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Low-Maintenance Vegetable Gardening: Bumper Crops in Minutes a Day Using Raised Beds, Planning, and Plant Selection

CLARE MATTHEWS - CompanionHouse Books
Format: Paperback

Spend less time in the garden -- and get more results! This book demystifies the growing of fruit and vegetables and shows that, with the right approach, it can be done successfully as a weekend project or slotted into a busy week. Experienced garden designer Clare Matthews explains simple...
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Downsizing For Dummies

Ralph R. Roberts - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Organize, declutter, donate - downsize and simplify your lifeDownsizing For Dummies provides you with strategies to downsize your life by moving to a smaller home, decluttering, simplifying your budget, and saving more money. You'll find tips to help decrease your cost of living, lower...
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Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

Fumio Sasaki - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

The best-selling phenomenon from Japan that shows us a minimalist life is a happy life.Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo -- he's just a regular guy who was stressed out and constantly comparing himself to others, until one day he decided...
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Black & Decker The Book of Home How-To Complete Photo Guide to Outdoor Building: Decks - Sheds - Greenhouses & Garden Structures

Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback


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The Good Garden: How to Nurture Pollinators, Soil, Native Wildlife, and Healthy Food?All in Your Own Backyard

Chris McLaughlin - Island Press
Format: Paperback

What makes a garden good? For Chris McLaughlin, it's about growing the healthiest, most scrumptious fruits and veggies possible, but it's also about giving back. How can your little patch of Earth become a sanctuary for threatened wildlife, sequester carbon, and nurture native plants?...
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Feng Shui Modern

Cliff Tan - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Feng Shui Made SimpleHow do you place a bed in an awkward room? How can your space help you be more focused and more productive? How do you set up your room to make you ready for romantic love? It's simple!The ancient practice of feng shui is uncovered in this simple and practical guide,...
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How to Grow More Vegetables, Ninth Edition:

JOHN JEAVONS - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback

The world's leading resource on biointensive, sustainable, high-yield organic gardening is thoroughly updated throughout, with new sections on using 12 percent less water and increasing compost power. Long before it was a trend, How to Grow More Vegetables brought backyard ecosystems...
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Patios: Designing, Building, Improving, and Maintaining Patios, Paths and Steps

A & G Bridgewater - Creative Homeowner Press
Format: Print book

Patios is the essential guide to enhancing outdoor spaces with attractive patios, divisions, levels, seating areas, walkways, and more. From city backyards to country gardens, nothing adds distinction like a well-constructed patio. Here you ll find advice, inspiration, and hundreds of achievable...
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Ultimate Guide: Barns, Sheds & Outbuildings, Updated 4th Edition: Step-by-Step Building and Design Instructions Plus Plans to Build More Than 100 Outbuildings

Editors of Creative Homeowner - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

Build a better backyard! Over 100 outbuilding projects and plans for barns, sheds, and garages Step-by-step instructions for every aspect of the construction process with coordinating full-color photography An overview on planning, tools, materials, and safety tips Detailed chapters on foundations,...
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Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live

Rob Dunn - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

A natural history of the wilderness in our homes, from the microbes in our showers to the crickets in our basementsEven when the floors are sparkling clean and the house seems silent, our domestic domain is wild beyond imagination. In Never Home Alone, biologist Rob Dunn introduces...
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