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The Mini Farming Bible: The Complete Guide to Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre
The Mini Farming Bible: The Complete Guide to Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre

Brett L. Markham · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Book

When Brett Markham published a small black and white handbook about how to run a successful mini farmhe never dreamed how popular the book would soon become. In 2010 Skyhorse Publishing Inc. published Bretts book in full color with over a hundred of the authors own photographsand Mini...
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The Greenhouse Gardener's Manual
The Greenhouse Gardener's Manual

Roger Marshall · Timber Press
Format: Book

The ultimate guide to growing inside! A greenhouse can bring you spectacular rewards - if you know how to maximize its potential. In this easy-to-use guide, Roger Marshall covers all the basics - how to choose, heat, irrigate, and maintain your greenhouse - as well how to grow scores of popular...
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Old Home Love
Old Home Love

ANDY MEREDITH · GIBBS SMITH INC PUB
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Get to know the couple (and the houses) behind HGTV's newest hit series, Old Home Love. Andy and Candis Meredith believe there's nothing that can't be fixed. Their passion for saving and renovating old homes, which caught the attention of HGTV, sparked the creation of their...
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Southern Mountain Living
Southern Mountain Living

Lynn Monday · Gibbs Smith
Format: Book

An array of ideas for mixing rustic, antique and contemporary elements This book brings to light the style, grace and hospitality of living in the southern mountains. Southern Mountain Living offers a room-by-room look into the interior designs of Lynn Monday, making the most of outdoor...
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Home for Now
Home for Now

Joanna Thornhill · Cico Books
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Styling and DIY advice on creating a beautiful home, whether you're making over or making do. More people are renting now than ever before, but the rental market remains surprisingly unflexible, with many tenants banned from making even the simplest alterations, such as hanging a picture...
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Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste: Heirloom Seed Savers in Appalachia
Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste: Heirloom Seed Savers in Appalachia

Bill Best · Ohio University Press; 1 edition
Format: Book

The Brown Goose, the White Case Knife, Oras Speckled Bean, Radiator Charlies Mortgage Lifter?—?these are just a few of the heirloom fruits and vegetables youll encounter in Bill Bests remarkable history of seed saving and the people who preserve both unique flavors and the Appalachian...
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A Beautiful Mess Happy Handmade Home: Painting, Crafting, and Decorating a Cheerful, More Inspiring Space
A Beautiful Mess Happy Handmade Home: Painting, Crafting, and Decorating a Cheerful, More Inspiring Space

Elsie Larson · Potter Style
Format: Book

Step inside the world of Elsie and Emma, the sisters behind the décor blog A Beautiful Mess. With tiny budgets and a crafty, can-do attitude, they overhauled each room in their first homes with DIY projects using family photos, vibrant fabrics, flea-market finds, and affordable furniture....
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Kitchen Ideas You Can Use: Inspiring Designs & Clever Solutions for Remodeling Your Kitchen
Kitchen Ideas You Can Use: Inspiring Designs & Clever Solutions for Remodeling Your Kitchen

Chris Peterson · Cool Springs Press, 2014.
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

The kitchen: command center of the home, headquarters for all things edible, family-member traffic funnel. Whether you're a bachelor or bachelorette in a small starter home or part of a larger family, if this isn't the most-used room in your house, you must not be home very often....
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The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home: A Step-by-Step Method for Managing Home Construction
The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home: A Step-by-Step Method for Managing Home Construction

Kent Lester · Betterway
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

Save 30% on home construction! Whether you want to take on all the responsibility of contracting your home or simply want to intelligently communicate with your homebuilder, The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home can help you save 30% or more on the cost of home construction by teaching...
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DIY Solar Projects - Updated Edition: Small Projects to Whole-home Systems: Tap Into the Sun
DIY Solar Projects - Updated Edition: Small Projects to Whole-home Systems: Tap Into the Sun

Eric W Smith · Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc.
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Learn how to make your own solar-powered appliances and additions to your home with this updated edition of DIY Solar Projects!Put the sun to work in your home with the new, expanded edition of the popular 2011 title DIY Solar Projects. Like the original, this edition offers small-scale,...
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Better Than New: Lessons I've Learned from Saving Old Homes
Better Than New: Lessons I've Learned from Saving Old Homes

Nicole Curtis · Artisan
Pages: 239
Format: Print book

A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller For the first time, Nicole Curtis, the star of the megahit HGTV and DIY Network show Rehab Addict, reveals her private struggles, her personal victories, and the inspiring lessons we can all learn from them. Part celebrity memoir and part self-help...
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The $50 Home Makeover: 75 Easy Projects to Transform Your Current Space into Your Dream Place--for $50 or Less!
The $50 Home Makeover: 75 Easy Projects to Transform Your Current Space into Your Dream Place--for $50 or Less!

Shaunna West · Adams Media
Format: Hardcover

Stunning and easy projects for less than $50 each!With The $50 Home Makeover, you can finally turn your living space into your home! This inspiring book offers 75 fun and creative ideas that will help give your place the stylish, modern look that you've always wanted--without having...
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The Resilient Farm and Homestead: An Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach
The Resilient Farm and Homestead: An Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach

Ben Falk · Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Paperback

The Resilient Farm and Homestead is a manual for developing durable, beautiful, and highly functional human habitat systems fit to handle an age of rapid transition. Ben Falk is a land designer and site developer whose permaculture-research farm has drawn national attention. The site is a terraced...
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Modern Country: Inspiring interiors for contemporary country living
Modern Country: Inspiring interiors for contemporary country living

Caroline Clifton-Mogg · Jacqui Small LLP; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The countryside remains a vital part of French life, but that does not mean that French country houses are set in decorative aspic. When designing modern houses, it is natural to employ contemporary design solutions, but these same types of solution and innovations work equally as well...
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Greenhouse Vegetable Gardening: Expert Advice on How to Grow Vegetables, Herbs, and Other Plants
Greenhouse Vegetable Gardening: Expert Advice on How to Grow Vegetables, Herbs, and Other Plants

Inger Palmstierna · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

A garden should be easy and fun to care for—dont complicate things unnecessarily. This is the slogan of author Inger Palmstierna. In Greenhouse Vegetable Gardening, she helps readers find the joy of cultivating in their very own greenhouses. Palmstierna is a gardening authority with vast...
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