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Woodworking with Hand Tools: Tools, Techniques & Projects

Eden Phillpotts - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

For woodworkers, hand tools put the emphasis on the process of woodworking rather than the result. Yet hand tools also are essential to the highest level of craftsmanship, bringing a refinement to work that machines alone cannot produce. Whether using hand tools alone as a source of pleasure,...
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The Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop: Handmade Accessories for Your Tiny Living World

Janit Calvo - Timber Press
Format: Print book

A not-so-mini trend The Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop is the next big thing for the crafters and gardeners already captivated by gardening small. Organized by fun themes - including gardens around the world, holidays, and fantasy gardens - it's a fun-filled guide to creating...
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Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change

Larry Weaner - Timber Press
Format: Print book

"This beautiful book shows us that guiding natural processes rather than fighting them is the key to creating healthier landscapes and happier gardeners. An essential addition to our knowledge of sustainable landscapes." - Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home This...
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Gardening for Butterflies: How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects

Scott Hoffman Black - Timber Press
Format: Print book

Library Journal Starred Review Welcome the world's most exquisite visitors to your garden! Gardening for Butterflies, by the experts at the Xerces Society, introduces you to a variety of colorful garden guests who need our help, and shows you how to design a habitat where...
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Grow For Flavor: Tips and Tricks to Supercharge the Flavor of Homegrown Harvests

James Wong - Firefly Books, 2016.
Format: Print book

Gardeners can be disappointed by the insipid flavor of the vegetables and fruit that they have so carefully nurtured. The problem, according to botanist James Wong, is that many conventional gardening practices are based on pure myth or faulty science. They create bumper crops at the expense...
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Grow More With Less: Sustainable Garden Methods: Less Water - Less Work - Less Money

Vincent A. Simeone - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Horticultural expert Vincent Simeone helps you plan your green garden in this practical, holistic guide. With detailed, strategic timelines for both short-term and long-term gardening techniques, Grow More with Less lets you put your best foot forward in creating an efficient, sustainable...
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Homesteading From Scratch: Building Your Self-Sufficient Homestead, Start to Finish

Steven Jones - Skyhorse
Format: Paperback

Homesteading From Scratch is for people who want to do things differently - the type of people who want to eat real food, grow herbs, make cheese, raise baby animals, hunt mushrooms, pick blackberries, unschool their children, can jelly, ferment kraut, farm organically, connect to nature,...
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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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Butterfly Gardening: The North American Butterfly Association Guide

Jane Hurwitz - Princeton University Press
Format: Flexibound

An indispensable and lavishly illustrated guide to creating a garden that attracts and sustains butterfliesButterfly gardening creates habitats that support butterflies, connecting us with some of the most beautiful creatures in the natural world and bringing new levels of excitement and joy to gardening....
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Black & Decker Deck Codes & Standards: How to Design, Build, Inspect & Maintain a Safer Deck

Bruce A Barker - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Make sure your deck is safe for family and friends with BLACK+DECKER Deck Codes and StandardsBruce Barker, one of the country's leading authorities on building codes, has turned his eye toward one of his favorite subjects: building decks. Although it's one of the most popular DIY building...
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All the Presidents' Gardens: Madison's Cabbages to Kennedy's Roses, How the White House Grounds Have Grown with America

Marta McDowell - Timber Press
Format: Print book

"This informative gem of a book is for readers fascinated by either gardening or presidential history." - Library Journal The eighteen acres that surround the White House have been an unwitting witness to history--a backdrop for soldiers, suffragettes, protestors, and activists....
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Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave

Joanna Gaines - Harper Design
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times BestsellerIn Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave, Joanna Gaines walks you through how to create a home that reflects the personalities and stories of the people who live there. Using examples from her own farmhouse as well as a range of other homes,...
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Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter and Organize to Make More Room for Happiness

Gretchen Rubin - Harmony
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In this lovely, easy-to-use illustrated guide to decluttering, the beloved author of The Happiness Project shows us how to take control of our stuff - and, by extension, our lives. Gretchen Rubin knows firsthand that creating order can make...
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Sunken Gardens: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planting Freshwater Aquariums

Karen A Randall - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

The essential guide to creating your own underwater world.Sunken Gardens is packed with everything you need to plan, design, and maintain a planted freshwater aquarium. Karen Randall shares her years of expertise and makes this enchanting hobby accessible to everyone. You'll learn...
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Wildlife in Your Garden: Planting and Landscaping to Create a Backyard Sanctuary

Karen Lanier - i-5 Publishing
Format: Print book

Imagine a thriving garden in your backyard, bursting with vibrantly colored blooms and lush green leaves, shaded by tall trees. Now imagine the same garden, alive with buzzing and flapping and chirping and croaking. Imagine the ecological impact of encouraging natural pollinators. Imagine...
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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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Radical Regenerative Gardening and Farming: Biodynamic Principles and Perspectives

Frank Holzman - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Radical Regenerative Gardening and Farming informs and inspires gardeners, and farmers, who wish to bring quality and integrity into their work with the land. It is about developing close relationships with land that produces our food. This book combines over 40 years of Frank Holzman's...
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Tiny Houses: The ultimate guide to tiny houses, shipping container homes, and building your own tiny house!

Damon Jones - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback

TINY HOUSES Grab this GREAT physical book now at a limited time discounted price! This book will teach you all about the Tiny House movement, and how thousands of others are adopting this more minimalistic and sustainable way of living. Tiny Houses are an excellent way to not only...
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The Wellness Mama 5-Step Lifestyle Detox: The Essential DIY Guide to a Healthier, Cleaner, All-Natural Life

Katie Wells - Harmony
Format: Hardcover

Katie Wells, author of The Wellness Mama Cookbook and founder of wellnessmama.com, finally shares the secret of how she manages six kids, a company, and a career without sacrificing a healthy lifestyle with this step-by-step, comprehensive guide to clean, natural living.By following...
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Taxidermy

Alexis Turner - Rizzoli Universe Promotional Books
Format: Hardcover

An unsurpassed survey of the world's finest examples of this popular art form - in situ from the greatest private and public collections to the beautifully assembled rooms of contemporary artists, stylists, and cutting-edge interior designers. Taxidermy is everywhere these days, from...
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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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Making Midcentury Modern

Christopher Kennedy - Gibbs Smith
Format: Hardcover

Midcentury design has a hold on the American consciousness: from television, to commercials, to the fashion runway. Yet, not all of us can live in a pedigreed midcentury home; fear not! The principles of midcentury design can be applied to the most unassuming spaces. Making Midcentury...
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Downsize: Living Large in a Small House

Sheri Koones - Taunton Press
Format: Hardcover

Best-selling author Sheri Koones presents the hottest trend in the housing market. The 25 small houses presented in Downsize are owned by people who have made a conscious decision to downsize from a larger home to a smaller home -- or who just decided to build small in the first place....
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CREATING SANCTUARY : sacred garden spaces, plant -based medicine, and daily practices to achieve... happiness and well-being

JESSI BLOOM - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

We all need a personal sanctuary - a place where we can be in harmony with the natural world and can nurture our bodies, minds, and souls. And this sanctuary doesn't have to be an exotic destination, it can be in your own backyard. In her new book, Creating Sanctuary, bestselling...
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The bold dry garden : lessons from the Ruth Bancroft Garden

Johanna Silver - Timber Press
Format: Print book

Celebrate and recreate the beauty of The Ruth Bancroft Garden! Ruth Bancroft is a dry gardening pioneer. Her lifelong love of plants led to the creation of one of the most acclaimed public gardens, The Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California. The Bold Dry Garden offers unparalleled...
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Plants with Style: A Plantsman's Choices for a Vibrant, 21st-Century Garden

Kelly D Norris - Timber Press, 2015.
Format: Print book

Why settle for lackluster gardens filled with dull, ho-hum plants? In this spirited, provocative book, plant guru Kelly Norris calls for a garden revolution: out with the boring plants and in with the exciting newcomers that will make your jaw drop and your pulse quicken! A passionate horticulturist...
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Handmade Houseplants: Remarkably Realistic Plants You Can Make with Paper

Corrie Beth Hogg - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

Houseplants are everywhere - on Instagram, in the media, and in trendy homes all over the world. In Handmade Houseplants, expert crafter and tastemaker Corrie Beth Hogg offers a no-water necessary alternative: plants made from paper! This stylish guide includes step-by-step instructions...
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Gardens Are For Living: Design Inspiration for Outdoor Spaces

Judy Kameon - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover

Bring the indoors outdoors with these inspiring design ideas. Gardens should be spaces that invite gathering, entertaining, and relaxing-gardens are for living. This is the philosophy behind Judy Kameon's design, and it reflects a shift in the way people today relate to the areas around...
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Interior Portraits: At Home With Cultural Pioneers and Creative Mavericks

LESLIE WILLIAMSON - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover

Acclaimed photographer, author, and Bay Area native Leslie Williamson returns to her roots with a tribute to the most fertile soil for creativity: California.Following her ultra-successful Handcrafted Modern and Modern Originals, Leslie Williamson is back with an original and compelling...
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Grow Native: Bringing Natural Beauty to Your Garden

Lynn M Steiner - Cool Springs Press
Format: Print book

Learn how to transform your yard into a beautiful landscape using native plants!You don't have to compromise beauty for natural landscapes with ecological responsibility and sustainability. In master gardener Lynn Steiner's book Grow Native, you'll find guidance for planting...
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Root, Nurture, Grow: The Essential Guide to Propagating Houseplants

ROSE RAY - Quadrille Publishing
Format: Hardcover

You've created your own house of plants, so what's next? The authors of House of Plants follow up their successful debut book with Root, Nurture, Grow - a practical and detailed guide to propagating and sharing indoor plants.The stylish handbook shows you how to make the most of your favorite...
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Martha Stewart's Organizing: The Manual for Bringing Order to Your Life, Home & Routines

Martha Stewart - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

The ultimate guide to getting your life in order - with hundreds of practical and empowering ideas, projects, and tips - from America's most trusted lifestyle authorityTrust Martha to help you master all things organizing - sorting, purging, tidying, and simplifying your life - with smart...
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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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Rescue, Restore, Redecorate: Amy Howard's Guide to Refinishing Furniture and Accessories

Amy Howard - Abrams
Format: Paperback

Whether you dream of restoring an heirloom to its former beauty, or just want to modernize a flea market treasure, Amy Howard has the design and refinishing secrets you need. Here are all the furniture finishing recipes, techniques, and tips that have made Howard's beloved classes sold-out...
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Marijuana Horticulture Fundamentals: A Comprehensive Guide to Cannabis Cultivation and Hashish Production

Kenneth Morrow - Green Candy Press
Format: Print book

The first and only grow book from Trichome Technologies' legendary breeder, K, this is a must-have for every grower on the planet, from rookie cupboard growers to commercial cultivators. Walking you through every single stage of growing, from learning about the plant itself to extracting...
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The Garden Primer: Second Edition

Barbara Damrosch - Workman
Format: Print book

The most comprehensive, entertaining, down-to-earth one-volume gardening reference ever, and highly praised: "Barbara Damrosch delivers the goods." - Chicago Tribune "Best of the crop." - House Beautiful "Barbara Damrosch's writing has the snap of a good snowpea...
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City Farmhouse Style: Designs for a Modern Country Life

KIM LEGGETT - Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Come along on the hunt to coveted country sources and the best secret antiquing spots, and learn how to create country farmhouse style in your city dwelling. Author Kim Leggett is the creator of City Farmhouse, an interior design business, pop-up antiquing fairs, and vintage store. She is also...
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Backyard Treehouses: Building Plans, Tips, and Advice

DAN WRIGHT - Lyons Press
Format: Paperback

Expert advice on treehouse building An inspirational and informative guide to building treehousesThe author's company, Tree Top Builders, has built more than 400 treehouses worldwide.Includes plans, tips, and more than 100 color photographs Backyard Treehouses is an inspirational how-to...
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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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The Children's Garden: Loads of Things to Make & Grow

Matthew Appleby - Frances Lincoln
Format: Print book

A garden can be a place for discovery, creativity and fun, and a space that encourages children to enjoy and engage with the natural world.Through 52 exciting family projects, one for every week of the year, this book inspires parents and their children aged 5 to play and learn in the garden,...
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The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife

Nancy Lawson - Princeton Architectural Press
Format: Hardcover

In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists...
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The Life In Your Garden: Gardening for Biodiversity

Reeser Manley - Tilbury House Publishers
Format: Print book

Gardeners can play a significant role in helping to sustain native plant diversity and providing refuge for threatened species of insects and sanctuary for birds, amphibians, reptiles, and small mammals.Horticulture experts Reeser Manley and Marjorie Peronto share their own experiences...
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The Seasons of My Mother: A Memoir of Love, Family, and Flowers

Marcia Gay Harden - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

In this poetic and inspiring memoir, one of America's most revered actresses uses the imagery of flowers and the art of Ikebana to depict the unique creative bond that she has had with her mother throughout the years - and how, together, they are facing her mother's struggle with Alzheimer's...
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The Bee Book

Emma Tennant - Dk Publishing, 2016.
Format: Print book

The Bee Book shows you step-by-step how to create a bee-friendly garden, get started in beekeeping, and harness the power of honey for well-being.Fully illustrated with full-color photographs throughout, this beautiful guide covers everything you need to know to start your own backyard...
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Ultimate Guide: Plumbing, 4th Updated Edition

Editors of Creative Homeowner - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

Save money by making minor and major plumbing repairs and improvements yourself, with help from this complete home plumbing guide! More than 800 photos Detailed how-to diagrams Learn how to skills, from fixing leaky faucets to soldering copper tubing like a pro Save money and resources...
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Women in Design: From Aino Aalto to Eva Zeisel

Charlotte Fiell - Laurence King Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Women designers have made an immense contribution to our shared material culture and built environment. However, while several pioneers have achieved global recognition-Ray Eames, Florence Knoll Bassett, and Charlotte Perriand to name a few-there are others not so well known but equally...
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Sunnylands: America's Midcentury Masterpiece

Janice Lyle - Vendome
Format: Print book

With its pastel green and yellow interior, its dazzling collection of Impressionist paintings, and long, low sofas that look like vintage Cadillac convertibles, Sunnylands was a Versailles for the Space Age. In Palm Springs, the mecca of midcentury modern architecture, this immaculately...
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Popular Mechanics How to Fix Anything: Essential Home Repairs Anyone Can Do

POPULAR MECHANICS. - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

For any home repair, big or small, homeowners can turn to this practical and portable reference. Got a squeaky floor or a rattling door? Is your grout a color you don't recognize anymore? From quick fixes like linking broken chains and patching drywall to more involved projects like replacing...
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Unearthed: Love, Acceptance, and Other Lessons from an Abandoned Garden

Alexandra Risen - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

In this moving memoir, a woman digs into a garden and into the past and finds secrets, beauty, and acceptance. Alex's father dies just as she and her husband buy a nondescript house set atop an acre of wilderness that extends into a natural gorge in the middle of the city. Choked with weeds...
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A Tiny Home to Call Your Own: Living Well in Just-Right Houses

Patricia Foreman - New Society Publishers
Format: Paperback

Unfetter and unclutter your life by learning how and why to transition to a tiny home Do you feel as though you're living in an expensive and ill-fitting home filled with too much stuff? Do you have too much space filled with too many things, constantly dealing with house maintenance and financial...
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Gardening Like a Ninja: A Guide to Sneaking Delicious Edibles into Your Landscape

Angela England
Format: Book

Turn your yard into the envy of the neighborhood while adding to your dinner table! Learn how to garden like a ninja as you sneak in plants that you can use for everyday cooking, creating a sustainable and beautiful landscape that's easy to maintain. Save time and money using the
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Sunset Western Garden Book of Landscaping: The Complete Guide to Beautiful Paths, Patios, Plantings, and More

The Editors of Sunset Magazine - Oxmoor House
Format: Paperback

The perfect companion to the best-selling The New Sunset Western Garden Book, the Western Garden Book of Landscaping is the ultimate source for ideas and expert advice to make a readers dream garden or landscape a reality. Completely redesigned and updated for todays homeowner and landscape...
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Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces

Jan Johnsen - Countryman Press
Format: Hardcover

Expert tips and beautiful photography from a veteran landscaperWhether it's ten square feet or ten acres, a backyard is something everyone wants to use to their best advantage. No matter the size or shape, an outdoor green space can be transformed from a neglected or untamed patch of dirt...
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The Suburban Micro-Farm: Modern Solutions for Busy People

AMY STROSS - Twisted Creek Press
Format: Paperback

NEW FULL COLOR PRINT EDITION! (Coming March 2018) Reduce your lawn and your grocery budget. Take gardening to the next level!Would you like to grow healthy food for your table? Do you want to learn the secrets of farming even though you live in a neighborhood? Author Amy Stross talks straight...
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The House that Pinterest Built

DIANE KEATON - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover

A compelling account of Diane Keaton's dream house, from idea to realization in brick, stone, and wood. Keaton's narrative and inspirational images will inspire all those who imagine the perfect home. At once a style guide, an inspirational tome, and a how-to volume on creating one's...
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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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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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The Complete Do-it-Yourself Manual Newly Updated

Editors Of Family Handyman - Readers Digest; Updated edition
Format: Hardcover

The leading manual for home improvements is getting an update to address current codes, latest materials, tools and technology.The bestselling, most comprehensive guide to home improvements has been revised and updated once again since it's revision in 2005. Over 10 million copies of READER'S...
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Building Natural Ponds: Create a Clean, Algae-free Pond without Pumps, Filters, or Chemicals

Robert Pavlis - New Society Publishers
Format: Paperback

Build a natural pond for wildlife, beauty, and quiet contemplationTypical backyard ponds are a complicated mess of pipes, pumps, filters, and nasty chemicals designed to adjust pH and keep algae at bay. Hardly the bucolic, natural ecosystem beloved by dragonflies, frogs, and songbirds.The...
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House & Garden Sixties House

Catriona Gray - Conran Octopus
Format: Print book

From Pop art to Op art, plastic furniture to bubble-gum paint colours, the Sixties saw a new wave of interior design that was closely linked to popular culture and fashion, becoming increasingly youth-oriented and playful to appeal to the new generation of baby-boomers. In Sixties House,...
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Homegrown Tea: An Illustrated Guide to Planting, Harvesting, and Blending Teas and Tisanes

Cassie Liversidge - St. Martins Griffin
Format: Paperback

Homegrown Tea explains how to grow a large variety of plants in your own garden, on a balcony or even on a window sill could become your tea cupboard. It shows you how to grow your tea from seeds, cuttings, or small plants, as well as which parts of the plant are used to make tea. Liversidge...
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California Contractors License Law & Reference Book

California. Contractors' State License Board. - LEXISNEXIS
Format: Perfect Paperback

The California Contractors License Law & Reference Book is a must-have resource for anyone interested in becoming licensed as a contractor in California. Created in conjunction with the California Contractors License Board, this newest edition includes the information you need to become...
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Garden Renovation: Transform Your Yard Into the Garden of Your Dreams

Bobbie Schwartz - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

A do-it-yourself guide to a complete garden rehab Gardens, just like houses, sometimes need makeovers. The changes can be as minor as replacing a shrub or as major as pulling everything up and starting from scratch. No matter the size of your space or the scope of the project, the sage...
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Open House: Reinventing Space for Simple Living

AMANDA PAYS - Gibbs Smith
Format: Hardcover

Transforming older homes into modern, functional, open spaces filled with natural light. Author Amanda Pays and Corbin Bernsen share ideas for remodeling older homes to create modern, open floor plans while sharing lessons learned along the way. Topics include tricks of seeing through...
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101 Ways to Go Zero Waste

Kathryn Kellogg - Countryman Press
Format: Paperback

Minimalism meets DIY in an accessible guide to household waste reductionWe all know how important it is to reduce our environmental footprint, but it can be daunting to know where to begin. Enter Kathryn Kellogg, who can fit all her trash from the past two years into a 16-ounce mason jar....
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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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Victory Gardens for Bees: A DIY Guide to Saving the Bees

Lori Weidenhammer - Douglas and McIntyre
Format: Print book

Who knew modern civilization may be brought down, not by plagues or war, but by bees? Or, more correctly, by no bees? This book investigates the growing problem of bee mortality and offers practical measures we can all take to help. In ecological terms, bees play a critical role in the survival...
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The Book of Seeds: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from around the World

P P Smith - University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover

Seeds are nature's consummate survivors. The next time you admire a field of waving green grassland or a stunning grove of acacia, stop to consider how it got that way - often against incredible odds. Seeds can survive freezing temperatures and drought. They can pass through our digestive...
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The All New Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores

Steve Ettlinger - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Learn aboutthe most essential tools and hardware needed for everyday home repair and improvement with The All New Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores.From first-time homebuyers to frequent hardware store customers, anyone who owns or rents a home will benefit from knowing...
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Wild Suburbia: Learning to Garden with Native Plants

Barbara Eisenstein - Heyday
Format: Print book

Learning to garden with native plants Wild Suburbia guides us through the process of transforming a traditional, high water-use yard into a peaceful habitat garden abounding with native plants. Author Barbara Eisenstein emphasizes that gardening is a rewarding activity rather than a finished...
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100 Things Every Homeowner Must Know: How to Save Money, Solve Problems and Improve Your Home

Family Handyman Magazine Editors - Trusted Media Brands
Format: Hardcover

The Family Handymans 100 Things Every Homeowner Must Know gives you the knowledge you need to be a better homeowner. Youll make informed decisions, avoid frustrations and save thousands over the life of your home.The Family Handymans 100 Things Every Homeowner Must Know gives you the knowledge...
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Container Theme Gardens: 42 Combinations, Each Using 5 Perfectly Matched Plants

Nancy J. Ondra - Storey Pub.
Format: Print book

Simple and foolproof! Enjoy beautiful container plantings with no stress or fuss. Container Theme Gardens offers 42 plans for container arrangements, each using just five specific plants that you can find at your local garden center. There's something here for every setting and every...
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California Contemporary: The Houses of Grant C. Kirkpatrick and KAA Design

Grant Kirkpatrick - Princeton Architectural Press
Format: Hardcover

The stunning houses of Grant Kirkpatrick and his firm, KAA Design, exemplify why so many of us look to Southern California as the pinnacle of sophisticated modern living. Two dozen magnificent custom homes,modern in style, are built of sensuous materials and sited to make the most of nature,...
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Totally Bonsai: A Guide to Growing, Shaping, and Caring for Miniature Trees and Shrubs

Craig Coussins - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Print book

Learn the ins and outs of proper bonsai design and care with this beautifully illustrated Japanese gardening book.Creating your own bonsai tree is simple, calming and serene, and best of all, it lets you bring the outdoors inside, even if you don't have a lot of space. Imagine an enormous...
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Pollinator Friendly Gardening: Gardening for Bees, Butterflies, and Other Pollinators

Rhonda Fleming Hayes - Voyageur Press, 2016.
Format: Print book

Want to do your part in helping your local pollinators flourish? Pollinator Friendly Gardening makes it easy. Are you interested in growing a naturally healthy garden? How about making sure your local environment helps bees, butterflies, and birds survive and thrive? If you are a beekeeper,...
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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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One Magic Square Vegetable Gardening: The Easy, Organic Way to Grow Your Own Food on a 3-Foot Square

Lolo Houbein - Experiment Llc
Format: Print book

All it takes to grow your own organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs is One Magic Square Lolo Houbein has 40 years' worth of gardening wisdom to share - on how to coax an abundance of organic food from a plot that is just 3 feet square!Sustainable, cost-effective, and creative techniques:...
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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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Sustainable Stormwater Management: A Landscape-Driven Approach to Planning and Design

Thomas W. Liptan - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

An essential addition to the landscape design library Nature devises ingenious systems for the management and delivery of water in all its phases. No additional infrastructure is required - the water systems are in place, naturally. But once the natural environment has been disrupted...
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The Joy of Tiny House Living: Everything You Need to Know Before Taking the Plunge

Chris Schapdick - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

Your indispensable manual for tiny house living!Comprehensive review of the practical considerations that go into building, owning, and living in a tiny home on wheelsWhat it means to upgrade to tiny, and what you should know about design, construction, and the legalities of living in a tiny...
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