What if you had a friend that had all sorts of advice on homemaking, budgeting, being frugal but wanting for nothing, and homeschooling? What if this friend could show you how to create a household budget from A to Z that would cut your bills in half...or almost? She could give you some advice on Urban farming with super easy ways to compost and how to travel, have the guest stay over, throw all sorts of parties and really celebrate the holidays on pennies. She would even show you how to decorate a home from garage sales and dress well from thrift stores. Then she had all these recipes for scratch cooking, household cleaners, and even homemade cosmetics! She could even help you with the children and create free home based playgrounds, homeschools, and great nutrition, safety proofing the house, and making emergency kits.
Publisher: n/a
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9781546896326
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Paperback
Growing Under Cover
By Jabbour, Niki
Increasingly unpredictable weather patterns and pest infestations are challenging today's vegetable gardeners. But best-selling author Niki Jabbour has a solution: Growing Under Cover. In this in-depth guide, Jabbour shows how to use row covers, shade cloth, low tunnels, cold frames, hoophouses, and other protective structures to create controlled growing spaces for vegetables to thrive. Photographed in her own super-productive garden, Jabbour highlights the many benefits of using protective covers to plant earlier, eliminate pests, and harvest a healthier, heartier bounty year round. With enthusiasm, inventive techniques, and proven, firsthand knowledge, this book provides invaluable advice from a popular and widely respected gardening authority.
Publisher: n/a
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9781635861310
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Paperback
Half Yard Autumn
By Shore, Debbie
Sew inspirational! Create 40 stylish autumnal designs specially chosen by bestselling author and pattern maker Debbie Shore from her much-loved Half Yard™ series.. 'Debbie Shore is a genius when it comes to making a lot from just a little bit of fabric.' Love to Make magazine. A collection of Half Yard™ sewing projects for autumn style, designed by the award-winning and best-selling author Debbie Shore, now in one book. Discover 40 stylish autumn designs specially chosen by Debbie: 30 taken from her much-loved Half Yard™ series, along with 10 brand-new projects.. Whether you're preparing to cozy down as the days draw in, planning a spooky Halloween celebration or wanting to re-organize your space and reinvigorate your home décor, you'll find a gorgeous collection of items to make: from draught excluders and comfy cushions to a playful witch's hat and some fun, pumpkin-inspired bunting.
Search Press
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9781800922433
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Paperback
How to Grow Mushrooms from Scratch
By Wurth, Magdalena
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 and culinary profiles. Magdalena and Herbert Wurth, who grow mushrooms as their family business, explain the cultivation process with tables, illustrations, and gorgeous color photographs. Readers will learn: How to cultivate mushrooms indoors, in the garden, or in woodlands and fieldsHow to pick the right mushroom-growing medium, whether it's straw, logs, or even compostHow to handle pests and competing organisms and how to build "protected" environmentsDifferent inoculation techniques, such as the kerf and auger methodsDelicious recipes, preserving methods, and more!.
The Experiment
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9781615194919
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Hardcover
On Flowers
By Merrick, Amy
A singular, personal celebration of the beauty and possibilities of nature Amy Merrick is a rare and special kind of artist who uses flowers to help us see the familiar in a completely new way. Her gift is to revel in the unexpected - like a sunny spring arrangement housed in a paper coffee cup - and to overturn preconceptions, whether she's transforming a bouquet of supermarket carnations into a breathtaking centerpiece or elevating wild and weedy blooms foraged from city sidewalks. She uses the beauty that is waiting to be discovered all around us - in leaves, branches, seedpods, a fallen blossom - to tell a story of time and place. Merrick begins On Flowers with a primer containing all her hard-won secrets on the art of flower arranging, from selecting materials to mastering pleasing proportions. Then she brings readers along on her journey, with observations on flowers in New York City and at her family's summer home in rural New Hampshire, working on a flower farm off the coast of Washington State, and studying ikebana in a jewel-box flower shop in Kyoto. We learn how to send flowers like a florist, and how to arrange them like a farm girl. We discover the poignancy in humble wildflowers, and also celebrate the luxury of fragrant blousy blooms. Collected here is an anthology of floral inspiration, a love letter to nature by an exceptional, accidental florist.
Artisan
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9781579658120
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Hardcover
Find Yourself at Home
By Grosvenor, Emily
Experience magical shifts in your life by redesigning your living space.Home can be a space to explore your sense of self, a message board to cue your aspirational goals, and a story where you choose which parts of your past to put down and which to carry. In Find Yourself at Home, design journalist and interiors consultant Emily Grosvenor introduces her five steps to align your home to suit your purpose and your path: PHILOSOPHY: Connect with the mystery and power of your home SPACE: Prepare your environment for your story BUILD: Discover design tools to cue your behavior DESIRE: Bring your aspirations into your space DESTINY: Take your purpose into the world Drawing on ancient wisdom and modern science, along with examples from Grosvenor's groundbreaking research and work with clients, Find Yourself at Home is a philosophical and practical guide to making spatial shifts that will help you cultivate a more meaningful life by shaping your space so it shapes you back.
Chronicle Prism
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9781797221403
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Hardcover
Creating Effective Spaces
By Swingler, Natasha
An effective space is one that works for you, liberating you to live the life you want. Natasha Swingler's decluttering and organization solutions save time, space, and look amazing!. Natasha takes you around the home and shares her hacks from the kitchen to the bedroom via the office and hallway. Never again will you need to step over your "floordrobe", rifle through the shoe rack, or spend ten minutes searching for keys.. Applying Natasha's "house rules" to every room, drawer, and cupboard, you'll learn to ditch the complex systems, keep things where you use them, and set all-important boundaries throughout your home. . Taking the questionnaire at the start of the book will reveal the priorities for your living space. Then, by implementing daily routines, simple systems, and practical processes tailored to your needs, you will create an ideal stress-free environment that looks good, too.
DK
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9780744095159
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Hardcover
Ultimate Guide
By Homeowner, Creative
, save money, and add value to your home take you through each step-by-step process help you understand plumbing systems and apply how-to instructionsLearn plumbing skills, from fixing leaky faucets to soldering copper tubing like a proConserve resources with "Green Solutions" that go easy on the environmentInstall plumbing fixtures like sinks, faucets, bathtubs, showers, water softeners, lawns sprinklers, and moreLearn how your home's plumbing system works so you can take action in an emergencyNo need to hire a plumber, especially in emergencies when you need an immediate fix!This updated and expanded edition of Creative Homeowner's comprehensive plumbing how-to book covers the most up-to-date products and techniques. From working with water piping or plastic piping and making toilet repairs to installing sinks, clearing drainpipes, maintaining water heaters, and so much more, this complete home plumbing guide will teach you everything you need to know to handle any plumbing task yourself.
Creative Homeowner; Updated 5th edition
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9781580118613
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Paperback
Good Housekeeping Simple Cleaning Wisdom
By Housekeeping., Good
This Good Housekeeping guide is so simple and smart it will make you WANT to clean! Get a sparkling home in a snap! Whether you're a cleaning enthusiast or a procrastinator, you're in luck, because no one knows how to keep a home fresh and tidy like the experts at Good Housekeeping. This room-by-room guide is jam-packed with time-saving advice, including information on hardworking Good Housekeeping Institute Lab-tested products. It features a must-have section on stain removal (a perennial request from the magazine's millions of readers) as well as welcome advice on cleaning up after Fido and after the kids. Hundreds of tricks and tips for taking care of everything from grease stains to kitchen odors, laundry mishaps, and carpet catastrophes will help you clean faster, declutter more easily, tackle trouble spots, simplify big jobs, and accomplish more in less time.
Hearst
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9781618372482
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Hardcover
Companion Planting
By Greer, Allison
A Practical and Beautiful Guide to Companion Planting for Organic Gardening SuccessCompanion planting techniques have been used for centuries to facilitate better, more nutritious, and more abundant crops. With Companion Planting, you'll have all the information you need in clear, concise terms and with charts and garden plans you can copy or modify to suit your family's needs.Starting with the basics of organic gardening, such as how to prepare quality soil and the importance of cover crops and organic fertilizer, author Allison Greer explains the principles of companion planting, how plants interact, and how you can use that information to your garden's benefit. Fun companion planting facts include:Beets will grow better if surrounded by mint or garlicTomatoes should not be planted near cabbageFlax helps protect some root vegetables from pestsTomatoes will thrive when planted near carrotsYour celery will be happier if it's far away from cornBroccoli and dill make a terrific garden pairAnd much, much more!Companion Planting is a treasure for gardeners with busy lives who want an easy reference guide for planning their ideal kitchen garden.
The Homemade Housewife
By Singh, Kate
What if you had a friend that had all sorts of advice on homemaking, budgeting, being frugal but wanting for nothing, and homeschooling? What if this friend could show you how to create a household budget from A to Z that would cut your bills in half...or almost? She could give you some advice on Urban farming with super easy ways to compost and how to travel, have the guest stay over, throw all sorts of parties and really celebrate the holidays on pennies. She would even show you how to decorate a home from garage sales and dress well from thrift stores. Then she had all these recipes for scratch cooking, household cleaners, and even homemade cosmetics! She could even help you with the children and create free home based playgrounds, homeschools, and great nutrition, safety proofing the house, and making emergency kits.
Growing Under Cover
By Jabbour, Niki
Increasingly unpredictable weather patterns and pest infestations are challenging today's vegetable gardeners. But best-selling author Niki Jabbour has a solution: Growing Under Cover. In this in-depth guide, Jabbour shows how to use row covers, shade cloth, low tunnels, cold frames, hoophouses, and other protective structures to create controlled growing spaces for vegetables to thrive. Photographed in her own super-productive garden, Jabbour highlights the many benefits of using protective covers to plant earlier, eliminate pests, and harvest a healthier, heartier bounty year round. With enthusiasm, inventive techniques, and proven, firsthand knowledge, this book provides invaluable advice from a popular and widely respected gardening authority.
Half Yard Autumn
By Shore, Debbie
Sew inspirational! Create 40 stylish autumnal designs specially chosen by bestselling author and pattern maker Debbie Shore from her much-loved Half Yard™ series.. 'Debbie Shore is a genius when it comes to making a lot from just a little bit of fabric.' Love to Make magazine. A collection of Half Yard™ sewing projects for autumn style, designed by the award-winning and best-selling author Debbie Shore, now in one book. Discover 40 stylish autumn designs specially chosen by Debbie: 30 taken from her much-loved Half Yard™ series, along with 10 brand-new projects.. Whether you're preparing to cozy down as the days draw in, planning a spooky Halloween celebration or wanting to re-organize your space and reinvigorate your home décor, you'll find a gorgeous collection of items to make: from draught excluders and comfy cushions to a playful witch's hat and some fun, pumpkin-inspired bunting.
How to Grow Mushrooms from Scratch
By Wurth, Magdalena
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 and culinary profiles. Magdalena and Herbert Wurth, who grow mushrooms as their family business, explain the cultivation process with tables, illustrations, and gorgeous color photographs. Readers will learn: How to cultivate mushrooms indoors, in the garden, or in woodlands and fieldsHow to pick the right mushroom-growing medium, whether it's straw, logs, or even compostHow to handle pests and competing organisms and how to build "protected" environmentsDifferent inoculation techniques, such as the kerf and auger methodsDelicious recipes, preserving methods, and more!.
On Flowers
By Merrick, Amy
A singular, personal celebration of the beauty and possibilities of nature Amy Merrick is a rare and special kind of artist who uses flowers to help us see the familiar in a completely new way. Her gift is to revel in the unexpected - like a sunny spring arrangement housed in a paper coffee cup - and to overturn preconceptions, whether she's transforming a bouquet of supermarket carnations into a breathtaking centerpiece or elevating wild and weedy blooms foraged from city sidewalks. She uses the beauty that is waiting to be discovered all around us - in leaves, branches, seedpods, a fallen blossom - to tell a story of time and place. Merrick begins On Flowers with a primer containing all her hard-won secrets on the art of flower arranging, from selecting materials to mastering pleasing proportions. Then she brings readers along on her journey, with observations on flowers in New York City and at her family's summer home in rural New Hampshire, working on a flower farm off the coast of Washington State, and studying ikebana in a jewel-box flower shop in Kyoto. We learn how to send flowers like a florist, and how to arrange them like a farm girl. We discover the poignancy in humble wildflowers, and also celebrate the luxury of fragrant blousy blooms. Collected here is an anthology of floral inspiration, a love letter to nature by an exceptional, accidental florist.
Find Yourself at Home
By Grosvenor, Emily
Experience magical shifts in your life by redesigning your living space.Home can be a space to explore your sense of self, a message board to cue your aspirational goals, and a story where you choose which parts of your past to put down and which to carry. In Find Yourself at Home, design journalist and interiors consultant Emily Grosvenor introduces her five steps to align your home to suit your purpose and your path: PHILOSOPHY: Connect with the mystery and power of your home SPACE: Prepare your environment for your story BUILD: Discover design tools to cue your behavior DESIRE: Bring your aspirations into your space DESTINY: Take your purpose into the world Drawing on ancient wisdom and modern science, along with examples from Grosvenor's groundbreaking research and work with clients, Find Yourself at Home is a philosophical and practical guide to making spatial shifts that will help you cultivate a more meaningful life by shaping your space so it shapes you back.
Creating Effective Spaces
By Swingler, Natasha
An effective space is one that works for you, liberating you to live the life you want. Natasha Swingler's decluttering and organization solutions save time, space, and look amazing!. Natasha takes you around the home and shares her hacks from the kitchen to the bedroom via the office and hallway. Never again will you need to step over your "floordrobe", rifle through the shoe rack, or spend ten minutes searching for keys.. Applying Natasha's "house rules" to every room, drawer, and cupboard, you'll learn to ditch the complex systems, keep things where you use them, and set all-important boundaries throughout your home. . Taking the questionnaire at the start of the book will reveal the priorities for your living space. Then, by implementing daily routines, simple systems, and practical processes tailored to your needs, you will create an ideal stress-free environment that looks good, too.
Ultimate Guide
By Homeowner, Creative
, save money, and add value to your home take you through each step-by-step process help you understand plumbing systems and apply how-to instructionsLearn plumbing skills, from fixing leaky faucets to soldering copper tubing like a proConserve resources with "Green Solutions" that go easy on the environmentInstall plumbing fixtures like sinks, faucets, bathtubs, showers, water softeners, lawns sprinklers, and moreLearn how your home's plumbing system works so you can take action in an emergencyNo need to hire a plumber, especially in emergencies when you need an immediate fix!This updated and expanded edition of Creative Homeowner's comprehensive plumbing how-to book covers the most up-to-date products and techniques. From working with water piping or plastic piping and making toilet repairs to installing sinks, clearing drainpipes, maintaining water heaters, and so much more, this complete home plumbing guide will teach you everything you need to know to handle any plumbing task yourself.
Good Housekeeping Simple Cleaning Wisdom
By Housekeeping., Good
This Good Housekeeping guide is so simple and smart it will make you WANT to clean! Get a sparkling home in a snap! Whether you're a cleaning enthusiast or a procrastinator, you're in luck, because no one knows how to keep a home fresh and tidy like the experts at Good Housekeeping. This room-by-room guide is jam-packed with time-saving advice, including information on hardworking Good Housekeeping Institute Lab-tested products. It features a must-have section on stain removal (a perennial request from the magazine's millions of readers) as well as welcome advice on cleaning up after Fido and after the kids. Hundreds of tricks and tips for taking care of everything from grease stains to kitchen odors, laundry mishaps, and carpet catastrophes will help you clean faster, declutter more easily, tackle trouble spots, simplify big jobs, and accomplish more in less time.
Companion Planting
By Greer, Allison
A Practical and Beautiful Guide to Companion Planting for Organic Gardening SuccessCompanion planting techniques have been used for centuries to facilitate better, more nutritious, and more abundant crops. With Companion Planting, you'll have all the information you need in clear, concise terms and with charts and garden plans you can copy or modify to suit your family's needs.Starting with the basics of organic gardening, such as how to prepare quality soil and the importance of cover crops and organic fertilizer, author Allison Greer explains the principles of companion planting, how plants interact, and how you can use that information to your garden's benefit. Fun companion planting facts include:Beets will grow better if surrounded by mint or garlicTomatoes should not be planted near cabbageFlax helps protect some root vegetables from pestsTomatoes will thrive when planted near carrotsYour celery will be happier if it's far away from cornBroccoli and dill make a terrific garden pairAnd much, much more!Companion Planting is a treasure for gardeners with busy lives who want an easy reference guide for planning their ideal kitchen garden.