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How to Grow More Vegetables, Ninth Edition:

JOHN JEAVONS · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 249
Format: Paperback

The world's leading resource on biointensive, sustainable, high-yield organic gardening is thoroughly updated throughout, with new sections on using 12 percent less water and increasing compost power. Long before it was a trend, How to Grow More Vegetables brought backyard ecosystems to life...
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Stuff Every Gardener Should Know

Scott Meyer · Quirk Books
Pages: 143
Format: Hardcover

The latest in the best-selling Stuff series, Stuff Every Gardener Should Know is the perfect pocket guide to your garden! What's the difference between heirlooms and hybrids? How can I stop weeds from invading my flowerbeds? And what's the best way to attract helpful, beneficial...
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Let It Go: Downsizing Your Way to a Richer, Happier Life

Peter Walsh · Rodale
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Sorting through a lifetime's worth of accumulated possessions can be a daunting and stressful process that millions of Americans confront every year. The need to downsize often arises at a momentous life change, whether you're an empty nester or retiree selling your family home, a newlywed...
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The Creative Cottage

Steve Gross · Gibbs Smith
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Whether built by a 1770s French Huguenot or a 1940s American starlet, cottages capture hearts and imaginations for generations to come. Gross and Daley showcase the journeys of thirteen American homes and their owners -- artists, preservationists and visionaries who have created unique...
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Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess

Rachel Hoffman · Griffin
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Finally, a housekeeping and organizational system developed for those of us who'd describe our current living situation as a "f*cking mess" that we're desperate to fix. Unf*ck Your Habitat is for anyone who has been left behind by traditional aspirational systems. The ones that...
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How to Window Box: Small-Space Plants to Grow Indoors or Out

Chantal Aida Gordon · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

From the founders of the popular gardening blog The Horticult comes a guide to the window box, the container garden that is by far the most accessible for any skill level, space, or quality of light. The 16 indoor and outdoor projects range from succulents to veggies, and showcase a variety...
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150 Best Cottage and Cabin Ideas

Francesc Zamora Mola · Harperdesign, 2016.
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

Filled with hundreds of color photographs, this comprehensive handbook in the highly successful 150 Best design series showcases the latest in successful small house design from some of today's most distinguished international architects and designers.Bursting with ideas for designing,...
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Square Foot Gardening: Growing Perfect Vegetables: A Visual Guide to Raising and Harvesting Prime Garden Produce

Cool Springs Press · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Is It Ripe?Even the most experienced homegrowers get a little apprehensive when harvest time comes around. You've spent so much time and energy and money to grow beautiful produce and now the moment of reckoning is at hand. Savvy shoppers looking for the best produce have similar concerns...
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The Seaside House: Living on the Water

Nick Voulgaris, III. · Rizzoli
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Irresistible interiors that capture the essence of seaside living. Everyone dreams of a house by the sea, and this book presents the best examples of homes for escaping to the serenity of the seaside. Beautifully photographed interiors, exteriors, gardens, and patios offer a peek into...
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Succulents: The Ultimate Guide to Choosing, Designing, and Growing 200 Easy Care Plants

Robin Stockwell · Oxmoor House
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Inspiring, practical and richly photographed, this comprehensive guide offers creative ideas and DIY projects using beautiful low-maintenance, water-wise plants Succulents are the ultimate easy-care plant: versatile, effortless to grow both indoors and outdoors, and drought tolerant. From...
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Fairy Houses: How to Create Whimsical Homes for Fairy Folk

Sally J Smith · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Add an exquisite flourish of design to your beloved green space or garden by adding tiny fairy homes inter-woven with nature. Fairy Houses gives you the instruction and inspiration you need! Have you ever seen a real fairy house? Not the ceramic ones at cavernous home improvement stores,...
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Black & Decker Complete Guide to Bathrooms 5th Edition: Dazzling Upgrades & Hardworking Improvements You Can Do Yourself

Cool Springs Press · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

BLACK+DECKER Complete Guide to Bathrooms brings you design advice, how-to instructions, and all the facts you need to achieve the bathroom of your dreams on your own.This fifth edition of the perennial bestseller from the BLACK+DECKER Complete Guide series covers all the bases when it comes...
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The New Seed Starters Handbook

JEAN NICK · Rodale Books
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

Starting plants from a seed grants earlier harvests, greater variety, healthier seedlings, lower costs, and the undeniable sense of satisfaction and reward. For the most complete, up-to-date information on starting plants from seed, turn to The New Seed-Starter's Handbook. Written by a gardener...
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Perfect English Cottage: 18 Inspriational Homes That Celebrate the Best of English Country Cottage Style

Ros Byam Shaw · Ryland
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

'Perfect English Cottage' explores 18 beautiful and inspirational homes that celebrate the best of cottage style in the English countryside. The classic English country cottage is both an icon and an archetype. Dozing beneath a heavy thatch and with roses growing around the door,...
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Co-Working Space Design

Kenny Kinugasa-Tsui · Images Publishing Dist Ac
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Over 40 case studies of actual award-winning co-working spacesIn-depth analysis of best practices in designing co-working spaceShared workspaces, better known as 'co-working spaces' have grown in popularity as an alternative to the traditional office filled with cubicles. To help...
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