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2018 International Plumbing Code

International Code Council - ICC
Format: Paperback

The IPC provides minimum regulations for plumbing facilities in terms of both performance and prescriptive objectives, and provides for the acceptance of new and innovative products, materials, and systems. Important changes include: Updated table for the Minimum Number of Required Plumbing...
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Chickens in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide

GAIL DAMEROW - Rodale Books
Format: Paperback

All the basics (and beyond!) for happy, healthy chickens. In cities and suburbsand everywhere in between, a classic American tradition is back in a big way -- raising backyard chickens for eggs, meat, fun, or profit. Chickens in Your Backyard has been the go-to guide for chicken care...
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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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Carving Out a Living on the Land: Lessons in Resourcefulness and Craft from an Unusual Christmas Tree Farm

Emmet Van Driesche - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Audiobook

New Exclusive Content: The author in conversation with editors Michael Metivier and Nick Kaye on site at his Christmas tree farm. When he first envisioned becoming a farmer, author Emmet Van Driesche never imagined his main crop would be Christmas trees, nor that such a tree farm could...
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Country Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Live Off the Land

Editors Of Storey. - Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
Format: Print book

Reminiscent in both spirit and design of the beloved Whole Earth Catalog, Country Wisdom & Know-How is an unprecedented collection of information on nearly 200 individual topics of country and self-sustained living. Compiled from the information in Storey Publishing's landmark series...
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2018 International Fire Code

International Code Council - ICC
Format: Paperback

The IFC contains regulations to safeguard life and property from fires and explosion hazards. Topics include general precautions, emergency planning and preparedness, fire department access and water supplies, automatic sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems, special hazards, and the storage...
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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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Vern Yip's Vacation at Home: Design Ideas for Creating Your Everyday Getaway

Vern Yip - Running Press Adult
Format: Hardcover

Vern Yip, veteran interior designer from Trading Spaces and HGTV--and author of the NYT bestseller Vern Yip's Design Wise-- is back to reveal the design tricks and practices that will give any home a serene, luxury retreat-like feel. We've all heard that our home should be our sanctuary,...
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My Tiny Veg Plot: Grow Your Own in Surprisingly Small Places

Lia Leendertz - Pavilion Books 2015.
Format: Print book

Food can be grown just about anywhere, and lack of space should not put you off growing your own fresh vegetables. Not everyone has access to outside space, but we all have window ledges, doorways, often stairways, sometimes even a balcony or roof space. This book offers solutions and inspirations...
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Backyard Homesteading All-in-One For Dummies

Dummies
Format: Paperback


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Annuals, Perennials, and Bulbs: 377 Flower Varieties for a Vibrant Garden

Creative Homeowner Press - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

A stunning flower garden that blooms throughout the seasons depends on the artful combination of annuals, perennials, and bulbs!600 photographs illustrate flowers, gardening tips, and techniquesOver 40 step-by-step photo sequences take you through practical techniquesEssential information...
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How to Grow Mushrooms from Scratch: A Practical Guide to Cultivating Portobellos, Shiitakes, Truffles, and Other Edible Mushrooms

MAGDALENA WURTH - The Experiment
Format: Hardcover

An ultra-accessible guide to growing tasty mushrooms at home, inside or outdoors - from spore to sprout A true beginner's guide, How to Grow Mushrooms from Scratch offers crystal-clear instructions on growing 19 species of edible mushroom, plus advice on their unique characteristics...
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Miniature Japanese Gardens: Beautiful Bonsai Landscape Gardens for Your Home

Kenji Kobayashi - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Japanese gardens don't have to be large or elaborate to be beautiful.Bring the tranquility of Japanese garden design into any space in your home or office. Miniature Japanese Gardens shows you how to create simple Japanese-style container gardens using inexpensive plants and materials...
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Organized Enough: The Anti-Perfectionist's Guide to Getting--and Staying--Organized

Amanda Sullivan - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Paperback

If you're looking to clean up but not clean out, if you want to declutter but don't want to throw out eighty percent of your stuff, if you want to be able to find matching socks in the morning but don't want a color-coded sock drawer, you've come to the right place. Organized Enough...
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Rock Your Rental: Style, Design, and Marketing Tips to Boost Your Bookings

Palmisano, Joanne - COUNTRYMAN PR

Full of inspiration, DIY projects, marketing tips, and gorgeous before-and-after photos, this book is essential reading for innkeepers, bed-and-breakfast owners, and hotel hosts--and especially for vacation rental owners who use sites such as Airbnb, VRBO, HomeAway, and Booking.com. A witty,...
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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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Install Your Own Solar Panels: Designing and Installing a Photovoltaic System to Power Your Home

Joe Burdick - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Labor and related costs account for more than half of the price of the average home solar installation. But homeowners can save thousands of dollars with this user-friendly manual, which follows the same process professional contractors use. Through detailed directions and step-by-step...
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The Doable Off-Grid Homestead: Cultivating a Simple Life by Hand . . . on a Budget

SHANNON STONGER - Page Street Publishing
Format: Paperback

If you've ever thought about starting your own farm or homestead but weren't sure how to get started, follow Shannon and Stewart Stonger, two self-made homesteaders, and their plan on how to start and succeed at homesteading. Shannon and Stewart left their home in the city and moved...
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The Modern Cottage Garden: A Fresh Approach to a Classic Style

Greg Loades - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

The Modern Cottage Garden presents a new style of planting: a fusion between the New Perennial style championed by hot designers like Piet Oudolf, and the classic cottage style. This mash up creates an eye-catching and exciting garden style that will become the new classic. Equal parts...
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Container Gardens: Over 200 Fresh Ideas for Indoor and Outdoor Inspired Plantings

The Editors of Southern Living - TI Inc. Books
Format: Paperback

Lack of space? Lack of time? No gardening experience? Need inspiration? No matter the issue, Southern Living magazine has the answer so that anyone can have a beautiful garden year-round using the brands newest book on container gardening. Container Gardens is a smart and sensible guide...
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The Starter Garden Handbook: A Cook's Guide to Growing Your Own Food

Alice Mary Alvrez - Mango
Format: Paperback

Here in one pretty package is everything you need to know to have your garden and eat it, too! Here is marvelous advice to reduce your food budget, eat organic, and keep your home eco-friendly. Inside, you'll find tips for greening up all areas of your garden. Learn surprising facts...
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Beth Chatto's Shade Garden: Shade-Loving Plants for Year-Round Interest

Beth Chatto - Pimpernel Press
Format: Hardcover

First published as Beth Chatto's Woodland Garden by Cassell in 2002, this Pimpernel Classic edition includes an afterword by David Ward, Head Gardener at Beth Chatto's Gardens. "Most gardens have dark areas - a north-facing border, an area shaded by a hedge, fence or house...
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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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Pruning Simplified: A Step-by-Step Guide to 50 Popular Trees and Shrubs

Steven Bradley - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

Paying a professional to prune your trees and shrubs is an unnecessary expense. You can tackle most trees and shrubs on your own, and Pruning Simplified by Steven Bradley makes it easier than ever to learn how to prune. He offers expert advice on the best tools for the job, specific...
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The Complete Book of Ferns: Indoors • Outdoors • Growing • Crafting • History & Lore

Mobee Weinstein - Cool Springs Press
Format: Hardcover

The Complete Book of Ferns is filled with botanical information, indoor and outdoor growing and care information, details on propagation, display ideas, and even craft projects. This gorgeous book is authored by Mobee Weinstein, the Foreman of Gardeners at the New York Botanical Garden...
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Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard

Douglas W. Tallamy - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

"Doug Tallamy is a quiet revolutionary and a hero of our time, taking back the future one yard at a time. In Nature's Best Hope, he shows how each of us can help turn our cities, towns and world into engines of biodiversity and human health." - Richard Louv, author...
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Black & Decker Complete Guide to Sheds 3rd Edition: Design & Build a Shed: - Complete Plans - Step-by-Step How-To

Cool Springs Press. - Cool Springs Pr
Format: Print book

This exciting new 3rd edition of the bestselling title, Black & Decker Complete Guide to Sheds has the perfect plan for anyone who is building his or her own backyard shed.The most popular plans from previous editions are preserved, from small garage-style sheds with overhead doors,...
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Colour Your Garden: Exciting Mixtures of Bulbs and Perennials

Jacqueline van der Kloet - Lannoo Publishers
Format: Paperback

* Practical guide for big gardens and small balconies on how to combine bulbs with existing flowers* Discover different color combinations and astonishing mini gardensSpring-flowering bulbs are the quintessential start of the gardening season. But bulbs are not only for spring, they can add color...
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The Lifelong Gardener: Garden with Ease and Joy at Any Age

Toni Gattone - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

"The secret to making the most of later life is to keep doing what you love. With practical advice and gentle inspiration, Gattone shows us how gardening can work for people of any age." - Carl Honor, author of In Praise of Slowness You can keep gardening for life, you just...
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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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Tiny Garden, Huge Harvest: How to Harvest Huge Crops from Mini Plots and Container Gardens

Caleb Warnock - Familius
Format: Paperback

When you plant the right varieties of heirloom vegetables, you can harvest huge volumes of fresh food from small garden plots and container gardens. Self-sufficiency expert Caleb Warnock provides step-by-step directions for designing, planting, and harvesting a tiny garden for big harvests...
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Ditch The Dirt: Grow Edible Hydroponic Plants at Home

Rob Laing - Dovetail
Format: Hardcover

Windowsill-to-Plate Gardening.Growing plants hydroponically -- in water instead of soil -- is easier thank you think. Ditch the Dirt will teach you the basics of hydroponic growing at home, including how to set up and take care of your garden, information on the most interesting edible...
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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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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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The Backyard Herbal Apothecary: Effective Medicinal Remedies Using Commonly Found Herbs & Plants

Devon Young - Page Street Publishing
Format: Paperback

Treat Ailments the Natural Way with Plants and Herbs from Your YardYour garden or neighborhood could hold all the plants and herbs you need to treat everything from respiratory issues to nerve pain to colic using natural remedies that are just as good for your body as they are for the environment....
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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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Make Space: A Minimalist's Guide to the Good and the Extraordinary

Regina Wong - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

We simply have too much stuff in our lives. Burdened by our heavy consumerist culture to continually own and consume without purpose, we lose ourselves to debt, dissatisfaction, and despair. If having more, doing more, and being more does not allow us to live abundantly, what can?Minimalism...
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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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Gardening Under Lights: The Complete Guide for Indoor Growers

Leslie F. Halleck - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

Gardening Under Lights details everything a gardener or hobbyist needs to know to garden indoors. Part One starts with the basics of photosynthesis, the science of light, and how to accurately measure how much light a plant needs. Part Two provides an overview of the most up-to-date tools...
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Beautiful manure

Tina Raman - Frances Lincoln Pub Ltd
Format: Print book

Maximise your garden, whatever you grow in it, with some Swedish expertise. Plants need nutrients to grow, flower and bear fruit, nutrients that can be found in offal, the sea, fire, rocks, rubbish and, of course, dung heaps. Tina Raman digs into every aspect of nurturing your soil, from...
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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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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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Woodworker's Handbook: The Beginner's Reference to Tools, Materials, and Skills, Plus Essential Projects to Make

Roger Horwood - Fox Chapel Publishing
Format: Paperback

The complete reference handbook for DIY home woodworking!Must-have guide for beginners and experienced craftsmen looking to brush up on their skills5 step-by-step projects to put your skills to the testLearn the basics, tools, and techniques of the craftEssential information on different...
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Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

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

The best-selling phenomenon from Japan that shows us a minimalist life is a happy life.Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo -- he's just a regular guy who was stressed out and constantly comparing himself to others, until one day he decided...
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Grow Your Own Fruit: Inspiration and Practical Advice

Jane Eastoe - National Trust
Format: Hardcover

Growing your own fruit can be a rewarding pastime and you don't need a big garden to cultivate your favorite fruit. This beautiful and practical guide celebrates the produce of orchards and gardens, and each fruit entry reveals all you need to know about growing and harvesting.
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National Geographic Birds, Bees, and Butterflies: Bringing Nature Into Your Yard and Garden

Nancy J Hajeski - National Geographic
Format: Print book

Generously illustrated and full of practical information, this approachable reference covers the wide world of birds, butterflies, and pollinating insects, including honeybees, and how to bring them into a yard and garden. For the new homeowner choosing shrubs and flowers for landscaping...
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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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The Healing Power of Herbs: Medicinal Herbs for Common Ailments

Tina Sams - Althea Press
Format: Paperback

The Healing Power of Herbs will help you confidently grow, prepare, and use herbs to treat and nurture yourself and your family.For hundreds of years, herbs have been sourced for their countless benefits to our minds and bodies. Today, as information about herbal medicine is more widely...
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IKEAHACKERS.NET 25 Biggest and Best Projects: DIY Hacks for Multi-Functional Furniture, Clever Storage Upgrades, Space-Saving Solutions and More

JULES YAP - Ulysses Press
Format: Paperback

The ingenious team at IkeaHackers.net show you how to transform affordable IKEA products into creative new furniture and moreStep 1. Buy it at IKEA. Step 2. Open the box. Step 3. Throw away the instructions. Step 4. Have fun building your exciting new hack! By thinking outside the flat-pack...
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Grow What You Love: 12 Food Plant Families To Change Your Life

Emily Murphy - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

An accessible guide that shows how easy it is to grow your favorite produce. Grow What You Love is designed to be a simple guide to growing vegetables, herbs and more that will add to the flavor and variety of fresh produce choices throughout the year. Aimed at novice and experienced...
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Encyclopedia of Landscape Design: Planning, Building, and Planting Your Perfect Outdoor Space

INC DORLING KINDERSLEY - DK
Format: Hardcover

Be inspired to imagine the garden of your dreams with this guide that will help you plan, build, and plant your perfect outdoor space.Whether you're aiming for a total redesign or targeting a specific area, Encyclopedia of Landscape Design offers fresh and achievable ideas for every...
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Real Life Organizing: Clean and Clutter-Free in 15 Minutes a Day

Cassandra Aarssen - Mango
Format: Paperback

#1 Amazon Best Seller! Clutter-Free Solutions for an Organized HomeStorage solutions and advice to help you create a Pinterest worthy home on a small budget: Learn how to organize your home, simplify life and have more time for things you love. Organizational expert Cassandra 'Cas' Aarssen,...
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Grow: A Family Guide to Growing Fruits and Vegetables

Ben Raskin - Roost Books
Format: Print book

A delightful guide--packed with games, activities, and extras--that will satisfy the garden-curious and get families excited about growing their own fruits and vegetables.Have you ever wondered how plants work Or why we eat the fruit of one plant, but the leaves of another What's the big deal...
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Whittling Handbook

Peter Benson - GMC Publications
Format: Print book

The Whittling Handbook is the perfect introduction to the simple, yet immensely pleasurable, craft of creating attractive objects with nothing more than a knife and a piece of timber. Whittling is an art form that can be as simple or as complex as you like. This delightful book guides the reader...
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Woodcraft: Master the Art of Green Woodworking with Key Techniques and Inspiring Projects

Barn the Spoon - DK
Format: Hardcover

Looking for a simpler, more natural way of working with wood? Create beautiful wooden objects from fresh green wood by becoming skilled in the crafts of whittling, ax-based furniture making, turning, and weaving.With green woodworking there's no need for costly materials and machinery....
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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 Mother Earth News Guide to Vegetable Gardening: Building and Maintaining Healthy Soil * Wise Watering * Pest Control Strategies * Home Composting * Dozens of Growing Guides for Fruits and Vegetables

Mother Earth News - Voyageur Press
Format: Print book

Get Growing with Mother Earth News! For years, millions of readers have turned to MOTHER EARTH NEWS for trusted advice on growing vegetables and fruits. This book harnesses decades of wisdom, bringing together all the indispensable techniques, complete growing guides, helpful tips, useful...
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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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The Deckchair Gardener: 101 Cunning Strategems for Gardening Avoidance and Sensible Advice on Your Realistic Chances of Getting Away with It

Anne Wareham - Michael O'Mara
Format: Paperback

Deckchair Gardener
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Country Living Shades of White: How to Use the Classic Color in Your Home

Country Living - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

Get white right! Country Living offers a fresh new view on classic white, with its many variations and ability to transform any room. White is the ultimate color in country-style decorating - so of course Country Living has the ultimate take on white! Organized by design style (rustic,...
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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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The Big Book of Small Home Plans: Over 360 Home Plans Under 1200 Square Feet

Design America Inc. - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

Select from a catalog of more than 360 expertly prepared plans for building small homes - 1,200 square feet or less!Over 360 plans to select from for building a variety of small homes 1,200 square feet or underEasy-to-follow construction blueprints and materials lists are available for each...
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Best-Selling 1-Story Home Plans, Updated 4th Edition: Over 360 Dream-Home Plans in Full Color

Editors of Creative Homeowner - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

If you're planning to build your own one-story dream home, this extensive collection will show you the best selling and most stylish designs available today. More than 350 home plans were selected for Best-Selling 1-Story Home Plans, Updated 4th Edition as most desirable based on actual...
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Vertical Gardens

Harriet Klotz - New Holland Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Vertical gardening is a fun, creative way to grow plants in urban spaces. As long as you've got a blank wall or bare fence that needs beautifying, you can tend edibles, annuals, even perennials with vertical garden products. Vertical gardens will turn your bare spaces into gorgeous living...
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Cutting Back: My Apprenticeship in the Gardens of Kyoto

Leslie Buck - Timber Press
Format: Print book

What do you discover when you cut back? At thirty-five, Leslie Buck made an impulsive decision to put her personal life on hold to pursue her passion. Leaving behind a full life of friends, love, and professional security, she became the first American woman to learn pruning from one of the most...
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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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Ultimate Guide to Basements, Attics & Garages, 3rd Revised Edition: Step-by-Step Projects for Adding Space without Adding on

Creative Homeowner - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

Find more space without moving or investing in an expensive addition!Over 50 step-by-step procedures for the DIY construction processMore than 580 photographs and illustrations to inform and inspire youLearn to plan, design, and remodel unused areas in your home to maximize living spaceEasy-to-follow...
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Women Who Dig: Farming, Feminism and the Fight to Feed the World

Trina Moyles - University of Regina Press
Format: Paperback

Weaving together the narratives of female farmers from across three continents, Women Who Dig offers a critical look at how women are responding to and, increasingly, rising up against, the injustices of the global food system.Beautifully written with spectacular photos, it examines gender...
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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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Working Reclaimed Wood: A Guide for Woodworkers, Makers & Designers

Yoav Liberman - Popular Woodworking Books
Format: Hardcover

This book is a celebration of reclaimed wood and the beautiful range of possibilities that exists for its creative use. Through technique discussions, ideas for sourcing wood, coverage of safety concerns, detailed photographs and helpful case studies, this guide helps you plan and execute...
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How to Weed Your Attic: Getting Rid of Junk without Destroying History

ELIZABETH H DOW - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

How to Weed Your Attic: Getting Rid of Junk without Destroying History provides answers to the question: when someone dies or it's time to move --- or just clean out the attic, garage, or basement, what papers and other things should we save for the sake of history and what can we safely...
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Rental Style: The Ultimate Guide to Decorating Your Apartment or Small Home

Chelsey Brown - Skyhorse
Format: Hardcover

The Must-Have Guide for Renters and Small-Space DwellersRental Style, which doubles as a decor piece and handy design guide, shows readers how to decorate and organize small, rented spaces on a budget. The book will cover all home development stages from searching for a rental home to decorating...
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Buffalo-Style Gardens: Create a Quirky, One-of-a-Kind Private Garden with Eye-Catching Designs

Sally Cunningham - St. Lynn's Press
Format: Hardcover

Buffalo-Style Gardens is a one-of-a-kind, offbeat garden design book that showcases the wildly inventive gardens and gardeners of Buffalo - and offers readers "the best of the best" ideas to use in their own small-space gardens.Who knew? Buffalo, New York, is the new Ground Zero...
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The Secret Language of Herbs

Alice Peck - CICO Books
Format: Hardcover

Discover the fascinating hidden language of 55 herbs, from the familiar to the exotic. Divided into four chapters - Healing & Hope, Love & Joy, Protection & Guidance and Ritual & Promise - this gorgeous gift book introduces the reader to 55 herbs and their lore and language....
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Brilliant & Wild: A Garden from Scratch in a Year

Lucy Bellamy - Pimpernel Press
Format: Hardcover

With umbels, spires, and bright button-like dots, new perennial planting is perfect for the beginner gardener: intensely beautiful, swift to establish, simple to upkeep, beloved by bees, and incredible even in tiny spaces. This book draws on make-it-yourself, grow-it-yourself...
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Planting Design for Dry Gardens: Beautiful, Resilient Groundcovers for Terraces, Paved Areas, Gravel and Other Alternatives to the Lawn

Olivier Filippi - Filbert Press
Format: Hardcover

Green lawns are restful to the eye, provide an excellent backdrop to plants and trees and keep the weeds down, but in low-rainfall regions they often end up looking scrappy and brown. This book offers low-level planting designs that are ecofriendly and so beautiful they redefine the conventional...
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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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Be Organized

Marie Ricks - Cedar Fort
Format: Paperback

Keep your house clean, your family fed, and your budget balanced. With over three decades of professional organizing experience, Marie Ricks will walk you step by step to a calmer, happier life. Each chapter focuses on a specific topic like meal prepping, shopping, organizing your whole...
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Backyard Homesteading, Second Revised Edition: A Back-to-Basics Guide for Self-Sufficiency

David Toht - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

Turn your backyard - no matter how small - into a sustainable and self-sufficient homestead for raising livestock and cultivating homegrown food!Take control of the food you eat and the products you use - even if you live in an urban or suburban homePractical instructions for growing fruit...
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2018 International Fuel Gas Code

International Code Council - ICC
Format: Paperback

Addresses the design and installation of fuel gas systems and gas fired appliances through prescriptive and performance requirements. Key changes include: A new Section was added to recognize arc-resistant CSST products. The code now allows Schedule 10 steel pipe to be used, whereas previously,...
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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 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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The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home: A Step-by-Step Method for Managing Home Construction

Kent Lester - Betterway
Format: Book

Save 30% on home construction! Whether you want to take on all the responsibility of contracting your home or simply want to intelligently communicate with your homebuilder, The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home can help you save 30% or more on the cost of home construction...

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Glorious Shade: Dazzling Plants, Design Ideas, and Proven Techniques for Your Shady Garden

Jenny Rose Carey - Timber Press
Format: Print book

Turn a shady yard into a sumptuous gardenShade is one of the most common garden situations homeowner's have, but with the right plant knowledge, you can triumph over challenging areas and learn to embrace shade as an opportunity instead of an obstacle. Glorious Shade celebrates the benefits...
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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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Floret Farm's a Year in Flowers: Essential Guide to Designing Gorgeous Arrangements for Every Season

Benzakein, Erin - CHRONICLE BOOKS

Learn how to buy, style, and present seasonal flower arrangements for every occasion.With sections on tools, flower care, and design techniques, Floret Farm's A Year in Flowers presents all the secrets to arranging garden-fresh bouquets. Featuring expert advice from Erin Benzakein, world-renowned...
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Growing Self-Sufficiency: Realize Your Dream and Enjoy Producing Your Own Fruit, Vegetables, Eggs and Meat

Sally Nex - UIT Cambridge Ltd.
Format: Paperback

Growing Self-Sufficiency is a practical and inspirational guide for both the beginner and the experienced gardener. It explains how you can enjoy the satisfaction and pride of providing food for yourself and your family, whether you have just a small balcony or back yard, a large garden,...
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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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2018 International Mechanical Code

International Code Council - ICC
Format: Paperback

Establishes minimum regulations for mechanical systems using prescriptive and performance-related provisions. The IMC was developed with broad-based principles that make possible the use of new materials, methods and design. Important changes include: Added coverage of pollution control...
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Home Gardener's Herb Gardens

David Squire - Creative Homeowner
Format: Print book

Home Gardeners Herb Gardens is the essential guide to growing herbs and designing, planting, improving, and caring for herb gardens. People now use herbs in their cooking on an everyday basis and there's nothing nicer than being able to go out into your garden, snip some fresh herbs...
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Living with Air Plants: A Beginner's Guide to Growing and Displaying Tillandsia

Yoshiharu Kashima (Protoleaf) - Tuttle Publishing
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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Hollywood Interiors: Style and Design in Los Angeles

Anthony Iannacci - Monacelli Press
Format: Print book

Hollywood individualism pervades every aspect of life in Los Angeles including interior design, where it manifests as highly original spaces from Malibu to Silver Lake in a dizzying assortment of styles - from 1920s and 1930s Spanish Revival houses in the Hollywood hills, to highly adorned...
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Sowing Beauty: Designing Flowering Meadows from Seed

James Hitchmough - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

"A hopeful and expansive book for the gardener who sees a field as a canvas." - Publishers Weekly James Hitchmough is well-regarded in the design world for his exuberant, colorful, and flower-filled meadows. His signature style can be seen in prominent places like London's...
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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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Going Off the Grid

Gary Collins - Second Nature Publishing
Format: Paperback

Discover how to get off the consumer treadmill and enjoy a simpler lifestyle. Gary Collins documents his firsthand experience in this comprehensive guide on how to find property and build a self-sustaining home to achieve happiness through simplicity. Included are tips for how to deal with...
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