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Modernique: Inspiring Interiors Mixing Vintage and Modern Style

JULIA BUCKINGHAM · HARRY N ABRAMS
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

This is an irresistible guide for all who crave the elegance and ease of modern style combined with the warmth of tradition. For the countless readers who are eager to create a home with a modern look while still keeping treasured pieces, designer Julia Buckingham outlines how to mix old and new,...
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Container and Fragrant Gardens

Loewer, Peter · HOUGHTON MIFFLIN


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The Fruit Tree Primer: An Organic Approach to Growing Fruit in Gardens Large and Small

ORIN MARTIN · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Written by the long-time manager of the renowned Alan Chadwick Garden at the University of California, Santa Cruz, this substantial, authoritative, and beautiful full-color guide covers everything you need to know about organically growing healthy, bountiful fruit trees.

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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
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A natural history of the wilderness in our homes, from the microbes in our showers to the crickets in our basements

Even 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...
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Living with Air Plants: A Beginner's Guide to Growing and Displaying Tillandsia

Yoshiharu Kashima (Protoleaf) · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

Living with Air Plants is the perfect introduction to the world of Tillandsia and the many ways they can be used to design and upgrade your home or work space. It is the work of a prominent horticulturist and a design, lifestyle and gardening expert from Japan, and displays a wonderful...
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High-Yield Vegetable Gardening: Grow More of What You Want in the Space You Have

Colin McCrate · Storey Publishing
Pages: 319
Format: Print book

You won't believe your eyes when you see the size of your harvest! In High-Yield Vegetable Gardening, authors Colin McCrate and Brad Halm show you how you can make your food garden much more productive, no matter how big or small it is. You'll learn their secrets for preparing the soil,...
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The Foraged Home

Oliver Maclennan · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A celebration of both sustainability and design, this book presents beautiful interiors filled with salvaged, recycled, and repurposed objects from around the world.Artful home interiors are born from curiosity, creativity, and imagination, yet many of us fail to see a potential curtain...
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Sage Living: Decorate for the Life You Want

Anne Sage · Chronicle Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Perfectly named style maven and City Sage blogger Anne Sage knows a wise truth: decorating our living spaces for our goals is the first step in making them happen. In Sage Living, she opens the door to covetable dwellings designed to boost the dreams of their occupants, from the sunny,...
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Plant Parenting: Easy Ways to Make More Houseplants, Vegetables, and Flowers

Leslie F. Halleck · Timber Press
Pages: 264
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...
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The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife

Nancy Lawson · Princeton Architectural Press
Pages: 224
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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