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Design Happy: Colorful Homes for the Modern Family

Betsy Wentz - Gibbs Smith
Format: Hardcover

An accessible and inspiring guide full of creative ideas and practical lessons for designing happy, family-friendly spaces.In her first book, interior designer Betsy Wentz shares 13 fabulous family homes. The book is really a practical design guide for anyone who may not want -- or simply...
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Welcome to the Farm: How-to Wisdom from The Elliott Homestead

Shaye Elliott - Lyons Press
Format: Paperback

A fresh, new guide to the backyard lifestyle The homesteading movement is continuing to grow, as more people are stepping up to have a hand in where their food comes from. Whether you want to dabble or immerse yourself completely in the do-it-yourself, back-to-basics lifestyle, Welcome...
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A Gardener's Guide to Botany: The biology behind the plants you love, how they grow, and what they need

Scott Zona - Cool Springs Press
Format: Hardcover

Ever wonder if plants sleep or why their leaves are shaped a certain way? The inner workings of the plants you love are revealed and celebrated in this guide by botany expert Dr. Scott Zona.A Gardener's Guide to Botany is not just another book on how to grow plants. Instead, it's...
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Idiot's Guides: Growing Marijuana

Kevin Oliver - Alpha Books
Format: Print book


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Jungalow: Decorate Wild

Justina Blakeney - Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Justina Blakeney's new book is her biggest, boldest, and most beautiful volume yet, filled with irresistible style, original patterns, and artwork - lushly photographed by Dabito. In each chapter, Justina shares her distinctive point of view on everything design fans want to know - how to make...
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The Magic of Children's Gardens: Inspiring Through Creative Design

Lolly Tai - Temple University Press
Format: Hardcover

Children's gardens are magical places where kids can interact with plants, see where food and fibers grow, and experience the role of birds, butterflies, and bees in nature. These gardens do more than just expose youngsters to outdoor environments, they also provide marvelous teaching opportunities...
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The Ecological Farm: A Minimalist No-Till, No-Spray, Selective-Weeding, Grow-Your-Own-Fertilizer System for Organic Agriculture

Helen Atthowe - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Paperback

The breakthrough resource for fruit and vegetable growers at every scale who want to go 'beyond organic' and build higher soil quality and fertility using fewer inputs through a unique ecosystem-balancing approach"Atthowe's book takes ecological farming to the next level....
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The Less Is More Garden: Big Ideas for Designing Your Small Yard

SUSAN MORRISON - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

Small space, big solutions When it comes to gardens, bigger isn't always better. A larger space requires more plants, more furniture, more maintenance, and more time. A smaller space takes less time to design, install, and care for and makes it easier for gardeners to take advantage of every...
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Organic Gardening for Everyone: Homegrown Vegetables Made Easy

CaliKim - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

If you want to grow healthy vegetables at home, but have hesitated because it seems too hard and time consuming, Organic Gardening for Everyone is your perfect hands-on guide - an "if I can do it, you can do it" case study that addresses your concerns and gets you started....
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Grow More Food: A Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Getting the Biggest Harvest Possible from a Space of Any Size

Colin McCrate - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Just how productive can one small vegetable garden be? More productive than one might think! Colin McCrate and Brad Halm, former CSA growers and current owners of the Seattle Urban Farm Company, help readers boost their garden productivity by teaching them how to plan carefully, maximize...
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