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The No-Till Organic Vegetable Farm: How to Start and Run a Profitable Market Garden That Builds Health in Soil, Crops, and Communities

Daniel Mays - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

No-till - a method of growing crops and providing pasture without disturbing the soil - has become an important alternative to standard farming practices. In this comprehensive guide to successful no-till vegetable farming for aspiring and beginning farmers, author Daniel Mays, owner...
 
 
Home is where you make it.

Geneva Vanderzeil - Tiller Press
Format: Paperback‏

A simple, practical, and affordable craft and styling book that offers tried and tested design advice and top hints and tricks for key spaces.
 
 
Modern Farmhouse Made Easy: Simple Ways to Mix New & Old

Caroline McKenzie - Centennial Books
Format: Hardcover

Whether they own an honest-to-goodness farmhouse or are suburbanites, or even city dwellers, looking to carve out a slice of the simple life, readers of Modern Farmhouse Made Easy will be inspired to create rooms that make their family and friends want to sit and stay awhile. It's warm,...
 
 
The Homeowner's Guide to Contracting, Building, and Remodeling: Save a Fortune by Learning What Contractors Don't Want You to Know

Joe Oswald - Threshold Publishing
Format: Paperback‏

The # 1 new release in Amazon's Home Design and Construction category for April 2021. Midwest Book Review states, "Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, The Homeowner's Guide to Contracting, Building, and Remodeling is a comprehensive and thoroughly 'user...
 
 
Good Housekeeping Home Skills: Master Your Domain with Practical Solutions to Everyday Challenges

Good Housekeeping - ‎Hearst Home
Format: Hardcover

A practical and attractive handbook with more than 850 essential life skills to get anything done faster and easierThe editors and scientists at Good Housekeeping and its lab, the Good Housekeeping Institute, share genius solutions and trusted, expert advice in this how-to guide to making...
 
 
How to Build Your Dream Cabin in the Woods: The Ultimate Guide to Building and Maintaining a Backcountry Getaway

JWayne Fears - Skyhorse
Format: Hardcover

For people who want to build a log cabin or are just dreaming about it.
 
 
From the Ground Up: Building a Dream House---and a Beautiful Life---through Grit and Grace

Noell Jett - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Popular social media star Noell Jett shares the unbelievable story behind her beautiful 3,700-square foot custom farmhouse--built by hand and savvy influencer marketing--and the key strategies she learned while overcoming a difficult past.Growing up with seven people in a small house that...
 
 
Log Cabin Years: How One Couple Built a Home From Scratch and Created a Life

CINDY ROSS - Skyhorse
Format: Hardcover

"Cindy Ross is one of today's most eloquent and thoughtful writers on the connection between humans and the natural world." - Richard Louv, New York Times bestselling authorThe Log Cabin Years is the inspiring story of how award-winning author Cindy Ross and her husband, artist...
 
 
Renovation 5th Edition: Completely Revised and Updated

Michael W Litchfield - Taunton Press
Format: Hardcover

When it comes to home renovation, there's no substitute for experience. Renovation 5th Edition contains the collective wisdom of hundreds of remodeling contractors, architects, and tradespeople who shared their first-hand experience with Mike Litchfield as he interviewed and photographed...
 
 
Downsize: Living Large in a Small House

Sheri Koones - Taunton Press
Format: Hardcover

Best-selling author Sheri Koones presents the hottest trend in the housing market. The 25 small houses presented in Downsize are owned by people who have made a conscious decision to downsize from a larger home to a smaller home -- or who just decided to build small in the first place....