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Deck & patio furnishings : seating, dining, wind & sun screens, storage, entertaining & more.

Michael R Anderson · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 176
Format: Flexibound

Get everything you need to know to build 25 outdoor projects, from benches to birdbaths! Deck & Patio Furnishings is a collection of easy to intermediate projects that any homeowner with basic tools can build. These practical projects for outdoor living range from seats, benches, tables,...
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Worms at Work: Harnessing the Awesome Power of Worms with Vermiculture and Vermicomposting

Crystal Stevens · New Society Publishers
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Fertilize your garden naturally--a guide to growing your plants in healthy, happy soil... People want to know where their food comes from, who grows it and how it is grown. Interest in permaculture, backyard composting, and gardening in general, is growing. So how does the budding gardener...
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Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Garages 2nd Edition: Design, Build, Remodel & Maintain Your Garage - Includes 9 Complete Garage Plans

Cool Springs Press · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

If you are planning to build a new garage, this is the one-stop guide where you'll find several new and complete sets of building plans for garages of the most popular sizes and styles. If building a new garage is where you want to go, the BLACK+DECKER Complete Guide to Garages will show...
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Evergreen: Living with Plants

Gestalten · Gestalten
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

From rooftop gardens to flora-laden balconies, flowers and plants bestow warm grace to unconventional and indoor spaces. Private paradises nestled in the backyards of homes. Rooftops that act as community gardens. Edible patches of beauty hidden within city blocks. Evergreen shows the green...
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The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Frontier Landscapes that Inspired the Little House Books

Marta McDowell · Timber Press
Pages: 390
Format: Hardcover

"For gardeners, botanists, and fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder, this book looks at the beloved Little House on the Prairie author's relationship to nature." - Publishers Weekly The universal appeal of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books springs from a life lived in partnership with the land,...
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The Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop: Handmade Accessories for Your Tiny Living World

Janit Calvo · Timber Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

A not-so-mini trend The Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop is the next big thing for the crafters and gardeners already captivated by gardening small. Organized by fun themes - including gardens around the world, holidays, and fantasy gardens - it's a fun-filled guide to creating one-of-a-kind...
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Miniature Bonsai: The Complete Guide to Super-Mini Bonsai

TERUTOSHI IWAI · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover

This step-by-step bonsai book shows you how to craft super mini bonsai - the smallest form of bonsai!Miniature Bonsai reveals the Japanese art of super-mini bonsai gardening. As rewarding as full-scale bonsai cultivation, mini bonsai is affordable, easy to learn and kind to your busy schedule....
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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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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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Residential interior design : a guide to planning spaces

Maureen Mitton · John Wiley & Sons
Pages: 274
Format: Print book

A practical approach to planning residential spaces "Residential Interior Design: " "A Guide To Planning Spaces" is the industry-standard reference for all aspects of residential space planning, with a practical focus on accessible design, ergonomics, and how building...
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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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Indoor Edible Garden

Janette Marshall · DK
Pages: 221
Format: Print book

Grow herbs, vegetables, and flowers in your home that look amazing and taste even better with Indoor Edible Garden.Featuring 28 innovative step-by-step projects, Indoor Edible Garden is a highly visual guide full of practical tips and stylish ideas for how to create edible indoor gardens...
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Visionary Landscapes: Japanese Garden Design in North America, The Work of Five Contemporary Masters

KENDALL H BROWN · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Japanese gardens are found throughout the world today - their unique forms now considered a universal art form. This stunning Japanese gardening book examines the work of five leading landscape architects in North America who are exploring the extraordinary power of Japanese-style garden...
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Upcycle!: DIY Furniture and Décor from Unexpected Objects

Sonia Lucano · Weldon Owen
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Have a bunch of mason jars in your cupboard but not sure what to do with them? Have some fruit crates laying around? Upcycle is a fun, contemporary project book that will show you how to take a range of common objects, many available cheap or free, and craft them into stylish home furnishings...
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