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The Scented Candle Workshop

Niko Dafkos
Format: Hardcover


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Gardening with Biochar: Supercharge Your Soil with Bioactivated Charcoal: Grow Healthier Plants, Create Nutrient-Rich Soil, and Increase Your Harvest

Jeff Cox · Storey Publishing, LLC
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Bio-activated charcoal - called biochar - is the new darling of organic gardeners, embraced for its outstanding abilities to enrich the soil and improve plant growth. Gardening with Biochar is the first comprehensive guide to understanding, making, and using it effectively in the home...
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Farm from Home: A Year of Stories, Pictures, and Recipes from a City Girl in the Country

Adam MICKIEWICZ · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From New York style icon and fashion insider Amanda Brooks, a charming and inspiring meditation on life in her newly adopted home, a farm in the English countryside.

In search of a quieter, simpler life away from the hustle of the city, style icon and longtime New Yorker Amanda...
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Detox Your Home: A Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life and Bringing Health into Your Home

Christine Dimmick · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 196
Format: Hardcover

Cancer affects 1 in 2 persons, and nearly everyone has an autoimmune-related disease or allergy. We live in a world where the incidence of illness grows as fast as the GDP. Industrialization has created a world that puts products before human and environmental health. Exercise and eating...
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Code Check Plumbing & Mechanical 5th Edition: An Illustrated Guide to the Plumbing and Mechanical Codes

Redwood Kardon · Taunton Press
Pages: 48
Format: Spiral-bound

Code Check Plumbing & Mechanical outlines the key safety principles underlying the various plumbing and mechanical codes and provides information on the code requirements for all types of plumbing installations, including all supply, drain, and vent systems as well as heating and cooling....

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RSPB Gardening for Wildlife: New edition

Adrian Thomas · Bloomsbury Natural History
Pages: 287
Format: Hardcover

There is something uplifting about having butterflies in your flowerbeds, frogs in your water feature and birds in your bushes, and knowing they're there because of you. Rich in detail and accessible in style, Gardening for Wildlife is the crucial companion to novices and expert gardeners...
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The Pottery Gardener: Flowers and Hens at the Emma Bridgewater Factory

Arthur Parkinson · The History Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The Emma Bridgewater factory in Stoke-on-Trent is a mecca for lovers of its iconic pottery, known for its designs featuring florals and farmyard animals. Today, it is a thriving visitor attraction; but tucked within is a walled garden bursting with nectar-rich, jazzy-toned flowers and hen houses...
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Family Handyman Do-It-Yourself Basics: Save Money, Solve Problems, Improve Your Home

FAMILY HANDYMAN. · Reader's Digest
Pages: 256
Format: Spiral-bound

Save Thousands! Tackle the Easy Fixes Yourself Over 120 Step-by-Step Secrets Revealed The Basics Everyone Can Master Don't pay a professional tons of money! We make it so easy for you to tackle the tasks yourself. Below are some of the everyday projects you will find in here to make...
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Leaf Supply: A Guide to Keeping Happy House Plants

Lauren Camilleri · Smith Street Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A beautiful and practical book on choosing and caring for over 100 easy-to-find houseplants, as well as inspiring plant styling advice and much more.

Fresh flowers are great - everyone loves receiving them. But inevitably they're already on the way out the door (and into the trash)...
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Veere Grenney: A Point of View: On Decorating

Veere Grenney · Rizzoli
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The first book from AD100 designer Veere Grenney - the master of streamlined, glamorous, classical rooms with an English touch - eloquently explores not only the hows but also the whys of decorating.Featuring thirty years of acclaimed interiors, paired with thoughtful advice and packaged...
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Charleston: City of Gardens

Louisa Pringle Cameron · University of South Carolina Press
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Long famous for its charming courtyard gardens in the peninsula's historic district, Charleston, South Carolina, has a remarkable southern landscape that also includes dozens of exquisite private gardens, city parks, cemeteries, institutional gardens, and even an urban farm. In Charleston:...
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Raised Row Gardening: Incredible Organic Produce with No Tilling and Minimal Weeding

JIM COMPETTI · Page Street Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Easier and Cheaper to Set Up Than Raised Beds!

For homeowners young and old looking for the easiest and most affordable way to grow the most vegetables, the Raised Row method shared in this breakthrough book is the new go-to choice. In the past decade, raised bed gardening has been...

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How to Pack: Travel Smart for Any Trip

Hitha Palepu · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

It's time to pack perfect. Every trip, every time. Your journey starts here. When you travel, the journey is just as important as the destination - and packing is the first step. In How to Pack, Hitha Palepu, a former consultant who has traveled more than 500,000 cumulative miles...
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New Landscaping Ideas that Work

Julie Moir Messervy · Taunton Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

The most comprehensive source of inspired design ideas and practical solutions for all landscaping and outdoor living spaces. Practical design advice as well as over 350 innovative ideas combine to give homeowners the only sourcebook they'll need to make smart design, buying, and installation...

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Who Knew? 10,001 Household Solutions: Money-Saving Tips, DIY Cleaners, Kitchen Secrets, and Other Easy Answers to Everyday Problems

Bruce Lubin · Castle Point Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A big new book on household solutions from the 5-million-copy-selling Who Knew? brand!

Whether you're cleaning house, cooking a meal, improving your appearance, or fighting a cold, this indispensable guide will help you with natural and simple solutions to your daily tasks requiring...

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