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One-Day Room Makeovers: How to Get the Designer Look for Less with Three Easy Steps

MARLA MERIDITH - Page Street Publishing
Format: Paperback

By painting the walls, rearranging key pieces of furniture and adding new decorative accessories to complete the style, your boring living room will beautifully come to life at practically no cost. No need to bust down walls or buy a whole new living room set. Martin Amado is a home designer...
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Kitchen Ideas You Can Use: Inspiring Designs & Clever Solutions for Remodeling Your Kitchen

Chris Peterson - Cool Springs Press, 2014.
Format: Print book

The kitchen: command center of the home, headquarters for all things edible, family-member traffic funnel. Whether you're a bachelor or bachelorette in a small starter home or part of a larger family, if this isn't the most-used room in your house, you must not be home very often....
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Mini Farming Guide to Vegetable Gardening: Self-Sufficiency from Asparagus to Zucchini

Brett L. Markham - Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Make the most of your vegetable garden with Brett Markham, author Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on ¼ Acre. This comprehensive new handbook covers everything you need to know about maximizing and harvesting the best vegetables you can possibly produce. With each chapter addressing...
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The Creative Shrub Garden: Eye-Catching Combinations for Year-Round Interest

Andy McIndoe - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

Shrubs have the widest range of colored foliage, headiest scents, and most persistent flowers of all the plant groups. They are longer-lived than perennials and require half as much maintenance. This unashamedly shrub-centric design guide describes how to choose the right plants for the right...
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Beautiful Wreaths: 40 Handmade Creations throughout the Year

Melissa Skidmore - Skyhorse
Format: Paperback

Create your own spring, summer, fall, or winter wreaths using artificial flowers to welcome guests all year round. Why wait for Christmas to hang a wreath on your front door? Beckon family and friends into your home with your very own handmade, statement-making wreath centerpiece during...
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Maximizing Your Mini Farm: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre

Brett L. Markham - Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Mini farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family’s food on just a quarter acre—and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require. Now expanding...
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The New Vegetables, Herbs and Fruit: An Illustrated Encyclopedia

Matthew Biggs - Firefly Books
Format: Print book

Praise for the previous edition: "These three amazing authors have put together a must-have book for any vegetable grower." -- Washington Gardener "What is not included in this definitive and beautifully illustrated sourcebook on edible landscape?" -- The American...
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Year of No Clutter: A Memoir

Eve O Schaub - Sourcebooks
Format: Print book

Eve has a problem with clutter. Too much stuff and too easily acquired, it confronts her in every corner and on every surface in her house. When she pledges to tackle the worst offender, her horror of a "Hell Room," she anticipates finally being able to throw away all of the unnecessary...
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A Beautiful Mess Happy Handmade Home: Painting, Crafting, and Decorating a Cheerful, More Inspiring Space

Elsie Larson - Potter Style
Format: Book

Step inside the world of Elsie and Emma, the sisters behind the dcor blog A Beautiful Mess. With tiny budgets and a crafty, can-do attitude, they overhauled each room in their first homes with DIY projects using family photos, vibrant fabrics, flea-market finds, and affordable furniture....
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Outdoor Paint Techniques and Faux Finishes, Revised Edition: 25 Great Outdoor Finishes for Plaster, Wood, Cement, Metal, and Stone

MARINA HENNIGS LOUISE NIVEN - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

This practical guide to exterior decorating will inspire both beginning and more advanced decorators to revitalize your outdoor environment!25 weatherproof paint effects ideal for external walls, floors, and woodwork in your garden, patio, or porch5 surface options: plaster, cement, wood,...
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Orchid Modern: Living and Designing with the World's Most Elegant Houseplants

Marc Hachadourian
Format: Paperback


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Container Gardening Complete: Creative Projects for Growing Vegetables and Flowers in Small Spaces

Jessica Walliser - Cool Springs Press
Format: Hardcover

The ideal book for urban gardeners, indoor gardeners, and vegetable gardeners, Container Gardening Complete is a thorough visual guide that will get you growing quickly! Whether you are growing vegetables, fruits, or flowers on an apartment balcony; creating a small vegetable garden...
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Five-Plant Gardens: 52 Ways to Grow a Perennial Garden with Just Five Plants

Nancy J. Ondra - Workman Pub Co
Format: Paperback

Selecting perennial plants can be overwhelming - there are hundreds of choices, and it's difficult to know when your plants will bloom, whether they'll thrive in sunny or shady spots, and which ones will look well together. In Five-Plant Gardens, Nancy Ondra eliminates the guesswork...
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Easy Homemade Melt and Pour Soaps: A Modern Guide to Making Custom Creations Using Natural Ingredients & Essential Oils

Jan Berry - Page Street Publishing
Format: Paperback

Create Beautiful Herbal Soaps The Safe, Easy & Fast Way Feel good about pampering yourself with these artisanal soaps featuring natural botanicals, colorants and exfoliants. This comprehensive, beginner-friendly guide to melt-and-pour soapmaking from Jan Berry, author of Simple &...
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100 Plants to Feed the Bees: Provide a Healthy Habitat to Help Pollinators Thrive

Xerces Society. - Storey Books
Format: Print book

The international bee crisis is threatening our global food supply, but this user-friendly field guide shows what you can do to help protect our pollinators. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation offers browsable profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs, and trees that attract...
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Outdoor Wood Projects: 24 Projects You Can Build in a Weekend

Steve Cory - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Create something to show for your weekend! If you're looking for projects that you can start and finish in just a weekend's time, look no further than Outdoor Wood Projects. This collection of 24 projects for the backyard and garden can be completed with basic DIY tooling, inexpensive materials,...
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SAM: One Robot, a Dozen Engineers, and the Race to Revolutionize the Way We Build

Jonathan Waldman - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A true story of innovation, centered on a scrappy team of engineers - far from the Silicon Valley limelight - and their quest to achieve a surprisingly difficult technological feat: building a robot that can lay bricks.Humans have landed men on the moon, programmed cars to drive themselves,...
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Homesteading in the 21st Century: How One Family Created a More Sustainable, Self-Sufficient, and Satisfying Life

George Nash - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Not since Thoreau made his home in the woods at Walden Pond has the notion of self-sufficiency held more universal appeal. There's no question we're going through some tough economic times, but this book offers an alternative. It's a guide for anyone who imagines a better life--from...
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

Barbara Kingsolver - HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat."As the U.S. population made an unprecedented mad dash for the Sun Belt, one carload of us paddled against the tide,...
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The Ultimate Bonsai Handbook: The Complete Guide for Beginners

Yukio Hirose - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Paperback

Written by one of Japan's foremost experts, The Ultimate Bonsai Handbook provides a complete overview of every aspect of bonsai gardening. Over 1,000 photos demonstrate each step involved in raising and caring for 70 types of bonsai, supporting the book's "learn by imitation...
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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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Cultivating Garden Style: Inspired Ideas and Practical Advice to Unleash Your Garden Personality

Rochelle Greayer - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

In Cultivating Garden Style, Rochelle Greayer shares ways to create outdoor areas that are charming, comfortable, appealing, and reflect individuality. It features twenty-three unique garden styles accompanied by advice on how to recreate the look. Simple step-by-step projects, like how to make...
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The Weaving Explorer: Ingenious Techniques, Accessible Tools & Creative Projects for Working with Yarn, Paper, Wire & More

Deborah Jarchow - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Hardcover

Weaving is a highly accessible craft - over, under is the basic technique - but the stumbling block for many would-be weavers has been the high cost of a commercial loom. The Weaving Explorer removes that barrier, inviting crafters and artists to try out an amazing range of techniques...
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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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American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America

Michelle Obama - Random House
Format: Print book

In April 2009, First Lady Michelle Obama planted a kitchen garden on the White House's South Lawn. As fresh vegetables, fruit, and herbs sprouted from the ground, this White House Kitchen Garden inspired a new conversation all across the country about the food we feed our families and the impact...
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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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2018 International Building Code (International Code Council Series)

International Code Council - ICC
Format: Paperback

This code applies to all buildings except detached one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses up to three stories. The 2018 IBC contains many important changes such as: Accessory storage spaces of any size are now permitted to be classified as part of the occupancy to which they are accessory....
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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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Build Stuff with Wood: Make Awesome Projects with Basic Tools

Asa Christiana - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Build Stuff with Wood is a true beginner's guide to woodworking, aimed at anyone who is interested in the craft but has little to no tools and no real idea where to start. The idea behind the book is to begin with a few portable power tools (cordless drill, jigsaw, etc.) , build a bunch...
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Your Well-Being Garden: Understand the Science and Discover How to Make Your Garden Good for You

DK - DK PUB

Gardens are proven to be good for your well-being. Here's why--and how to optimize your own garden to promote wellness. This book uniquely explains all the evidence behind why green spaces are good for you and then shows you how to put that knowledge into practice to optimize your own garden...
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Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Plumbing 7th Edition: Completely Updated to Current Codes

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

BLACK+DECKER The Complete Guide to Plumbing 7th Edition is the most comprehensive, up-to-date book on achievable home plumbing projects for DIYers of all skill levels.From fixing a toilet to installing and plumbing a vanity sink or curbless shower, The BLACK+DECKER Complete Guide...
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Your Home, Your Style: How to Find Your Look & Create Rooms You Love

DONNA GARLOUGH - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover

The first book from the style director for the popular home decor site Joss & Main is a lively, chic road map to finding and implementing your style at home. In this age of Instagram and Pinterest, there is no shortage of decorating inspiration. Then why is it so hard to make the leap...
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The Beautiful Edible Garden: Design A Stylish Outdoor Space Using Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs

Leslie Bennett - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback

One of Amazon's Best Garden Books of 2013. From the founders of landscape design firm Star Apple Edible & Fine Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area comes a stylish, beautifully-photographed guide to artfully incorporating organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs into an attractive modern...
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House Beautiful Living by Water

Lisa Cregan - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

Looking at these stunning homes, you can practically feel the breeze off the water. From lakeside cabins to coastal cottages, these are the waterside homes of your dreams, presented by House Beautiful in a lavishly illustrated volume. In addition to the classic blue-and-white palette, these...
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Organize Every Room: The Real Simple Method for a Well-Ordered Home

The Editors of Real Simple - Real Simple
Format: Flexibound

Rein in the chaos and regain control of your space. Whether you live in a small space or a large one, Real Simple has the best why-didn't-I-think-of-that advice for creating - and keeping - an easy, stylish, organized home. This practical and inspiring handbook covers everything...
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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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Pretty Tough Plants: 135 Resilient, Water-Smart Choices for a Beautiful Garden

Plant Select. - Timber Press
Format: Print book

Tough-but-beautiful plant picks There's a growing demand for dependably hardy plants that require less maintenance and less water, but look no less beautiful in the garden. Plant Select - the leading purveyor of plants designed to thrive in difficult climates - meets this need by promoting...
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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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Vertical Vegetables: Simple Projects that Deliver More Yield in Less Space

Amy Andrychowicz - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Vertical Vegetables is the secret to making the most of your space; when you grow upward rather than outward, you will double or triple the yield from your small-space garden. In Vertical Vegetables, author Amy Andrychowicz shows you a thing or two about growing up. Gardening vertically,...
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Countertop Gardens: Easily Grow Kitchen Edibles Indoors for Year-Round Enjoyment

Shelley Levis - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Whether you have a huge yard in a warm climate or a tiny apartment in a city with harsh winters, you can grow edibles year-round in the comfort and convenience of your own kitchen!Countertop Gardens will make you an expert in the world of indoor gardening, walking you through the challenges,...
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But Where Do I Put the Couch?: And Answers to 100 Other Home Decorating Questions

Melissa Michaels - Harvest House Publishers
Format: Paperback

101 Real Decorating FAQs Answered When you have a home decorating question, do you wish you had a team to consult Now, you do! Home decor experts Melissa Michaels (The Inspired Room) and KariAnne Wood (Thistlewood Farms) answer...
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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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How to Build, Maintain, and Use a Compost System: Secrets and Techniques You Need to Know to Grow the Best Vegetables

Kelly Smith - Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.
Format: Print book

Some of the best fertilizer on the planet can be made with your very own garbage. Starting with something as simple as coffee grounds a top composting product and including all of your old banana peels, bread crusts, and leftover meals, you can start creating a garden with your food waste...
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New Bathroom Idea Book

Jamie Gold - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

The bathroom continues to be one area of the house that homeowners are willing to spend money on. This all-new edition of Bathroom Idea Book--a virtual designer's notebook of ideas, inspiration, and information--will bea homeowner's first step in turning a dream bath into a real one, whether...
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Letter to a Young Farmer: How to Live Richly without Wealth on the New Garden Farm

Gene Logsdon - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Hardcover

For more than four decades, the self-described "contrary farmer" and writer Gene Logsdon has commented on the state of American agriculture. In Letter to a Young Farmer, his final book of essays, Logsdon addresses the next generation -- young people who are moving back to the land...
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Country Living 500 Kitchen Ideas: Style, Function & Charm

Dominique DeVito - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

Featuring 100 brand-new tips, images, and designs, this revised edition of the bestselling book will help you turn your kitchen into the inviting, efficient heart of the home. Packed with winning photographs, Country Living's go-to guide covers color, pattern, floors, walls, storage,...
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The Speedy Vegetable Garden

Mark Diacono - Timber Press; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Typically, vegetable gardening is about the long view: peas sown in spring aren't harvested until summer, and tomatoes started indoors in February can't be eaten until July. But it's not true for all plants. Some things can be planted and eaten in weeks, days, even hours.The...
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Feng Shui For Dummies

David Daniel Kennedy - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Benefit from the ancient Chinese art of Feng ShuiTake a look around you. What do you see? Whether or not youre aware of it, your environment profoundly affects your health, wealth, family life, relationship, and yes, even your destiny.Feng Shui (pronounced fung shway) , which means wind...
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Musings of an Energy Nerd: Toward an Energy-Efficient Home

Martin Holladay - The Taunton Press
Format: Print book

In this fascinating collection of postings from his popular "Musings of an Energy Nerd" blog, Green Building Advisor's Martin Holladay cuts through the hype and myths about energy efficiency, sustainability, and green building to present the very best ways to make your home...
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How to Plant a Garden: Design tricks, ideas and planting schemes for year-round interest

Matt James - Mitchell Beazley
Format: Print book

Confused by the bewildering range of plants on offer at your local garden centre? How do you choose, use and create beautiful planting schemes like the professionals? The book takes you on a structured journey through the design process, from the initial assessment of your existing...
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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 Unexpected Houseplant: 220 Extraordinary Choices for Every Spot in Your Home

Tovah Martin - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

Indoor plants have gotten a bad rap and are often associated with dusty and dowdy African violets, languishing philodendrons, and bloom-free orchids. No longer! It's time for plant lovers to dust off their houseplants, update their image, and discover just how exciting, trendy, and crucial...
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Raising Butterflies in the Garden

Brenda Dziedzic - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

A guide to rearing butterflies and moths in a butterfly-friendly garden. This exciting title is for butterfly lovers and gardeners who not only want to create a butterfly-friendly garden, but also want to support butterflies and moths in order to maintain healthy populations. Author Brenda...
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The Complete Idiots Guide to Raising Goats

Ellie Winslow - Alpha
Format: Paperback

No butts about it! Because of increased interest in self-sufficient and sustainable living practices, people interested in having their own milk supply are turning to goats, which are easier to keep than cows. Whether for pets, milk, fiber, or even meat, The Complete Idiots Guide(r) to Raising...
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From Vines to Wines, 5th Edition: The Complete Guide to Growing Grapes and Making Your Own Wine

Jeff Cox - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Hardcover

From planting vines to savoring the finished product, Jeff Cox covers every aspect of growing flawless grapes and making extraordinary wine. Fully illustrated instructions show you how to choose and prepare a vineyard site; build trellising systems; select, plant, prune, and harvest the right...
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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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How Not to Kill Your Houseplant: Survival Tips for the Horticulturally Challenged

DK PUBLISHING. - DK
Format: Hardcover

Can't keep a houseplant alive, no matter how hard you try and how good your intentions are? This is the book for you. You need this book. Give plants a chance.Help your plant live with survival tips and learn the simple ways not to kill your plants.With over 50 different types of popular...
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How to Grow Perennial Vegetables: Low-maintenance, Low-impact Vegetable Gardening

Martin Crawford - UIT Cambridge Ltd.
Format: Paperback

Perennial vegetables are a joy to grow and require a lot less time and effort than annuals. In this book Martin Crawford gives comprehensive advice on all types of perennial vegetables (edible plants that live longer than three years) including coppiced trees, aquatic plants and edible...
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Micro Living: 40 Innovative Tiny Houses Equipped for Full-Time Living, in 400 Square Feet or Less

Derek "Deek" Diedricksen - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

For everyone who's ever dreamed of simplifying their life and downsizing their home, Micro Living offers an insider's look at what tiny house living is really like. Best-selling author and tiny house enthusiast Derek "Deek" Diedricksen profiles 40 tiny - but practical...
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Country Living Tiny Homes: Living Big in Small Spaces

COUNTRY LIVING. - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

Bigger isn't always better: Country Living offers a look inside more than 25 tiny homes that maximize function and style. Downsizing has become a big trend - and many people are choosing to live small and smart in compact houses that don't require huge mortgages or upkeep. Country...
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House Beautiful Style 101: 400 Designer Secrets to a Beautiful Home

Lisa Cregan - Hearst
Format: Paperback

Want to change your home? Baffled by all the available design choices? House Beautiful helps you define your style--and get the look you love in every room.With advice and insider tips from dozens of designers, this entry in the magazines popular pocket guide series which includes Colors...
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Edible Landscaping

Rosalind Creasy - Counterpoint; Second Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Since Rosalind Creasy popularized the concept of landscaping with edibles a quarter-century ago, interest in eating healthy, fresh, locally grown foods has swept across the nation. More and more Americans are looking to grow clean, delicious produce at home, saving money and natural resources...
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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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The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden

Rick Darke - Timber Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Many gardeners today want a home landscape that nourishes and fosters wildlife. But they also want beauty, a space for the kids to play, privacy, and maybe even a vegetable patch. Sure, it's a tall order, but The Living Landscape shows how to do it. By combining the insights of two outstanding...
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Continuous Container Gardens: Swap In the Plants of the Season to Create Fresh Designs Year-Round

Sara Begg Townsend - Storey Publishing, LLC; Original edition
Format: Paperback

Tired of container gardens that look great in the summer but not the rest of the year Garden designers Sara Begg Townsend and Roanne Robbins offer an innovative system for creating stylish container gardens that can change with the seasons with a minimum of fuss They begin with a main-stage...
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The Aromatherapy Garden: Growing Fragrant Plants for Happiness and Well-Being

Kathi Keville - Timber Press, 2016.
Format: Print book

Immerse yourself in the healing power of fragrance! The Aromatherapy Garden explains how fragrant plants can be as therapeutic as they are intoxicating, and how easy it is to add this captivating element to gardens large and small. It reveals the scents, secrets, and science behind fragrant...
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Simple Farmhouse Life: DIY Projects for the All-Natural, Hand-Made Home

Bass, Lisa - LYONS PR

Transform your home into a simple farmhouse--no matter where you live--with this beautiful guide to slow living. Country girl and popular blogger Lisa Bass shares her favorite hearty recipes, handmade projects, and tips for natural living that she uses in her own from-scratch life. Slow...
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What's Wrong With My Fruit Garden?: 100% Organic Solutions for Berries, Trees, Nuts, Vines, and Tropicals

David Deardorff - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

Its the question most commonly heard in every garden whats wrong with my? And with the bestselling Whats Wrong With My Plant? and Whats Wrong With My Vegetable Garden?, weve answered it for flower borders, perennial gardens, and vegetable beds. Whats next? One of the most challenging parts...
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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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House Beautiful Color: The Perfect Shade for Every Room

Lisa Cregan - Hearst; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

House Beautiful has created the ultimate vibrant, gorgeous guide to using color in the home, filled with photos, swatches, and lively commentary from designers explaining exactly how and why they make their choices. Going shade by shade, it shows how to select the perfect hue for any room,...
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Container Succulents: Creative Ideas for Beginners

Kuroda, Kentaro - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Paperback

Container Succulents is the perfect book for container gardening beginners who don't have a lot of space to work with. The beautiful photographs of succulent decor are sure to inspire your inner gardener, interior designer and all-around house plant lover.Learn how to care for and display...
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Small Space Style: Because You Don't Have to Live Large to Live Beautifully

Whitney Leigh Morris - Weldon Owen
Format: Paperback

Interior design maven and Instagram star Whitney Leigh Morris makes living in a mere 362 square feet look elegant and effortless - even with a husband, baby, and two Beagles in the mix. In her debut book, Whitney shares her best ideas for making any tiny space efficient and stylish - whether...
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Powerhouse Plants: 510 Top Performers for Multi-Season Beauty

Graham Rice - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

Gardeners, like everyone, are too short on time and money to waste either on plants that only look good for a few weeks. You want hardworking, eye-catching plants that provide beauty for multiple seasons. You want powerhouse plants — plants with colorful spring flowers and summer...
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Better Than New: Lessons I've Learned from Saving Old Homes

Nicole Curtis - Artisan
Format: Print book

A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller For the first time, Nicole Curtis, the star of the megahit HGTV and DIY Network show Rehab Addict, reveals her private struggles, her personal victories, and the inspiring lessons we can all learn from them. Part celebrity...
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Step-by-Step Projects for Self-Sufficiency: Grow Edibles * Raise Animals * Live Off the Grid * DIY

Cool Springs Press - Cool Springs Press
Format: Print book

DIY the self-sufficient way with over 60 detailed projects.Get ready to be self-sufficient.Whether tackling the garden, raising animals, learning more about alternative energy, or bettering your storage and preservation, Step-by-Step Projects for Self-Sufficiency is the perfect starting...
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The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter

MARGARETA MAGNUSSON - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life.In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called dostdning, do meaning "death" and stdning meaning "cleaning."...
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Dwelling: Simple Ways to Nourish Your Home, Body, and Soul

Melissa Michaels - Harvest House Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Feel Well Where You Dwell Our dwellings - both our home and body - are intricately connected. Each has the potential to inspire the other to be its very best! Your home is where your life happens. Learn how to create a sanctuary that inspires your well-being, so you can experience a greater...
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Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance, and Restoration

Tim Matson - Countryman Press; Third Edition edition
Format: Book

The bible of pond-making in a fully redesigned 30th-anniversary edition. There is nothing like a pond. What else can simultaneously increase your aesthetic pleasure, offer recreational opportunities, help the environment, and increase the value of your property? Earth Ponds is the standard...
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Ultimate Guide: Barns, Sheds & Outbuildings, Updated 4th Edition: Step-by-Step Building and Design Instructions Plus Plans to Build More Than 100 Outbuildings

Editors of Creative Homeowner - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

Build a better backyard! Over 100 outbuilding projects and plans for barns, sheds, and garages Step-by-step instructions for every aspect of the construction process with coordinating full-color photography An overview on planning, tools, materials, and safety tips Detailed chapters on foundations,...
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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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Kitchen Upgrades

Taunton Press - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Kitchen Upgrades is a compilation of the very best expert design and product advice, using real-world remodels to help professionals and passionate amateurs remodel a kitchen of any shape and size, on any budget. The pros take you through every step of the remodeling process, with over...
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Little Veggie Patch Co. DIY Garden Projects: Easy Activities For Edible Gardening and Backyard Fun

Matt Pember - Hardie Grant Books
Format: Print book

The Little Veggie Patch Company is a Melbourne based business that specializes in everything that encompasses the edible garden. From the design, installation and maintenance of home, school and corporate veggie patches, to everything you will need to care for them, they are dedicated to helping...
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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
Format: Hardcover

A natural history of the wilderness in our homes, from the microbes in our showers to the crickets in our basementsEven 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 introduces...
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Essential Perennials: The Complete Reference to 2700 Perennials for the Home Garden

Ruth Rogers Clausen - Timber Press
Format: Print book

Perennials are the mainstay of any garden. But how do you choose from the thousands available, and care for the ones you already have? Essential Perennials helps you decide exactly which plants will bring you the beauty you want and will thrive in the conditions you can provide....
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All New Kitchen Ideas that Work

Heather J. Paper - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Kitchen remodels continue to be one of the most common residential remodeling projects (second only to bathrooms) . All New Kitchen Ideas that Work features over 350 ideas covering a range of kitchen styles and sizes plus top-notch design advice. Completely updated to include over 350 photos...
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Grow Something Different to Eat: Weird and wonderful heirloom fruits and vegetables for your garden

MATTHEW BIGGS - DK
Format: Paperback

Discover more than 50 out-of-the-ordinary edibles, from cucamelons to strawberry popcorn, in this seed-to-plate guide that inspires you to cultivate amazing new fruit and vegetable crops.Whether you're a beginner and determined to make the most of limited space with a truly unique and heirloom...
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DIY Guide to Painting and Wallpapering: A Complete Handbook to Finishing Walls and Trim for a Stylish Home

Michael R Light - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

Packed with professional painting and wallpapering advice for the first time DIY-er, this book shows how to carry out even the most daunting projects with ease and confidence, without the need to hire a professional to finish the job. From sanding woodwork and applying latex paint to using...
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The Home Edit Life: The No-Guilt Guide to Owning What You Want and Organizing Everything

Clea Shearer - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling authors and stars of the upcoming Netflix series The Home Edit teach you how to apply their genius, holistic approach to your work life, on-the-go necessities, and technology.At home or on the go, you don't have to live like a minimalist to feel happy...
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Make Yourself at Home: Design Your Space to Discover Your True Self

Moorea Seal - Sasquatch Books
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the blockbuster hit journals The 52 Lists Project and 52 Lists for Happiness, comes a book to help you design your space to discover what is really important to you and express the creativity and style you already have! This book is all about beautifying your life inside...
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Bathrooms, Revised & Updated 2nd Edition: Complete Design Ideas to Modernize Your Bathroom

Editors of Creative Homeowner - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

Learn to think like a design pro to get the bathroom you've always wanted!Design a new bathroom that suits your space, your budget, and your lifestyleOver 350 color photos help you visualize your projectLearn about the latest trends, products, and innovative ideas for the bathCreate your...
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The New Southern Living Garden Book: The Ultimate Guide to Gardening

The Editors of Southern Living Magazine - Oxmoor House
Format: Print book

An all-new revised and updated edition, The New Southern Living Garden Book is THE definitive source on gardening from the brand Southern gardeners have turned to for nearly 50 years. Completely redesigned and updated for the first time in 10 years, the new edition features over 1,700 beautiful...
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Gardening Step by Step

DK Publishing - DK
Format: Hardcover

This gardening manual offers practical tips, checklists, charts, and step-by-step instructions taken from the best of DKs popular Simple Steps to Success series. With beautiful illustrations and an easy-to-follow format, Gardening Step by Step shows you how to keep your garden gorgeous...
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Restoration House: Creating a Space That Gives Life and Connection to All Who Enter

Kennesha Buycks - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover

Rediscover the heart of your home and your story.Home is meant to be a place to belong. A place to gather and connect. A place of beauty. A place to restore your soul. Creating a restored home - the kind that you and your loved ones want to return to again and again - is as much about making...
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The One-Block Feast: An Adventure in Food from Yard to Table

Margo True - Ten Speed Press
Format: Print book

Based on the James Beard Award-winning blog The One-Block Diet, this all-in-one home gardening, do-it-yourself guide and cookbook shows you how to transform a backyard or garden into a self-sufficient locavore's paradise. When Margo True and her fellow staffers at Northern California-based...
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Illustrated Guide to the National Electrical Code

Charles R. Miller - Delmar Cengage Learning
Format: Paperback

This uniquely effective guide will help you master the 2017 National Electrical Code. The author uses highly detailed, technically accurate illustrations to make even the most complex aspects of the code easier to understand and apply, translating the often complicated language of the 2017...
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Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden: Grow, Harvest, and Arrange Stunning Seasonal Blooms

Erin Benzakein - Chronicle Books
Format: Print book

From Erin Benzakein, a leader in the locaflor farm-to-centerpiece movement and owner of internationally renowned Floret Flower Farm, Cut Flower Garden is equal parts instruction and inspiration - a book overflowing with lush photography of magnificent flowers and breathtaking arrangements...
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The flower-powered garden : supercharge your borders and containers with bold, colourful plant combinations

Andy Vernon - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

Discover the joy of a flower-driven garden! For many gardeners, the low-key colors of the naturalistic gardening movement are just too quiet. Andy Vernon, a self-professed flower fanatic, is one of these gardeners. In The Flower- Powered Garden, he urges everyone to embrace one of the most...
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Woodworking for the Garden: 16 Easy-to-Build Step-by-Step Projects

Alan Bridgewater - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

Create fabulous garden features with the ideal material: Wood!16 stylish outdoor projects from trellises and planters to decking, fences, chairs, benches, tables, sheds, pergolas and moreStep-by-step instructions, construction diagrams, and materials lists accompany each projectOver 300 photos...
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Gifts from the Garden: 100 Gorgeous Homegrown Presents

Debora Robertson - Kyle Books
Format: Hardcover

Brimming with ideas from the pretty to the practical, Gifts from the Garden contains more than 100 projects that use the gardener’s bounty throughout the seasons. Divided into Flowers & Herbs, and Fruit, Vegetables & Nuts, Debora includes gifts that are edible, for your home...
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Crops in Tight Spots

Alex Mitchell - Kyle Books
Format: Paperback

Short of outdoor space but want to grow fruit and vegetables? Congratulations. Really, lucky you. Not for you the back-breaking trudge of tending large spaces of land, the weeding, digging and pest vigilance. Gluts? They will mean nothing to you. Instead you can look forward to small but perfectly...
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Life Without Plastic: The Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Avoiding Plastic to Keep Your Family and the Planet Healthy

JAY SINHA - Page Street Publishing
Format: Paperback

After the birth of their son, Jay Sinha and Chantal Plamondon set out on a journey to eliminate plastic baby bottles as the Canadian government moved to ban BPA. When they found it was difficult to procure glass baby bottles, Jay and Chantal made it their mission to not only find glass...
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Zero Waste: Simple Life Hacks to Drastically Reduce Your Trash

SHIA SU - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Flexibound

Easy and Effective Strategies to Jumpstart a Sustainable, Waste-Free Lifestyle We have a worldwide trash epidemic. The average American disposes of 4.4 pounds of garbage per day, and our landfills hold 254 million tons of waste. What if there were a simple -- and fun -- way for you to make...
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Year-Round Indoor Salad Gardening: How to Grow Nutrient-Dense, Soil-Sprouted Greens in Less Than 10 days

Peter Burke - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Print book

The Low-Tech, No-Grow-Lights Approach to Abundant Harvest Year-Round Indoor Salad Gardening offers good news: with nothing more than a cupboard and a windowsill, you can grow all the fresh salad greens you need for the winter months (or throughout the entire year) with no lights, no pumps,...
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Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener: How to Create Unique Vegetables and Flowers

Joseph Tychonievich - Timber Press
Format: Print book

Itxs the holy grail of gardening a plant that perfectly matches your tastes and the conditions in your garden The hitch Youxre not likely to find it at your local garden center Youxre going to have to create it yourselfBut donxt worryxit isnxt hard After all gardeners have been doing it for centuries...
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Growing Your Own Tea Garden: The Guide to Growing and Harvesting Flavorful Teas in Your Backyard

Jodi Helmer - CompanionHouse Books
Format: Paperback

You Love To Drink Tea. Why Not Grow Your Own? If you've ever considered raising your own tea, this comprehensive guide is the place to start. Growing Your Own Tea Garden is packed with inspiration and practical instructions for cultivating and enjoying delicious teas. Author Jodi Helmer...
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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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The Plant Recipe Book: 100 Living Arrangements for Any Home in Any Season

Baylor Chapman - Artisan
Format: Book

A follow-up to the widely popular "Flower Recipe Book, " "The Plant Recipe Book" is the next great thing in interior plant design, providing simple steps showing anyone how to create stunning living plant decor. Each one of the 100 recipes specifies the type and quantity...
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A Place Called Home: Creating Beautiful Spaces to Call Your Own

Jason Grant - Hardie Grant Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Let acclaimed stylist and blogger Jason Grant show you how to become your own stylist and transform your house into a beautiful home. Jason Grant doesn’t believe in creating perfect homes. Instead, he encourages people to create a space that says something about who they are and their...
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All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition: The Revolutionary Way to Grow More In Less Space

Mel Bartholomew - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Square Foot Gardening is the most practical, foolproof way to grow a home garden, whether you're growing an urban garden, or have an entire backyard. That explains why author and gardening innovator Mel Bartholomew has sold more than two million books teaching how to become a successful...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Aquaponic Gardening

Meg Stout - Alpha Books
Format: Paperback

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Aquaponic Gardening is a comprehensive guide to aquaponic gardening, from choosing a setup to selecting fish and vegetables. In addition to everything one needs to know to run a healthy aquaponic garden and care for both the vegetables and fish, there...
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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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Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens: 200 Drought-Tolerant Choices for all Climates

Lauren Springer Ogden - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

In recent years, gardeners have faced increased water-use restrictions, and it's not limited to dry-climate areas like the Southwest. There are restrictions in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina. And even for gardeners with no water restrictions, low-water...
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Container and Fragrant Gardens

Loewer, Peter - HOUGHTON MIFFLIN


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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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Built-Ins Idea Book (Tauntons Idea Book Series)

Heather J. Paper - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Built-ins can make any house more functional, livable, personalized, and comfortable, and they cost much less to construct and install than a whole-room remodel. In this completely revised and updated edition of Built-Ins Idea Book, Heather J. Paper has collected inspirational and practical...
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The Tree Doctor: A Guide to Tree Care and Maintenance

Dan Prendergast - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

A practical reference for experienced and novice tree owners alike. If you are fortunate enough to live on property that includes trees, The Tree Doctor is the ideal, fully-illustrated manual for care and maintenance. A sapling requires different care than does a young tree or a mature...
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Essential Pruning Techniques: Trees, Shrubs, and Conifers

Tony Kirkham - Timber Press
Format: Print book

A master class on pruning Pruning is an essential part of garden maintenance; it is necessary to regulate and control growth and to encourage flowering and fruiting on trees and shrubs. It is also one of the most difficult parts of garden maintenance. To prune well, gardeners must have...
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Raised Bed Revolution: Build It, Fill It, Plant It ... Garden Anywhere

Tara Nolan - Cool Springs Press
Format: Hardcover

Join the revolution and create a beautiful raised bed garden with inspiration from the ultimate raised bed gardening guidebook! Raised bed gardening is the fastest-growing garden strategy today, and Raised Bed Revolution is its ultimate guidebook. The book includes information about...
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The Complete Compost Gardening Guide: Banner batches, grow heaps, comforter compost, and other amazing techniques for saving time and money, and ... most flavorful, nutritous vegetables ever.

Barbara Pleasant - Storey
Format: Paperback

Barbara Pleasant and Deborah L. Martin turn the compost bin upside down with their liberating system of keeping compost heaps right in the garden, rather than in some dark corner behind the garage. The compost and the plants live together from the beginning in a nourishing, organic environment....
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Lives of the Great Gardeners

Stephen Anderton - W W Norton
Format: Print book

Entertaining and accessible -- the lives of the men and women, many of them multitalented artists, who created some of the world's most extraordinary gardens, and whose legacy continues to inspireThroughout history, great gardeners have risen from all walks of life. Some have been aristocratic...
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The Mini Farming Handbook

Brett L. Markham - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Book

Bestselling author Brett Markham’s new handbook gives us the mini farming basics along with in-depth tips on vegetable gardening, fermenting, composting, and self-sufficiency in a handy new format and design. Includes:• Soil management and making your own fertilizer •...
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Ultimate Guide: Decks, 5th Edition: 30 Projects to Plan, Design, and Build

Editors of Creative Homeowner - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

This is the ultimate guide to adding the perfect deck! How to add the perfect deck - whether doing it yourself or working with a contractor Hundreds of step-by-step color photographs highlight the clear, concise, friendly text 30 deck projects include complete plans and materials lists...
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High-Yield Vegetable Gardening: Grow More of What You Want in the Space You Have

Colin McCrate - Storey Publishing
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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