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The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Frontier Landscapes that Inspired the Little House Books

Marta McDowell - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

"For gardeners, botanists, and fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder, this book looks at the beloved Little House on the Prairie author's relationship to nature." - Publishers Weekly The universal appeal of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books springs from a life lived in partnership with...
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Compact Farms: 15 Proven Plans for Market Farms on 5 Acres or Less; Includes Detailed Farm Layouts for Productivity and Efficiency

Josh Volk - Storey Publishing
Format: Print book

Small is beautiful, and these 15 real farm plans show that small-scale farmers can have big-time success. Compact Farms is an illustrated guide for anyone dreaming of starting, expanding, or perfecting a profitable farming enterprise on five acres or less. The farm plans explain...
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Kitchens: Decorating, Cooking and Entertaining (American Country Living)

Rh Value Publishing - Crescent
Format: Hardcover

Kitchens: Decorating, Cooking and Entertaining (American Country Living)
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Backyard Design: Making the Most of the Space Around Your House

Jean Spiro Breskend - Bulfinch Pr
Format: Hardcover

This book takes a contemporary look at the American yard, explaining the whys, wheres and how-tos of successful yard design with hundreds of ideas and projects. The first part of the book contains colour photographs and essays on approximately 20 yards of all types: city, suburban and country....
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Container Plants

Halina Heitz - Barron's
Format: Book

Limited land--or even no land space at all--needn't be reason to deprive plant lovers of their gardens. Heitz shows how lavish gardens can be created on a balcony, patio or porch with the help of urns, tubs and flower boxes. She gives detailed directions for year-round care of all kinds...
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Best Perennials for Sun and Shade

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Paperback

A quick-reference guide to planting perennials for gardeners with little experience and time Choosing perennials for a garden can be a daunting task, considering that there are thousands of choices. Yarrow? Columbine? Aster? To make the selection easier, this guide profiles the easiest-to-grow...
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The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter

MARGARETA MAGNUSSON - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life.In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called dostdning, do meaning "death" and stdning meaning "cleaning."...
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Whiskey in a teacup

Reese Witherspoon - Touchstone
Format: Book

Academy Award-winning actress, producer, and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon invites you into her world, where she infuses the southern style, parties, and traditions she loves with contemporary flair and charm.Reese Witherspoon's grandmother Dorothea always said that a combination...

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English Decoration: Timeless Inspiration for the Contemporary Home

Ben Pentreath - Ryland Peters & Small
Format: Hardcover

In English Decoration, the acclaimed London-based architectural and interior designer Ben Pentreath presents a survey of the best of the English style."English decoration is making a bit of a comeback these days, and Ben Pentreath is partly to thank - not just because he's finessed...
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Organic Gardening Techniques: The Guide to Planting, Growing, and Care of Your Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs

Nick Hamilton - CompanionHouse Books
Format: Paperback

The popularity of organic gardening continues to rise as people seek to control the quality and freshness of the food they eat. And organic gardening isn?t just about creating delicious healthy food for the table: it?s also about supporting delicate ecosystems and working without the use of chemicals....
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How to Window Box: Small-Space Plants to Grow Indoors or Out

Chantal Aida Gordon - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover

From the founders of the popular gardening blog The Horticult comes a guide to the window box, the container garden that is by far the most accessible for any skill level, space, or quality of light. The 16 indoor and outdoor projects range from succulents to veggies, and showcase...
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French Vintage Decor: Easy and Elegant DIY Projects for Any Home

JAMIE LUNDSTROM - Page Street Publishing
Format: Paperback

Chic and elegant French dcor never goes out of style. Crafters will delight in the easy yet stunningly sophisticated projects that take a minimal amount of time and will transform your home. Jamie Lundstrom's classic French style is effortless to achieve with these 60 incredible projects,...
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The Minimalist Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life

Joshua Becker - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover

A popular minimalist blogger and author of The More of Less shows you how to methodically turn your home into a place of peace, contentment, and purposeful living.One of today's most influential minimalist advocates takes us on a decluttering tour of our own houses and apartments,...
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Rain Forest in Your Kitchen: The Hidden Connection Between Extinction And Your Supermarket

Martin Teitel - Island Press
Format: Paperback

The biodiversity crisis -- the extinction of thousands of species of plants and animals -- is not just a faraway problem for scientists to solve. Instead, the crisis is as close as our backyards, our gardens, and our refrigerator shelves. This engaging, practical guide inspires average...
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Kitchen Upgrades

Taunton Press - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Kitchen Upgrades is a compilation of the very best expert design and product advice, using real-world remodels to help professionals and passionate amateurs remodel a kitchen of any shape and size, on any budget. The pros take you through every step of the remodeling process, with over...
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In Comfort and Style

Estee Stanley - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover

The Los Angeles celebrity-home interior designer's first book reveals how to achieve laid-back luxury through her casual-yet-elegant decorating style, which mixes tailored, lived-in pieces with an airy, inviting spirit.Beloved by celebrities from Patrick Dempsey to Ellen Pompeo to Jessica...
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Essential Pruning Techniques: Trees, Shrubs, and Conifers

Tony Kirkham - Timber Press
Format: Print book

A master class on pruning Pruning is an essential part of garden maintenance; it is necessary to regulate and control growth and to encourage flowering and fruiting on trees and shrubs. It is also one of the most difficult parts of garden maintenance. To prune well, gardeners must have...
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A Tapestry Garden: The Art of Weaving Plants and Place

ERNIE O'BYRNE - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

Lessons from one of America's most outstanding gardens Marietta and Ernie O'Byrne's garden - situated on one and a half acres in Eugene, Oregon - is filled with an incredible array of plants from around the world. By consciously leveraging the garden's many microclimates, they have created...
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Mind Your Manors: Tried-and-True British Household Cleaning Tips

Lucy Lethbridge - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book

The author of Servants tells us what made British households, of all sizes, shine.British estates were known to be the epitome of cleanliness with their white-glove perfection. Through her meticulous research on servants, Lucy Lethbridge gleaned much knowledge about how these homes were...
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Lightly: How to Live a Simple, Serene, and Stress-free Life

Francine Jay - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

Do you ever feel like life is weighing you down? Like the stuff in your home, the to-dos in your schedule, the worries in your heart are too much? Make "lightly" your mantra, one lovely little word to live by, and transform your life.There's no shortage of decluttering books on the market,...
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Remodelista: The Organized Home: Simple, Stylish Storage Ideas for All Over the House

Julie Carlson - Artisan
Format: Hardcover

Buy fewer (and better) things. Store like with like. Get rid of the plastic. Display - don't stash - your belongings. Let go of your inner perfectionist and remember that rooms are for living. These are a few of the central...
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Sprout Lands: Tending the Endless Gift of Trees

William Bryant Logan - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

Arborist William Bryant Logan recovers the lost tradition that sustained human life and culture for ten millennia.Once, farmers knew how to make a living hedge and fed their flocks on tree-branch hay. Rural people knew how to prune hazel to foster abundance: both of edible nuts, and of straight,...
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Mushroom Cultivation: An Illustrated Guide to Growing Your Own Mushrooms at Home

Tavis Lynch - Quarry Books
Format: Flexibound

Mushrooms are popping up everywhere! On restaurant menus, in grocery aisles, at local farmer's markets, and not just the ubiquitous white buttons we've seen for years. What once were exotic are now almost commonplace -- shiitake, chanterelle, cremini, enoki, the list grows longer...
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It's A Gas!: The Allure of the Gas Station

Sascha Friesike - Gestalten
Format: Hardcover

The first gasoline was sold in pharmacies -- but this was to change in the 1950s. As the car experienced its great rise in popularity, gas stations began to pop up like mushrooms out of the ground. Futuristic and progressive, these modern temples of mobility became roadside reference points...
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Island Gardens: Havens of Beauty Around the British Isles

Jackie Bennett - White Lion Publishing
Format: Hardcover

From Tresco to Lindisfarne, Anglesey to Sark, travel around the British Isles and discover the most beautiful and extreme island gardens on this visually stunning tour. The British Isles consist of more than 6,000 islands scattered around the main islands of Britain and Ireland. More than...
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Eliminate Pest Control Problems: Learn How to Secure Your Home and Make It Less Attractive to Unwanted Pests

David McCracken - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback

Why do you have pests? The answer is simple ... Your home is appealing to them. There is something within the structure or surroundings which attracts them to the dwelling. There are many sources of pest attraction. The most common sources of pest attraction are water, moisture, heat,...
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Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Wiring, Updated 7th Edition: Current with 2017-2020 Electrical Codes

COOL SPRINGS PRESS. - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

BLACK+DECKER's latest edition of the bestselling home-improvement book in North America for more than a decade is completely updated to conform to 2017-2020 national electrical codes. For more than ten years, BLACK+DECKER The Complete Guide to Wiring has been the bestselling home...
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Clutter Intervention: How Your Stuff Is Keeping You Stuck

TISHA MORRIS - Llewellyn Publications
Format: Paperback

Get to the Heart of Why It's So Hard to Let Go of Your Stuff What's your clutter actually covering up? Once you're aware of the real issue, letting go is simple and decluttering can happen immediately. Using step-by-step instructions and easy-to-understand explanations, Tisha Morris shows...
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Culpeper's Complete Herbal: Illustrated and Annotated Edition

Nicholas Culpeper - Sterling
Format: Paperback

A revised and refreshed edition of Culpeper's classic book on herbal remedies. "[An] updated and beautifully designed guide . . . " - BOOKLIST For more than 360 years, Nicholas Culpeper's historic guide to herbal remedies has been THE definitive book on the subject....
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The Bed Bug Book: The Complete Guide to Prevention and Extermination

Ralph H Maestre - ‎Skyhorse; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

The Bed Bug Book is a must have guide for every homeowner, renter, landlord, and traveler. Some cities have seen a 1000 percent increase in bed bug infestations. Exterminators were unprepared for the resurgence of these tiny pests and the public...
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Time to Parent: Organizing Your Life to Bring Out the Best in Your Child and You

Julie Morgenstern - Holt Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

The bestselling organizational guru takes on the ultimate time-management challenge -- parenting, from toddlers to teens -- with concrete ways to structure and spend true quality time with your kids. Would you ever take a job without a job description, let alone one that requires a lifetime...
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The Home Decluttering Diet: Organize Your Way to a Clean and Lean House

Jennifer Lifford - Page Street Publishing
Format: Paperback

Put Your House on a Diet for Long-Term Results If you're sick of the clutter around your home and can't find any organization systems that work for you, it's time to put your house on a diet. Starting with a 30-day home detox to quickly shed some of that excess weight, you will gain the confidence,...
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Lumitecture: Illuminating Interiors for Designers and Architects

Anna Yudina - Thames & Hudson
Format: Print book

A global survey of the most exciting lighting designs for interior spaces, featuring the latest interactive technologies, energy-efficient systems, and otherworldly experiences The role of light in architecture extends well beyond practical requirements. Light can create an environment,...
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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding

Ted Floyd - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

Become a better birder with brief portraits of 200 top North American birds. This friendly, relatable book is a celebration of the art, science, and delights of bird-watching.How to Know the Birds introduces a new, holistic approach to bird-watching, by noting how behaviors, settings,...
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Chicken DIY: 20 Fun-to-Make Projects for Happy and Healthy Chickens

Samantha Johnson - Lumina Media
Format: Paperback

The popularity of egg-laying chickens is on the rise. Sustainable and fun, raising chickens is one of the most interesting and rewarding backyard hobbies you can find.

In Chicken DIY, aspiring chicken farmers will find creative plans and easy-to-follow construction tips for making...

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The PVC Pipe Book: Projects for the Home, Garden, and Homestead

Chris Peterson - Voyageur Press
Format: Paperback

Put that spare PVC pipe to work with more than 50 inventive, step-by-step projects that yield tough and durable storage, furniture, gardening, toys, and much more, with The PVC Pipe Book. With a few simple fittings, common home-improvement-store PVC pipe can be treated much like...
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Ask Sew News: 150 Sewing Answers

Cindy Kacynski - Pjs Pubns

24-HOUR SHIPPING! UNREAD. UNMARKED. NO TEARS OR FOLDS. E-MAIL NOTIFICATION. CLEAN. TIGHT. FREE TRACKING. IN STOCK. SECURELY PACKAGED.
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Growing Your Own Tea Garden: The Guide to Growing and Harvesting Flavorful Teas in Your Backyard

Jodi Helmer - CompanionHouse Books
Format: Paperback

You Love To Drink Tea. Why Not Grow Your Own? If you've ever considered raising your own tea, this comprehensive guide is the place to start. Growing Your Own Tea Garden is packed with inspiration and practical instructions for cultivating and enjoying delicious teas. Author Jodi Helmer...
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Wiring Complete: 3rd Edition

Michael W Litchfield - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

The third edition of this best-selling volume is a comprehensive, authoritative, and easy-to-use reference for homeowners covering all home wiring situations from the most basic to advanced. Wiring Complete is a highly visual book focused on real world situations faced by homeowners and real...
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The Visual Handbook of Building and Remodeling

Charles Wing - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Here's the updated and enlarged fourth edition of our classic reference on how to choose systems and materials for every part of a home. With brand new chapters on transforming a home with green practices and creative storage solutions -- plus the latest code information and over 400 new full-color...
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The New Seed Starters Handbook

JEAN NICK - Rodale Books
Format: Paperback

Starting plants from a seed grants earlier harvests, greater variety, healthier seedlings, lower costs, and the undeniable sense of satisfaction and reward. For the most complete, up-to-date information on starting plants from seed, turn to The New Seed-Starter's Handbook. Written by a gardener...
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The New Organic Grower, 3rd Edition: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener, 30th Anniversary Edition

ELIOT COLEMAN - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Paperback

The Book that Started the Organic Farming Revolution Since its original publication in 1989, The New Organic Grower has been one of the most important farming books available, with pioneer Eliot Coleman leading the charge in the organic movement in the United States. Now fully illustrated...
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Hypertufa Containers: Creating and Planting an Alpine Trough Garden

LORI CHIPS - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

Hypertufa containers - also known as troughs - are rustic, striking, versatile, and perfect for small, Alpine plants. A mix of cement, perlite, peat, and water, they are simple and affordable to make at home. Hypertufa Containers details everything a home gardeners needs to know...
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Making Things Right: The Simple Philosophy of a Working Life

Ole Thorstensen - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

A celebration of craftsmanship, teamwork, and the relationship between contractor and client. "An enriching and poetic tribute to manual labour." - Karl Ove Knausgaard Making Things Right is the simple yet captivating story of a loft renovation, from the moment master...
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Houseplants: The Complete Guide to Choosing, Growing, and Caring for Indoor Plants

Lisa Eldred Steinkopf - Cool Springs Press
Format: Hardcover

When you want to raise plants but just don't have the space, then it's time to turn to houseplants! Houseplants come in millions of varieties, all with different levels of maintenance and care. Now is your chance to dive into this great hobby without the worry of what potting mix to try,...
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The Homesteaders Herbal Companion: The Ultimate Guide to Growing, Preserving, and Using Herbs

Amy K. Fewell - Lyons Press
Format: Paperback

The Homesteaders Herbal Companion is a beautiful guide for the modern day homesteader. From learning how to incorporate herbs and essential oils around your home, to learning how to enhance your familys health and well-being, this book is the go-to guide for those wishing to live a more...
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Happy Cactus: Cacti, Succulents, and More

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff - DK
Format: Hardcover

In-depth profiles, care tips, and display inspiration for more than 50 popular cactus and succulent varieties.Your cactus might be surviving, but is it happy? There's so much more to these little green plants than just keeping them alive. Get right to the point with practical advice from...
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Essential Earthbag Construction: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide

KELLY HART - New Society Publishers
Format: Paperback

Earthbag construction - building with polypropylene bags usually filled with earthen materials - is a versatile, easy-to-master, low-impact, and highly durable form of building, suitable for structures from houses to root cellars.Containing over 75 photos and illustrations, Essential...
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Crepe Paper Flowers: The Beginner's Guide to Making and Arranging Beautiful Blooms

Lia Griffith - Clarkson Potter
Format: Paperback

With 30 projects and an introduction to both crafting paper flowers and working with crepe paper, this book is full of inspiration and expert advice for beginners. If you have a Cricut Maker, you can download the templates to your machine so you can enjoy your own homemade bouquets in no time.Crepe...
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The Balcony Gardener: Creative ideas for small spaces

Isabelle Palmer - CICO Books
Format: Paperback

Packed full of great ideas to brighten up your balcony, roof terrace or window sill, The Balcony Gardener will teach you everything you need to know to create a stunning outdoor space. The Balcony Gardener covers everything from the fundamentals of starting a new garden, to picking out the best...
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Petit BONSAI

Kenji Kobayashi - Shinsei Publishing
Format: Tankobon Hardcover

It is an English-Japanese bilingual book of "petit bonsai" introduction showing how to make and grow bonsai trees. The author is a bonsai specialist owning a popular bonsai store, Sinajina, in Jiyugaoka. Starting with basic bonsai terms, the book with plentiful pictures explains...
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The Evening Garden

Peter McHoy - Ward Lock Ltd
Format: Paperback

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Junk Beautiful: Furniture ReFreshed: 30 Clever Furniture Projects to Transform Your Home

Sue Whitney - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Re-using and re-inventing vintage castoffs as home furnishings take center stage in today's home decor, as these one-of-a-kind treasures create uniquely personal spaces. Best-selling author and junking maven Sue Whitney unleashes her JUNKMARKET Style on furniture and accessories that make...
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Once Upon a Farm: Lessons on Growing Love, Life, and Hope on a New Frontier

Rory Feek - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Sometimes, it's not only what we plant but where we're planted.Now raising their 3-year old daughter, Indiana, alone, after Joey's passing, Rory Feek digs deep into the soil of his life and career to share the choices made and lessons learned that helped turn a middle Tennessee farm into...
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My Small Space: Starting Out in Style

Anna Ottum - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover

My Small Space is the ultimate guide to moving out on your own--whether that's in a campus dorm, an apartment with four of your friends, a two-bedroom with your buddy, or your very own studio. With photography of all kinds of spaces, smart design tips, interviews with renters, and more,...
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Black & Decker Play Structures & Backyard Fun: How to Build: Playsets - Sports Courts - Games - Swingsets - More

Editors of Cool Springs Press - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Thrill your kids and keep them physically active with the projects in BLACK DECKER Play Structures & Backyard Fun, offering start-to-finish DIY instructions for building the most popular play sets, games, and backyard structures. The only outdoor kids' project book that features...
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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
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 only...
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Build Stuff with Wood: Make Awesome Projects with Basic Tools

Asa Christiana - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Build Stuff with Wood is a true beginner's guide to woodworking, aimed at anyone who is interested in the craft but has little to no tools and no real idea where to start. The idea behind the book is to begin with a few portable power tools (cordless drill, jigsaw, etc.) , build a bunch...
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Garden Time

W S Merwin - Copper Canyon Press
Format: Print book

"There are few great poets alive at any one time, and W.S. Merwin is one of them. Read him." - The Guardian"Merwin has attained a transcendent and transformative elevation of beaming perception, exquisite balance, and clarifying beauty." - BOOKLIST , starred review...
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The Frugal Homesteader: Living the Good Life on Less

John Moody - New Society Publishers
Format: Paperback

"Practical advice . . . from the farm field to foraging in the forest . . . a must-have for anyone looking to transition from homeowner to homesteader." -- Scott Mann, host of The Permaculture Podcast Build your homesteading dreams with all the affordable DIY innovations, tips,...
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Better Living Through Origami: 20 Creative Paper Projects for a Beautiful Home

Nellianna van den Baard - SewandSo
Format: Paperback

Take papercraft to a new creative level and turn your home into a designer haven with this mindful DIY interiors book by Dutch design duo Studio Snowpuppe. Learn how to create 20 items of functional home decor using simple, origami inspired paper folding and manipulation techniques, and then...
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A Way to Garden: A Hands-On Primer for Every Season

Margaret Roach - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

For Margaret Roach gardening is more than a hobby, it's a calling. Her unique approach, which she refers to as "horticultural how-to and woo-hoo," is a blend of vital information to memorize (like how to plant a bulb) and intuitive steps you must simply feel and surrender...
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Ground Rules: 100 Easy Lessons for Growing a More Glorious Garden

KATE FREY - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

100 rules to garden by Gardening doesn't have to be difficult, and Kate Frey - expert gardener and designer - makes it easier than ever with her new book, Ground Rules. Frey distills the vital lessons gardening into 100 simple rules that will yield a gorgeous, healthy, and thriving...
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Home Gardener's Perennials & Bulbs: The Complete Guide to Growing 58 Flowers in Your Backyard

Miranda Smith - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

Perennials are the types of plants that bloom every year, and because you know what to expect in terms of color, blooms, and textures, you can use them to provide a basic structure to your garden, borders, and the overall landscape.Create beautiful gardens with perennials and bulbs Advice...
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The Fine Art of Paper Flowers: A Guide to Making Beautiful and Lifelike Botanicals

TIFFANIE TURNER - Watson-Guptill
Format: Hardcover

An inspiring, practical and gorgeous guide to crafting the most realistic and artful paper flowers for arrangements, art, dcor, wearables and more, from San Francisco botanical artist Tiffanie Turner. The Fine Art of Paper Flowers is an elevated art and craft guide that features...
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Planting Native to Attract Birds to Your Yard

Sharon Sorenson - Stackpole Books
Format: Paperback

Welcoming birds to your yard isn't about choosing the right feeders and bird food. If you want to attract the widest range of birds to your home, you need to plant a diversity of native plants. Why go green? Native plants live longer; they are drought resistant, take less water and fertilizer,...
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Brickwork for Beginners

Stewart Fraser - Ward Lock Ltd
Format: Paperback

Shows how to use brickwork, in a variety of ways, to enhance the garden. Projects are provided, from the simplest gradually progressing to more adventurous ideas and each project includes a checklist of what is needed to do the job properly. No previous building knowledge is assumed.
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The Family Cabin: Inspiration for Camps, Cottages, and Cabins

Dale Mulfinger - Taunton Press
Format: Hardcover

VOTED BEST INTERIOR DESIGN BOOK OF 2017 BY LIBRARY JOURNAL Since the beginning of the 20th century, cabin retreats have held a unique place in the lives and lore of many American families. In The Family Cabin, author and "cabinologist" Dale Mulfinger explores the role that cabins...
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Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden: Grow, Harvest, and Arrange Stunning Seasonal Blooms

Erin Benzakein - Chronicle Books
Format: Print book

From Erin Benzakein, a leader in the locaflor farm-to-centerpiece movement and owner of internationally renowned Floret Flower Farm, Cut Flower Garden is equal parts instruction and inspiration - a book overflowing with lush photography of magnificent flowers and breathtaking arrangements...
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How To Date Furniture: An Easy Reference Guide

Trevor Yorke - Countryside Books
Format: Paperback

This illustrated, easy reference guide is packed with all the information you need to help you date English furniture and bring its history to life. The book looks at many different furniture types, showing how form, style and the types of wood used changed from the Tudor period through...
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Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness

INGRID FETELL LEE - Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover

Designer Ingrid Fetell Lee explains how to cultivate a happier, healthier life by making small changes to your surroundings. Have you ever wondered why we stop to watch the orange glow that arrives before sunset, or why we flock to see cherry blossoms bloom in spring? Is there a reason...
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Rainy Lake House: Twilight of Empire on the Northern Frontier

Theodore Catton - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Hardcover

In September 1823, three men met at Rainy Lake House, a Hudson's Bay Company trading post near the Boundary Waters. Dr. John McLoughlin, the proprietor of Rainy Lake House, was in charge of the borderlands west of Lake Superior, where he was tasked with opposing the petty traders who operated...
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Life at the Top: New York's Exceptional Apartment Buildings

Kirk Henckels - Vendome Press
Format: Hardcover

What are New York City's best apartment buildings Before 1900, it was the Dakota and the Osborne; soon after came McKim, Mead & White's 998 Fifth and the ultra-soign 820 Fifth Avenue. The roaring twenties produced true luxury: 740 Park Avenue, the art deco-inspired River House,...
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The New Shade Garden: Creating a Lush Oasis in the Age of Climate Change

Ken Druse - Stewart
Format: Print book

There is a new generation of gardeners who are planting gardens not only for their visual beauty but also for their ability to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In The New Shade Garden, Ken Druse provides this generation with a comprehensive guide to creating a shade garden...
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Sticks and Stones: The Designs of Lew French

Lew French - Gibbs Smith
Format: Hardcover

Lew French is a master stonemason who finds and gathers hundreds of individual stones to create a single fireplace or an outdoor stone wall that looks like it had been there for hundreds of years. Rather than use a chisel, his stones have to fit together naturally; he remembers and fits...
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Countertop Gardens: Easily Grow Kitchen Edibles Indoors for Year-Round Enjoyment

Shelley Levis - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Whether you have a huge yard in a warm climate or a tiny apartment in a city with harsh winters, you can grow edibles year-round in the comfort and convenience of your own kitchen!Countertop Gardens will make you an expert in the world of indoor gardening, walking you through the challenges,...
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The Rodale Book of Composting: Easy Methods for Every Gardener

GRACE GERSHUNY - Rodale Books
Format: Paperback

An essential guide to composting for all gardeners and environmentally conscious peopleThis revised edition of The Rodale Book of Composting includes all the latest in new techniques, technology, and equipment. Gardeners know composting is the best way to feed the soil and turn food...
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Concrete Creations: 45 Easy-to-Make Gifts and Accessories

Marion Dawidowski - Search Press
Format: Paperback

Over 45 elegant concrete designs for your beautiful, modern home with just a bag of ready-mixed concrete, water, and a few items you can find around the house.Concrete is in.And no wonder: it's inexpensive, durable, and makes unique, stunning pieces with which to decorate your home. With...
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Clean My Space: The Secret to Cleaning Better, Faster, and Loving Your Home Every Day

MELISSA MAKER - Avery
Format: Hardcover

The wildly popular YouTube star behind Clean My Space presents the breakthrough solution to cleaning better with less effort Melissa Maker is beloved by fans all over the world for her completely re-engineered approach to cleaning. As the dynamic new authority on home and living,...
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Miniature Terrariums: Tiny Glass Container Gardens Using Easy-to-Grow Plants and Inexpensive Glassware!

FOURWORDS. - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Small home gardens are growing in popularity, and miniature terrariums are the easiest and least expensive indoor garden of all. The beautiful photos in this book show you how to add a whimsical touch of green to any space: at work, at home, in your dorm room - even in your car!Terrarium...
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The Tree Doctor: A Guide to Tree Care and Maintenance

Dan Prendergast - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

A practical reference for experienced and novice tree owners alike. If you are fortunate enough to live on property that includes trees, The Tree Doctor is the ideal, fully-illustrated manual for care and maintenance. A sapling requires different care than does a young tree or a mature...
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Stylish Succulents: Japanese Inspired Container Gardens for Small Spaces

Tokiiro - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Make inexpensive projects with a Japanese aesthetic - whether you're an interior designer, avid gardener, small space enthusiast or gardening beginner! Colorful and hardy succulent plants are perfect for creating Japanese-style Bonsai and Ikebana arrangements. Stylish Succulents...
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The Joy of Less

Francine Jay - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Francine Jay pioneered the simple living movement with her self-published bestseller, The Joy of Less. In this fully redesigned and repackaged edition - featuring never-before-seen content - Jay brings her philosophy to more readers who are eager to declutter. Rather than the "crash...
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Terrain: Ideas and Inspiration for Decorating the Home and Garden

GREG LEHMKUHL - Artisan
Format: Hardcover

Named one of the Wall Street Journals Best Interior-Design Books to Give as Holiday Presents Founded in a historic nursery in southeast Pennsylvania, Terrain is a nationally renowned garden, home, and lifestyle brand with an entirely fresh approach to living with nature. Its an approach...
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Little Free Libraries & Tiny Sheds: 12 Miniature Structures You Can Build

Philip Schmidt - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Expand the sharing movement to your community with Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds - your complete source for building tiny sharing structures, including plans for 12 different structures, step-by-step photography and instructions, inspirational examples, and maintenance. Around...
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Crops in Tight Spots

Alex Mitchell - Kyle Books
Format: Paperback

Short of outdoor space but want to grow fruit and vegetables? Congratulations. Really, lucky you. Not for you the back-breaking trudge of tending large spaces of land, the weeding, digging and pest vigilance. Gluts? They will mean nothing to you. Instead you can look forward to small but perfectly...
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Plant Society: Create an Indoor Oasis for your Urban Space

Jason Chongue - Hardie Grant
Format: Flexibound

Plant Society is your 101 guide on how to love and keep indoor plants. Even if youve killed every house plant in the past, plant-cultivator and stylist Jason Chongue will show you that its really not that difficult. Covering everything from basic plant care and re-potting, to plants suited...
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Hot Color, Dry Garden: Inspiring Designs and Vibrant Plants for Year-Round Beauty

NAN STERMAN - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

Dry weather defines the southwest, and it's getting dryer. A water becomes more precious, our gardens suffer. If we want to keep gardening, we need to revolutionize our plant choices and garden practices. Hot Color, Dry Garden provides home gardeners wit a joyful, color-filled way to exuberantly...
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Orchid Basics: Hints, tips & techniques to growing orchids with confidence

Brian Rittershausen - Hamlyn
Format: Paperback

Elegant and exotic, the allure of orchids is undeniable and this practical guide will ensure that even the most nervous newcomer can grow them with confidence. With expert advice, clear instructions and step-by-step photographs, father and daughter team Brian and Sara Rittershausen explain...
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Dream House: On Building a House

Joe Coomer - Faber & Faber
Format: Hardcover

The author relates how he and his wife undertook construction of their first house in Texas, describing the day-to-day successes and frustrations and the details throughout the process that gave them the greatest satisfaction
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Life in the Garden

PENELOPE LIVELY - Viking
Format: Hardcover

From the Booker Prize winner and national bestselling author, reflections on gardening, art, literature, and lifePenelope Lively takes up her key themes of time and memory, and her lifelong passions for art, literature, and gardening in this philosophical and poetic memoir. From the courtyards...
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Grow Your Own Herbs: The 40 Best Culinary Varieties for Home Gardens

Susan Belsinger - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

Nothing tastes better than herbs harvested fresh from the garden!Grow Your Own Herbs shares everything you need to know to grow the forty most important culinary herbs. You'll learn basic gardening information, including details on soil, watering, and potting. Profiles of 40 herbs...
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Mostly Shaker from the New Yankee Workshop

Norm Abram - Little Brown & Co
Format: Hardcover

Complete step-by-step directions--accompanied by photographs and line drawings--highlight a collection of ten Shaker-inspired designs for woodworkers of various skill levels.
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Build It Yourself: Weekend Projects for the Garden

Frank Perrone - Princeton Architectural Press
Format: Paperback

Are you into gardening, DIY, or organic living? Looking to branch into woodworking? Build It Yourself: Weekend Projects for the Garden will help you to do just that. Accompanying you every step of the way, from the local home goods store to your workshop or table, Build It Yourself is a fun,...
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Vogue Living: Country, City, Coast

Hamish Bowles - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

The next collection of all-new beautiful houses and gardens that have appeared in the pages of Vogue over the last decade, with more than 400 full-color photographs.Lavishly illustrated in full color, Vogue Living: City, Country, by the Sea is an irresistible voyage through some of the world's...
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The House by the Lake: One House, Five Families, and a Hundred Years of German History

Thomas Harding - Picador
Format: Hardcover

A Finalist for the Costa Biography AwardLonglisted for the Orwell PrizeNamed a Best Book of the Year byThe Times (London) * New Statesman (London) * Daily Express (London) * Commonweal magazine In the summer of 1993, Thomas Harding traveled to Germany with his grandmother to visit...
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Beginner's Garden: A Practical Guide to Growing Vegetables & Fruit without Getting Your Hands Too Dirty

Alex Mitchell - IMM Lifestyle Books
Format: Paperback

This book offers a fun and lighthearted guide to growing your own salads, herbs, vegetables, and fruit, armed with little more than a trowel and some seedlings!Lighthearted, fun approach to low maintenance gardening for first-timersDe-mystifies gardening for complete beginners, making it easy...
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Plant Parenting: Easy Ways to Make More Houseplants, Vegetables, and Flowers

Leslie F. Halleck - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

"Everything a plant parent needs to take their plant collection - and plant knowledge - to the next level." - Maria Failla, founder, Bloom & Grow Radio podcast Do you have a passion for houseplants? A desire to grow more tomatoes? Do you want a garden bursting with...
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Survival Skills of the Native Americans: Hunting, Trapping, Woodwork, and More

Stephen Brennan - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book

Become a pro at living and thriving off the land.Survival Skills of the Native Americans is a fascinating, practical guide to the techniques that have made the indigenous people of North America revered for their mastery of the wilderness. Readers can replicate outdoor living by trying...
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Success with Succulents: Choosing, Growing, and Caring for Cactuses and Other Succulents

John Bagnasco - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Cactuses and other succulents are wildly popular in homes the world over, regardless of climate. They're resilient, beautiful, and easy to care for as long as you know what you're doing. Whether you live in a warm, dry climate and want to grow a whole cactus garden outdoors or you'd...
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Seasonal Flower Arranging: Fill Your Home with Blooms, Branches, and Foraged Materials All Year Round

Ariella Chezar - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

This lavishly photographed book from renowned floral designer Ariella Chezar provides step-by-step instructions for 39 seasonal floral arrangements and projects that celebrate the splendor of flowers, the bounty of the changing seasons, and the wild beauty of nature in your home.Just as fruits...
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The Martha Manual: How to Do

MARTHA STEWART - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

Essential life skills from America's most trusted lifestyle expert - together in one beautiful and practical handbook, with hundreds of ideas, instructions, and inspirations Martha Stewart is America's go-to source for the best answers to nearly every question. As an authority on the many...
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Build Your Own Sheds & Outdoor Projects Manual: Over 200 Plans Inside

Design America Inc. - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

From basic storage sheds to playhouses, gazebos, and workshops, there is a growing trend toward standalone spaces as attractive alternatives to home additions. Build the outdoor structure of your dreams by doing all or part of the work yourself. This essential do-it-yourself guide will...
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Composting for a New Generation: Latest Techniques for the Bin and Beyond

Michelle Balz - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Composting is no longer only in the realm of environmentalists! It's not just about reducing food waste; most composters get their hands dirty because of the benefits it brings to the soil in their garden. All the extra nutrients makes for well-fed gardens with plenty of nutrients and rich...
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Bring the Outside In: The Essential Guide to Cacti, Succulents, Planters and Terrariums

Val Bradley - Transworld Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Love plants, but short on outdoor space? Or feeling inspired by striking terrariums and succulent gardens? Eager to create a unique home brimming with greenery? Then this is the book for you. With stunning photography and expert step-by-step tips, Bring the Outside In reveals everything...
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