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But Where Do I Put the Couch?: And Answers to 100 Other Home Decorating Questions

Melissa Michaels - Harvest House Publishers
Pages: 224
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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Seasonal Flower Arranging: Fill Your Home with Blooms, Branches, and Foraged Materials All Year Round

Ariella Chezar - Ten Speed Press
Pages: 224
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...
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The New Seed Starters Handbook

JEAN NICK - Rodale Books
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

Starting plants from a seed grants earlier harvests, greater variety, healthier seedlings, lower costs, and the undeniable sense of satisfaction and reward. For the most complete, up-to-date information on starting plants from seed, turn to The New Seed-Starter's Handbook. Written by a gardener...
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Annuals, Perennials, and Bulbs: 377 Flower Varieties for a Vibrant Garden

Creative Homeowner Press - Creative Homeowner
Pages: 224
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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Happy Orchid

Sara Rittershausen - DK
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Proud new owner of a gorgeous orchid? Learn the essentials of buying orchids, orchid care, and how to keep it flowering beautifully year after year with this bite-size beginner's guide.

Did you know that many orchids hate being in direct sunlight? Or that most orchids have a crucial...
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Rescuing Eden: Preserving America's Historic Gardens

Caroline Seebohm - Monacelli Press,
Pages: 213
Format: Print book

From simple 18th- and early 19th-century gardens to the lavish estates of the Gilded Age, the gardens started by 1930s inmates at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay to the centuries-old camellias at Middleton Place near Charleston, South Carolina - Rescuing Eden celebrates the history of garden...
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The Lifelong Gardener: Garden with Ease and Joy at Any Age

Toni Gattone - Timber Press
Pages: 216
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 Honoré, author of In Praise of Slowness

You can keep gardening...

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Small-Space Vegetable Gardens: Growing Great Edibles in Containers, Raised Beds, and Small Plots

Andrea Bellamy - Timber Pr
Pages: 213
Format: Book

"If I could recommend one book for small-space vegetable gardening, this would be it. Andrea Bellamy nailed it!" - Joe Lamp'l, Growing a Greener World

Small-Space Vegetable Gardens explains the basics of growing a bounty of edibles in a minimal amount...

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Sprout Lands: Tending the Endless Gift of Trees

William Bryant Logan - W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Arborist William Bryant Logan recovers the lost tradition that sustained human life and culture for ten millennia.

Once, farmers knew how to make a living hedge and fed their flocks on tree-branch hay. Rural people knew how to prune hazel to foster abundance: both of edible nuts,...

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Woodcraft: Master the Art of Green Woodworking with Key Techniques and Inspiring Projects

Barn the Spoon - DK
Pages: 256
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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