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Rock Gardening: Reimagining a Classic Style

Joseph Tychonievich · Timber Press
Pages: 295
Format: Print book

Rediscover a classic garden technique! Rock gardening - the art of growing alpines and other miniature plants in the company of rocks in order to recreate the look of a rugged mountaintop - has been surging in popularity. Time and space constraints, chronic drought in the American West,...
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Ellen DeGeneres · Grand Central Life & Style
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Ellen DeGeneres has bought and renovated nearly a dozen homes over the last twenty-five years, and describes her real-estate and decorating adventures as "an education." She has long cared deeply about design: "I think I wanted to be an interior designer when I was thirteen."
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Apples of North America: Exceptional Varieties for Gardeners, Growers, and Cooks

Tom Burford · Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

The apple is one of the most iconic fruits, traditionally picked on cool fall days and used in pies, crisps, and ciders. And there is a vast world of varieties that goes beyond the common grocery store offerings of Red Delicious and Granny Smith. With names like American Beauty, Carters...
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Modern Pioneering: More Than 150 Recipes, Projects, and Skills for a Self-Sufficient Life

Georgia Pellegrini · Potter Style
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

A cookbook and backyard gardening and homesteading guide for women who want to grow food efficiently, cook seasonal recipes, or even try foraging, camping, and living off the land.Self-sufficiency is the ultimate girl power Georgia Pellegrini, outdoor adventurer and chef, helps you roll...
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The Four Season Farm Gardener's Cookbook

Barbara Damrosch · Workman
Pages: 485
Format: Paperback

Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman are America's foremost organic gardeners -- and authorities. Barbara is the author of The Garden Primer, and Eliot wrote the bible for organic gardening, The New Organic Grower. Today they are the face of the locavore movement, working through their extraordinary...
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Growing Vegetables: An Easy Guide for All Seasons

Sarah O'Neil · New Holland Publishers (UK)
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

A beginner's guide to vegetable gardening that includes weekly advice through the growing seasons, for anyone who wants to produce their own food at home. Planning begins in late winter, while the earth is cold and unproductive. Indoors, gardeners get organized, ready for the warmer weather....
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Of Naked Ladies and Forget-Me-Nots: The stories behind the common names of some of our favorite plants

Allan M. Armitage · Allan Armitage
Pages: 244
Format: Paperback

Award-winning author and plantsman Allan Armitage tells the stories behind the common names of some of our favorite and lesser-known plants. From Hooker's Lips to Hairy Balls, Voodoo lilies and Gas Plant, this books of laugh-out-loud yarns is required reading for every plant enthusiast.Kerry...
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Kicking the Bucket List: 100 Downsizing & Organizing Things To Do Before You Die

Gail Rubin · Rio Grande Books
Pages: 121
Format: Paperback

Do you plan to live forever -- Do you ever plan to move -- Depending on where you are going, you can not take it with you. In KICKING THE BUCKET LIST, death educator Gail Rubin brings a light touch to cleaning out those dark recesses of your home and organizing for end-of-life issues. In these...
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Herbs & Spices: The Cook's Reference

Jill Norman · DK; Revised edition
Format: Hardcover

Herbs & Spices is the essential cook's companion, now redesigned and updated with all new recipes. A classic reference, the best-selling Herbs & Spices is a trusted resource in the kitchen, with more than 200 unique herbs and spices from around the world showcased alongside...
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150 Best Minimalist House Ideas

Alex Sanchez · Harper Design
Format: Book

Filled with hundreds of lush, full-color photographs, 150 Best Minimalist Interior Ideas profiles beautiful minimalist rooms around the globe and presents tips, tricks, and techniques revealing how to create your own gorgeous, sophisticated interiors.One of the most popular contemporary...
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Vegetable Literacy: Cooking and Gardening with Twelve Families from the Edible Plant Kingdom, with over 300 Deliciously Simple Recipes

Deborah Madison · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 405
Format: Book

In her latest cookbook, Deborah Madison, America's leading authority on vegetarian cooking and author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, reveals the surprising relationships between vegetables, edible flowers, and herbs within the same botanical families, and how understanding these connections...
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All the Presidents' Gardens: Madison's Cabbages to Kennedy's Roses, How the White House Grounds Have Grown with America

Marta McDowell · Timber Press
Pages: 328
Format: Print book

"This informative gem of a book is for readers fascinated by either gardening or presidential history." - Library Journal The eighteen acres that surround the White House have been an unwitting witness to history--a backdrop for soldiers, suffragettes, protestors, and activists....
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The Kinfolk Home: Interiors for Slow Living

Nathan Williams · Ouur/Artisan
Pages: 364
Format: Print book

New York Times bestseller When The Kinfolk Table was published in 2013, it transformed the way readers across the globe thought about small gatherings. In this much-anticipated follow-up, Kinfolk founder Nathan Williams showcases how embracing that same ethos - of slowing down, simplifying...
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Heavenly Hydrangeas: A Practical Guide for the Home Gardener

Joan Harrison · Schiffer
Pages: 152
Format: Print book

A comprehensive hydrangea handbook for the home gardener with expert advice on selection, planting, pruning, propagation, and providing basic care. More than 250 vivid color photos clarify such topics as flower color and seasonal changes. With single topic chapters and answers to frequently...
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How to Create a New Vegetable Garden: Producing a Beautiful and Fruitful Garden from Scratch

Charles Dowding · UIT Cambridge Ltd.
Format: Hardcover

Drawing on his years of experience as an expert gardener, Charles Dowding illustrates the simplicity of starting a new vegetable garden with tales and pictures from his first year on his latest plot of land. Filled with insights into the processes that Charles uses to garden so successfully,...
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