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The Mother Earth News Guide to Vegetable Gardening: Building and Maintaining Healthy Soil * Wise Watering * Pest Control Strategies * Home Composting * Dozens of Growing Guides for Fruits and Vegetables

Mother Earth News · Voyageur Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Get Growing with Mother Earth News! For years, millions of readers have turned to MOTHER EARTH NEWS for trusted advice on growing vegetables and fruits. This book harnesses decades of wisdom, bringing together all the indispensable techniques, complete growing guides, helpful tips, useful...
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The Perfect Bath

Barbara Sallick · Rizzoli
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

A chic, polished guide to creating your dream bathroom, including engaging interviews with top designers and practical advice for homeowners. Whether you call it your sanctuary, retreat, oasis, or spa, the bath is unlike any other room in the house. It can be the most private and indulgent...
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The Tree Doctor: A Guide to Tree Care and Maintenance

DAN PRENDERGAST · Firefly Books
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

A practical reference for experienced and novice tree owners alike. If you are fortunate enough to live on property that includes trees, The Tree Doctor is the ideal, fully-illustrated manual for care and maintenance. A sapling requires different care than does a young tree or a mature...
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Loose Leaf: Plants - Flowers - Projects - Inspiration

Wona Bae · Hardie Grant Books
Pages: 191
Format: Print book

Showstopping floristry and plant installations, with projects to recreate at homeExploding off the page with astonishing beauty and style, here are some of the world's best in contemporary floral sculpture and installation to inspire your own creations at home. Alongside the superb...
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The Energy Wise Home: Practical Ideas for Saving Energy, Money, and the Planet

JEFF DONDERO · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover

When picking out a home, there are a number of aspects to keep in mind: location, size, and layout. One issue that many people neglect is energy conservation, which is quickly becoming one of the most important aspects of modern life. How do make your home energy wise? Where do you start?...
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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 Thoughtful Gardener: An Intelligent Approach to Garden Design

Jinny Blom · Jacqui Small
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

In The Thoughtful Gardener, Jinny Blom shares her insight into the creative process she has developed while designing more than 250 gardens around the world. Jinny believes that garden design should lead from a house and its context. For her, design is more a matter of intelligence and appropriateness...
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Grow Vegetables

Alan Buckingham · DK Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Where do you get your organic or obscure vegetables? With Grow Vegetables you don't need to go any further than your own garden.Grow Vegetables is your one-stop, step-by-step reference for growing your own vegetables. With its inspiring photography, clear instructions, and friendly advice,...
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Organized Enough: The Anti-Perfectionist's Guide to Getting--and Staying--Organized

Amanda Sullivan · Da Capo Lifelong Books
Pages: 229
Format: Paperback

If you're looking to clean up but not clean out, if you want to declutter but don't want to throw out eighty percent of your stuff, if you want to be able to find matching socks in the morning but don't want a color-coded sock drawer, you've come to the right place. Organized Enough offers...
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Hand-Built Outdoor Furniture: 20 Step-by-Step Projects Anyone Can Build

Katie Jackson · Timber Press
Pages: 264
Format: Print book

With a few basic tools and a weekend, anyone can build a beautiful project out of wood for their outdoor space!Hand-Built Outdoor Furniture covers twenty step-by-step, fully illustrated projects with hundreds of clear and easy-to-follow photographs. Finished pieces include simple items...
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Native Plants of the Midwest: A Comprehensive Guide to the Best 500 Species for the Garden

Alan Branhagen · Timber Press
Pages: 440
Format: Print book

Native Plants of the Midwest, by regional plant expert Alan Branhagan, features the best native plants in the heartland and offers clear and concise guidance on how to use them in the garden. Plant profiles for more than 500 species of trees, shrubs, vines, perennials, ground covers, bulbs,...
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Cutting Back: My Apprenticeship in the Gardens of Kyoto

Leslie Buck · Timber Press
Pages: 280
Format: Print book

What do you discover when you cut back? At thirty-five, Leslie Buck made an impulsive decision to put her personal life on hold to pursue her passion. Leaving behind a full life of friends, love, and professional security, she became the first American woman to learn pruning from one of the most...
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domino: Your Guide to a Stylish Home

Domino. · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

From the editors of domino magazine comes your essential guide to discovering your personal style and creating a space you love.Since launching in 2005, domino has attracted a fiercely loyal following, which looks to the brand as the definitive source for decorating and style. The brand's...
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Simply Clean: The Proven Method for Keeping Your Home Organized, Clean, and Beautiful in Just 10 Minutes a Day

Becky Rapinchuk · Touchstone
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

From the cleaning and homekeeping expert and creator of the wildly popular Clean Mama blog comes a simple and accessible cleaning guide with a proven step-by-step schedule for tidying a home in just ten minutes a day.Becky Rapinchuk, the "Clean Mama," understands that many people...
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Homesteading From Scratch: Building Your Self-Sufficient Homestead, Start to Finish

Steven Jones · W W Norton
Pages: 200
Format: Print book

Homesteading From Scratch is for people who want to do things differently - the type of people who want to eat real food, grow herbs, make cheese, raise baby animals, hunt mushrooms, pick blackberries, unschool their children, can jelly, ferment kraut, farm organically, connect to nature,...
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