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For the Love of Old: Living with Chipped, Frayed, Tarnished, Faded, Tattered, Worn and Weathered Things That Bring Comfort, Character and Joy to the Places We Call Home (Rizzoli Classics)
Mary Randolph Carter - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover
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This stunning volume focuses on the qualities of the old things in our homes (the patina of an old table, pewter dulled by age, old floorboards that creak) and how to live with and incorporate them into our personal aesthetic. Divided into chapters by the qualities of old - peeling, dried,... |
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Groundbreaking Food Gardens: 73 Plans That Will Change the Way You Grow Your Garden
Niki Jabbour - Storey
Format: Paperback
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Follow your zany muse and get creative with your vegetable garden. Niki Jabbour brings you 73 novel and inspiring food garden designs that include a cocktail garden featuring all the ingredients for your favorite drinks, a spicy retreat comprising 24 varieties of chile peppers, and a garden... |
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Nursery Decor
E. Ashley Rooney - Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Format: Book
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In this well-illustrated book, 25 design professionals display a variety of looks for fun, age-appropriate children's rooms that can be easily updated with new design themes over time. Included are nurseries, toddler rooms, and play rooms that feature a range of sizes, colors, and styles.... |
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Saving Vegetable Seeds: Harvest, Clean, Store, and Plant Seeds from Your Garden. A Storey BASICS® Title
Fern Marshall Bradley - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback
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This illustrated, step-by-step guide shows you how to save seeds from 20 of the most popular vegetable garden plants, including beans, carrots, peas, peppers, and tomatoes. Youll learn how each plant is pollinated key to determining how the seed should be saved, how to select the seeds... |
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The Wildlife-Friendly Vegetable Gardener: How to Grow Food in Harmony with Nature
Tammi Hartung - Storey
Format: Paperback
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This one-of-a-kind book shows you how to create a peaceful co-existence between your vegetable garden and the wildlife who consider it part of their habitat. By understanding and working with the surrounding environment - instead of continually fighting it - you'll reap a larger harvest... |
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Country Living American Style: Decorate * Create * Celebrate
Country Living - Hearst
Format: Hardcover
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Country Living celebrates all-American design from sea to shining sea: quaint New England towns, dusty Texas ranches, woodsy log cabins, and Main Street, Anywhere, USA. Here are our country's most beloved styles on vivid display - its architecture, ornaments, textiles, and other more... |
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The Forest Garden Greenhouse: How to Design and Manage an Indoor Permaculture Oasis
Jerome Osentowski - Chelsea Green Publishing, 2015.
Format: Print book
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With a revolutionary new "Climate Battery" design for near-net-zero heating and cooling By the turn of the nineteenth century, thousands of acres of glass houses surrounded large American cities, becoming a commonplace symbol of the market garden and nursery trades. But the possibilities... |
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Raised Bed Revolution: Build It, Fill It, Plant It ... Garden Anywhere
Tara Nolan - Cool Springs Press
Format: Hardcover
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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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Hidden Natural Histories: Herbs
Kim Hurst - University Of Chicago Press
Format: Print book
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Behind the pungent aroma of garlic and the cool, palate-cleansing taste of mint in our toothpaste are untold stories of human interactions with the natural world. Celebrating the human heritage of these and other natural phenomena, the new Hidden Natural Histories series offers fascinating... |
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Home
Ellen DeGeneres - Grand Central Life & Style
Format: Print book
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Ellen DeGeneres has bought and renovated nearly a dozen homes over the last twenty-five years, and describes her real-estate and decorating adventures as "an education." She has long cared deeply about design: "I think I wanted to be an interior designer when I was thirteen." |
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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
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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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Peony: The Best Varieties for Your Garden
DAVID C MICHENER - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover
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Peony features growing advice for one of the most beautiful and popular flowering plants. You'll learn the history of the plant, discover the different types of peonies available, and enjoy profiles of the best 194 varieties. Growing information includes details on climate, soil,... |
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Compost City: Practical Composting Know-How for Small-Space Living
Rebecca Louie - Roost Books
Format: Paperback
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These days, everyone's talking about compost. Along with backyard chickeners, balcony beekeepers, rooftop farmers, and community gardeners, urban composters are part of a bumper crop of pioneers who are redefining the green space of crowded towns and cities. You may think you need... |
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Kitchen Idea Book
Joanne Kellar Bouknight - The Taunton Press
Format: Paperback
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A virtual designer's notebook of ideas, inspiration and information -- without the high designer price tag -- this all new edition of Kitchen Idea Book will be a homeowner's first step in turning their existing kitchen into their dream kitchen, whether it's new construction... |
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The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving
Jared Zystro - Seed Savers Exchange
Format: Print book
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Filled with advice for the home gardener and the more seasoned horticulturist alike, The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving provides straightforward instruction on collecting seed that is true-to-type and ready for sowing in next year's garden. In this comprehensive book,... |
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UC Family Handyman Whole House Repair Guide: Over 300 Step-by-Step Repairs!
Editors of Family Handyman - Readers Digest
Format: Book
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The Family Handyman’s Whole House Repair Guide gives readers the know-how and confidence to tackle repair jobs, save money and avoid the hassles of service calls. We cover all of the most common repairs from floors to ceilings, from paint to plumbing. Indoors or out, large or small,... |
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Fix Your Garden: Get Your Outdoor Space Blooming in No Time at All
Jane Moseley - Portico
Format: Print book
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Don't know what to do with a messy garden or bleak-looking balcony? Want to stake your claim on a little corner of a shared garden? No gardening experience whatsoever? This book is the perfect solution. Packed with tips and tricks to get your green fingers going, this beautifully illustrated... |
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The New Shade Garden: Creating a Lush Oasis in the Age of Climate Change
Ken Druse - Stewart
Format: Print book
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There is a new generation of gardeners who are planting gardens not only for their visual beauty but also for their ability to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In The New Shade Garden, Ken Druse provides this generation with a comprehensive guide to creating a shade garden... |
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How to Window Box: Small-Space Plants to Grow Indoors or Out
Chantal Aida Gordon - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover
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From the founders of the popular gardening blog The Horticult comes a guide to the window box, the container garden that is by far the most accessible for any skill level, space, or quality of light. The 16 indoor and outdoor projects range from succulents to veggies, and showcase... |
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Foodscaping: Practical and Innovative Ways to Create an Edible Landscape
Charlie Nardozzi - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback
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Keep your lawn and eat it too - Foodscaping will show you how to grow food without giving up your view.Foodscaping is what it sounds like - a combination of landscaping and food. This gardening resource is chock-full of real-world examples, photos, and advice so that even an "average... |
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Welcome to the Farm: How-to Wisdom from The Elliott Homestead
Shaye Elliott - Lyons Press
Format: Paperback
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A fresh, new guide to the backyard lifestyle The homesteading movement is continuing to grow, as more people are stepping up to have a hand in where their food comes from. Whether you want to dabble or immerse yourself completely in the do-it-yourself, back-to-basics lifestyle, Welcome... |
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The Garden Classroom: Hands-On Activities in Math, Science, Literacy, and Art
Cathy James - Roost Books
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Creative ways to use the garden to inspire learning, for kids ages 4-8Packed with garden-based activities that promote science, math, reading, writing, imaginative play, and arts and crafts, The Garden Classroom offers a whole year of outdoor play and learning ideas - however big or small... |
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Terrarium: 33 Glass Gardens to Make Your Own
Anna Bauer - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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This comprehensive guide to the world of terrariums details every part of creating highly unusual and beautiful miniature indoor gardens. Easy to make, these 33 unique terrarium projects are inspired by ecosystems around the world, including a fern-filled Black Forest from Germany, a delicate... |
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Plumbing
Steve Cory - The Taunton Press
Format: Print book
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Stanley's Plumbing: A Homeowner's Guide is a comprehensive, visual handbook packed with step-by-step photographs and authoritative, reliable information. Eventually, every homeowner needs to repair, replace, or upgrade a plumbing fixture. Save heaps of money by learning... |
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Year of No Clutter: A Memoir
Eve O Schaub - Sourcebooks
Format: Print book
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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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The Tree Doctor: A Guide to Tree Care and Maintenance
Dan Prendergast - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback
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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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Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes
Thomas Rainer - Timber Press
Format: Print book
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"As practical as it is poetic...an optimistic call to action." - The Chicago Tribune This powerful guide presents a powerful alternative to traditional horticulture - designed plantings that function like naturally occurring plant communities. Thomas Rainer and Claudia West, two leading... |
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Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
Fumio Sasaki - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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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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The New Vegetables, Herbs and Fruit: An Illustrated Encyclopedia
Matthew Biggs - Firefly Books
Format: Print book
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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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The New Bohemians: Cool and Collected Homes
Justina Blakeney - Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestseller!"Updated interpretations of the free-spirited aesthetic and worldview." - Los Angeles Times"With pages of tips and twelve DIY projects, the book makes the free-spirited style easy to achieve." - ArchitecturalDigest.com LA-based designer Justina... |
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The Suburban Micro-Farm
Amy Stross - Twisted Creek Press
Format: Print book
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Yield abundant harvests from your own yard with only 15 minutes a day!Do you long to find the secrets of gardening with the time you have? Are you ready to feel more connected to your home? Would you like the satisfaction of growing healthy food for your table?Author Amy Stross talks straight... |
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The Little Book of Cacti and Other Succulents
Quadrille Publishing. - Quadrille Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Cacti and succulents are a trendy and low maintenance way to bring nature into your home, and this book is an essential user-friendly guide to the most popular 60 varieties. The book focuses on their propagation and care. As well as a section of handy tips, there will be a ready reference... |
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Fine Gardening Pocket Gardens: design ideas for small-space gardening
Editors and Contributors of Fine Gardening - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback
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Love the idea of growing your own fruits, flowers, and vegetables but don’t think you have the space? Don’t worry, let Fine Gardening, America’s most respected gardening magazine, show you how to make your small space work for you and your plants. This inspiring new book... |
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Joinery
Taunton Press - The Taunton Press
Format: Print book
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MASTER THE ESSENTIAL WOOD JOINTS All woodworkers worth their sawdust know that joinery -- good, bad, or indifferent -- tells the unvarnished truth; how well a piece is made and how skilled the maker is. Over the decades, no one has proven better at teaching readers how to make beautiful,... |
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Grow Harvest Cook: 280 Recipes from the Ground Up
Meredith Kirton - Hardie Grant Books
Format: Book
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The essential companion for anyone wanting to grow, harvest, and cook their own produce. Once upon a time, having pumpkins growing rampant at the back fence and hens sitting protectively on their eggs was a common experience for many people. However, today the reliance on packaged food... |
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Hydroponics for the Home Grower
Howard M. Resh - CRC Press
Format: Print book
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Hydroponics offers many advantages to traditional soil-based horticulture. These include greater control over many of the limiting factors, such as light, temperature, and pests, as well as the ability to grow plants in all seasons. With instruction from one of the top recognized authorities... |
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Northeast (SmartGarden Regional Guides)
Rita Pelczar - DK ADULT
Format: Paperback
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A comprehensive guide to gardening in the Northeast -- includes Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin. Presenting a new way to think about gardening,... |
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Pretty Tough Plants: 135 Resilient, Water-Smart Choices for a Beautiful Garden
Plant Select. - Timber Press
Format: Print book
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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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Better Than New: Lessons I've Learned from Saving Old Homes
Nicole Curtis - Artisan
Format: Print book
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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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The Aromatherapy Garden: Growing Fragrant Plants for Happiness and Well-Being
Kathi Keville - Timber Press, 2016.
Format: Print book
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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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The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden
Rick Darke - Timber Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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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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How Not to Kill Your Houseplant: Survival Tips for the Horticulturally Challenged
DK PUBLISHING. - DK
Format: Hardcover
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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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Landscaping Ideas that Work
Julie Moir Messervy - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback
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Out is in In recent years, there s been a boom in building and refurbishing outdoor rooms and spaces. Landscaping Ideas That Work is the most comprehensive resource of inspired design ideas and practical solutions for creating landscaping and outdoor living spaces that are comfortable,... |
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Never Stop to Think... Do I Have a Place for This
Mary Randolph Carter - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover
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In an age of picture-perfect interior design, best-selling author Mary Randolph Carter celebrates her highly personal and creative approach to decor, illustrating how to live stylishly with the many items you want to treasure forever. Mary Randolph Carter's newest book indulges our desire... |
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The Homegrown Paleo Cookbook: Over 100 Delicious, Gluten-Free, Farm-to-Table Recipes,
Diana Rodgers - Victory Belt Publishing; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Seasonal, gluten-free, farm-to-table eating never tasted so good!On her farm in Massachusetts, nutritionist Diana Rodgers has found a way back to a healthy, active lifestyle with a focus on nutritious and delicious eating, raising animals, growing vegetables, and balancing work and play.... |
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Cabin Living: Discovering the Simple American Getaway
The Editors of Cabin Living Magazine - Lyons Press
Format: Paperback
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A tour through America's favorite cabins Created in partnership with Cabin Living magazine.An inspirational celebration of one of America's icons. Handsomely designed with more than 300 color photographs. Cabin Living is a collection of twenty-five of the best stories covering legacy cabins,... |
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Rodale's Basic Organic Gardening: A Beginner's Guide to Starting a Healthy Garden
Deborah L. Martin - Rodale Books
Format: Paperback
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When the inspiration hits to start an organic garden, many novices could benefit from a guidebook that speaks directly to their enthusiasm, their goals, and, of course, their need for solid information that speaks a newbie's language--from the most trusted source for organic gardening... |
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Gardening with Chickens: Plans and Plants for You and Your Hens
Lisa Steele - Voyageur Press
Format: Paperback
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Welcome to a world where chickens and gardens coexist!Join Lisa Steele, chicken-keeper extraordinaire and founder of Fresh Eggs Daily, on a unique journey through the garden. Start by planning your garden and learning strategies and tips for keeping your plants safe while they grow. Plant... |
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How to Eradicate Invasive Plants
Teri Dunn Chace - Timber Press
Format: Print book
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Unfortunately, invasive plants―like kudzu, ragweed, and Himalayan blackberry―won’t go away on their own. Luckily, How to Eradicate Invasive Plants offers a clear, practical solution to an increasingly common problem.Invasive plants are a growing threat to our home landscapes,... |
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Small Space Garden Ideas
Philippa Pearson - DK Publishing
Format: Print book
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Perfect for people who have little space to garden, whether a doorstep, balcony, or part of a wall. Small Space Garden Ideas is full of creative ideas for making use of every growing space available. From windowsills and hanging baskets to rooftop containers and vertical gardens,... |
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Vern yip's design wise : your smart guide to a beautiful home
Vern Yip - Running Press
Format: Print book
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Vern Yip is one of the most beloved and recognizable interior designers in America. Over the course of his near-decade at HGTV, he has counseled thousands of people on beautifying their homes on limited budgets. Through his shows, as well as in his regular column "Learn from Vern"... |
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