but nothing compares to the developmental benefits provided by hands-on crafting and building. Screen-Free...
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Playtime, Naptime, Anytime Quilts: 14 Fun Appliqué Projects

Kim Schaefer · C&T Publishing
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

Colorful spaceships, magical mermaids, and jungle friends -- Kim Schaefer is back with more imaginative appliqué! The best-selling author of Quilts, Bibs, Blankies...Oh My! rolls out 19 quilts and small projects for kids and toddlers in cheerful, engaging themes. Full-size appliqué patterns...
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Cool Copper Cuffs: 25 metal and wire projects

Eva M Sherman · Kalmbach Publishing
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Copper is affordable, plentiful and easy to work with. In her second book Eva M. Sherman explores ways copper, copper wire and sheet metal can be transformed into numerous different styles of cuffs. She uses standard gauges of sheet and wire, along with common metalworking and wire working...
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Print, Paint & Ink: Over 20 Modern Craft Projects for You and Your Home

Andie Powers · Taunton Press
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

The 21 projects in Print, Paint & Ink are perfect for anyone interested in learning to make their own stamps, prints, and painted goods. From the easy and adorable Teeny Tiny Eraser Stamps to the stylish Furoshiki Wrap to the modern and minimalist Nesting Poplar Boxes and so much more,...
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Weekend Wraps: 18 Quick Knit Cowls, Scarves & Shawls

Cecily Glowik MacDonald · Interweave Press
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

The Fast and the Fabulous! Looking for knits that take only a little time but are big on style? Weekend Wraps features 18 designs that make short work of knitting gorgeous accessories. Cecily Glowik MacDonald and Melissa LaBarre, along with some of today's top design stars, have created...
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Air Plant Care and Design: Tips and Creative Ideas for the World's Easiest Plants

Ryan Lesseig · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

Air plants, also known as tillandsias, are some of the easiest plants to grow, which helps explain why they're popping up in stores across the country and appearing in magazines, on blogs, and all over Pinterest. The amazing thing about air plants is that they use their roots to anchor...
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The Little Veggie Patch Co. DIY Garden Projects: Easy Activities For Edible Gardening and Backyard Fun

Matt Pember · Hardie Grant Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Fun, practical, outdoor DIY projects to transform your backyard living space into the ultimate functioning vegetable garden. The Little Veggie Patch Co. DIY Garden Projects includes thirty-eight hands-on, step-by-step activities that will help cultivate your handiness and get you out in the garden....
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