An accessible guide that shows how easy it is to grow your favorite produce.Grow What You Love is designed to be a simple guide to growing vegetables, herbs and more that will add to the flavor and variety of fresh produce choices throughout the year. Aimed at novice and experienced gardeners alike it will be an image-driven, how-to adventure from an expert gardener and communicator with an enthusiasm for an authentic life. The colorful book will begin with an exploration of Emily's approach to gardening and how it can fit into modern life with little time and effort. She will go on to give advice on how best to choose food plants that readers love, or can discover, and follows with simple methods for garden-to-table growing, including a selection of her favorite seasonal recipes. The result for readers will be a garden-fresh bounty for any time of the year. The book will feature three elements interspersed throughout: The Plant Directory Plants from a dozen categories will invite readers to choose, mix and match to their tastes. Examples are Tender Herbs, Woody Herbs, Root Vegetables, Beans, Tomatoes, Summer Squash and Cucumbers, Winter and Summer Salads, Berries, Hardy Greens, Edible Perennials and Flowers, and Companion Plants. Each plant choice will include an introduction to the vegetable, bush fruit or herb, recommendations on the author's favorites, and growing instructions. These will be clearly laid out in straightforward texts organized into Plant, Fix, Pick, and Varieties to Try. The Simple Act of Growing Includes features on plant diversity, organic growing, companion planting, saving seeds and more. Emily is an experienced teacher of organic gardening to all ages. She knows how to present information in clear and engaging language. Throughout the book she will explain how to attend to all garden needs, for example, Garden Anywhere; Soil Building and Composting; Sow Seeds, Grow Cuttings, and More; Smart Watering; Cultivate, Prune, and Follow Nature; Prevent Pests; and Continue Growing. Seasonal Recipes Emily's online and print coverage often features her simple and tasty recipes, which include preserves. A selection of her best will be interspersed throughout the book. Examples are Fava Beans, Greens and Fresh Herb Toasts; Best-Ever Blueberry Pie; and Spring Greens with Jicama, Cilantro and Lime. Emily is an expert gardener with extensive experience. In Grow What You Love she will demonstrate how easy it is to grow fresh foods in abundance using minimal time, and even in minimal space. It is sure to be a perfect choice for today's readers that enjoy fresh homegrown organic produce. The author's built-in online audience -- www.passthepistil.com, social media (Instagram 13,400, Twitter 7,444 and 44,600 Likes, 238 YouTube subscribers) -- and on television and in traditional press (such as Garden Design Magazine) will contribute to the book's presence and support the concept and message of Grow What You Love. Murphy's gentle guidance empowers us with gracefull skills for growing our garden that feeds the spirit with every delicious word. -- Carey Davidson, founder and CEO, Tournesol Wellness
Firefly Books
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9780228100201
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Paperback
Feels Like Home
By Parsons, Marian
Most of us don't live in a dream home that was custom built to suit our tastes. We have to work with a house that brings its own style, quirks, and personality to the table. But imagine walking into this house, but it's perfectly designed and decorated with your style in mind - a home that fits you like a well-tailored outfit and yet is as comfy as your favorite pair of pajamas. What would that home look like exactly? How would it feel to live in a home styled specifically for you? The truth is, every home should feel like a custom home and not have to break the bank. In Feels Like Home, DIY makeover queen Marian Parsons (a.k.a. Miss Mustard Seed) teaches you what she's learned over the years, sharing budget-friendly practical tips that will inspire you to change your space from "blah" to beautiful, from a builder-grade to character-rich home.
Publisher: n/a
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9781546015833
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Hardcover
Handmade Wedding
By Announced, To Be
These 35 fantastic projects show you how to make your bouquet, table centerpieces, invitations, favors, and much more.Your wedding day is a fantastic opportunity to get creative and make beautiful items at a fraction of the cost of buying new, in a far more environmentally-friendly way, and all with your own handmade touch. Exquisite handcrafted invitations will be a pleasure for your guests to receive, while confetti boxes are great for storing rose petals. Make anemone centerpieces and a dramatic hydrangea garland to decorate your reception hall, and why not make your own bouquet with your favorite flowers or an everlasting giant paper rose that will really make a statement. Whether you are planning an intimate ceremony or a celebration for hundreds of guests, Handmade Wedding is packed with original ideas that you will love to make.
CICO Books
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9781782496991
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Paperback
The Deckchair Gardener
By Wareham, Anne
Deckchair Gardener
Michael O'Mara
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9781782436423
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Paperback
Plant Partners
By Walliser, Jessica
Companion planting has a long history of use by gardeners, but the explanation of why it works has been filled with folklore and conjecture. Plant Partners delivers a research-based rationale for this ever-popular growing technique, offering gardeners dozens of ways they can use scientifically tested plant partnerships to benefit the garden as a whole. Through an enhanced understanding of how plants interact with and influence each other, this guide suggests specific plant combinations that growers can use to improve soil health and weed control, decrease pest damage, and increase biodiversity, resulting in real and measurable impacts in the garden.
Publisher: n/a
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9781635861334
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Paperback
A Beginner's Guide to Paper Wildflowers
By Yamamoto, Emiko
In this book, paper artist Emiko Yamamoto presents her secrets for making realistic blossoms, leaves and stems from inexpensive colored paper sheets. Her flexible cut, curl and paste method makes it easy to create an amazing variety of different flowers and to tailor your creations to specific settings, occasions and color palettes.Descriptions of the necessary materials and toolsActual-size templates that you traceStep-by-step instructions for cutting out the petals and leaves, giving the paper realistic curls and creases, and putting all the pieces together with simple dabs of glueWith just scissors, a few sheets of colorful Tant origami paper and craft glue, you can create breathtaking, inexpensive paper flowers. The chapters are divided into Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, so your paper bouquet will always be in season!Grape HyacinthBluebellWild TulipClimbing RoseLavenderPoppyForget-Me-NotWheatSnowdropPrimroseAnd more!Show off the finished pieces in a shadow box, make special handmade cards, fill vases full of flowers that will never wilt, or decorate things like place settings and gift toppers.
Tuttle Publishing; Illustrated edition
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9780804854016
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Paperback
Kitchen Upgrades
By Press, Taunton
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 300 photographs and illustrations -- from identifying the best layout; choosing the best fixtures and materials; installing flooring, countertops, and backsplash; maximizing storage; and more. Site-tested tips and professional techniques will help you handily hammer out the kitchen of your dreams.All the contributing authors are seasoned professionals whose articles have appeared in FineHomebuilding magazine. With a circulation of over 200,000, the magazine provides expertinformation and inspiration to everyone who cares about quality home improvement and construction. *Fine Homebuilding is the best source of home improvement information to help readers build projects better, faster, and more efficiently. *Kitchen remodeling was one of the two most popular remodeling projects in the latest NAHB survey of professional remodelers.
The Taunton Press
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9781631868450
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Paperback
Micro Living
By Diedricksen, Derek "deek"
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 - houses that are equipped for full-time living, all in 400 square feet or less. Detailed photography and a floor plan for each structure highlight inventive space-saving design features along with the nuts-and-bolts details of heating, cooling, electric, and plumbing systems. The real-life stories of residents impart the pleasures, as well as the challenges, of day-to-day living. With tips on what to consider before you build, along with framing plans for a prototype small cabin, Micro Living is the perfect starter handbook for both dreamers and doers.
Storey Publishing, LLC
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9781612128764
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Paperback
Garden Renovation
By Schwartz, Bobbie
A do-it-yourself guide to a complete garden rehab Gardens, just like houses, sometimes need makeovers. The changes can be as minor as replacing a shrub or as major as pulling everything up and starting from scratch. No matter the size of your space or the scope of the project, the sage advice in Garden Renovation will help you turn a problem-filled yard into a paradise. Bobbie Schwartz draws on her years of experience as a garden designer to teach gardeners how to evaluate their yards, determine what to keep and what to remove, choose the right plants and design plans for successful remodels, and know when to hire help. A gallery of before-and-after photos provides ideas and inspiration for turning a tired garden into an enlivening retreat.
Timber Press
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9781604696127
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Paperback
The Rural Diaries
By Burton, Hilarie
The beloved actress and star of One Tree Hill, White Collar, and Lethal Weapon, Hilarie Burton, tells the inspiring story of leaving Hollywood for a radically different kind of life in upstate New York with her husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan - a celebration of community, family, and the value of hard work in small town America.While Hilarie Burton's hectic lifestyle as an actress in New York and Los Angeles gave her a comfortable life, it did not fulfill her spiritually or emotionally. After the birth of their first son, she and her husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the star of The Walking Dead, decided to make a major change: they bought a working farm in Rhinebeck, New York, and began a new chapter in their lives.The Rural Diaries chronicles her inspiring story of farm life: chopping wood, making dandelion wine, building chicken coops.
Grow What You Love
By Murphy, Emily
An accessible guide that shows how easy it is to grow your favorite produce. Grow What You Love is designed to be a simple guide to growing vegetables, herbs and more that will add to the flavor and variety of fresh produce choices throughout the year. Aimed at novice and experienced gardeners alike it will be an image-driven, how-to adventure from an expert gardener and communicator with an enthusiasm for an authentic life. The colorful book will begin with an exploration of Emily's approach to gardening and how it can fit into modern life with little time and effort. She will go on to give advice on how best to choose food plants that readers love, or can discover, and follows with simple methods for garden-to-table growing, including a selection of her favorite seasonal recipes. The result for readers will be a garden-fresh bounty for any time of the year. The book will feature three elements interspersed throughout: The Plant Directory Plants from a dozen categories will invite readers to choose, mix and match to their tastes. Examples are Tender Herbs, Woody Herbs, Root Vegetables, Beans, Tomatoes, Summer Squash and Cucumbers, Winter and Summer Salads, Berries, Hardy Greens, Edible Perennials and Flowers, and Companion Plants. Each plant choice will include an introduction to the vegetable, bush fruit or herb, recommendations on the author's favorites, and growing instructions. These will be clearly laid out in straightforward texts organized into Plant, Fix, Pick, and Varieties to Try. The Simple Act of Growing Includes features on plant diversity, organic growing, companion planting, saving seeds and more. Emily is an experienced teacher of organic gardening to all ages. She knows how to present information in clear and engaging language. Throughout the book she will explain how to attend to all garden needs, for example, Garden Anywhere; Soil Building and Composting; Sow Seeds, Grow Cuttings, and More; Smart Watering; Cultivate, Prune, and Follow Nature; Prevent Pests; and Continue Growing. Seasonal Recipes Emily's online and print coverage often features her simple and tasty recipes, which include preserves. A selection of her best will be interspersed throughout the book. Examples are Fava Beans, Greens and Fresh Herb Toasts; Best-Ever Blueberry Pie; and Spring Greens with Jicama, Cilantro and Lime. Emily is an expert gardener with extensive experience. In Grow What You Love she will demonstrate how easy it is to grow fresh foods in abundance using minimal time, and even in minimal space. It is sure to be a perfect choice for today's readers that enjoy fresh homegrown organic produce. The author's built-in online audience -- www.passthepistil.com, social media (Instagram 13,400, Twitter 7,444 and 44,600 Likes, 238 YouTube subscribers) -- and on television and in traditional press (such as Garden Design Magazine) will contribute to the book's presence and support the concept and message of Grow What You Love. Murphy's gentle guidance empowers us with gracefull skills for growing our garden that feeds the spirit with every delicious word. -- Carey Davidson, founder and CEO, Tournesol Wellness
Feels Like Home
By Parsons, Marian
Most of us don't live in a dream home that was custom built to suit our tastes. We have to work with a house that brings its own style, quirks, and personality to the table. But imagine walking into this house, but it's perfectly designed and decorated with your style in mind - a home that fits you like a well-tailored outfit and yet is as comfy as your favorite pair of pajamas. What would that home look like exactly? How would it feel to live in a home styled specifically for you? The truth is, every home should feel like a custom home and not have to break the bank. In Feels Like Home, DIY makeover queen Marian Parsons (a.k.a. Miss Mustard Seed) teaches you what she's learned over the years, sharing budget-friendly practical tips that will inspire you to change your space from "blah" to beautiful, from a builder-grade to character-rich home.
Handmade Wedding
By Announced, To Be
These 35 fantastic projects show you how to make your bouquet, table centerpieces, invitations, favors, and much more.Your wedding day is a fantastic opportunity to get creative and make beautiful items at a fraction of the cost of buying new, in a far more environmentally-friendly way, and all with your own handmade touch. Exquisite handcrafted invitations will be a pleasure for your guests to receive, while confetti boxes are great for storing rose petals. Make anemone centerpieces and a dramatic hydrangea garland to decorate your reception hall, and why not make your own bouquet with your favorite flowers or an everlasting giant paper rose that will really make a statement. Whether you are planning an intimate ceremony or a celebration for hundreds of guests, Handmade Wedding is packed with original ideas that you will love to make.
The Deckchair Gardener
By Wareham, Anne
Deckchair Gardener
Plant Partners
By Walliser, Jessica
Companion planting has a long history of use by gardeners, but the explanation of why it works has been filled with folklore and conjecture. Plant Partners delivers a research-based rationale for this ever-popular growing technique, offering gardeners dozens of ways they can use scientifically tested plant partnerships to benefit the garden as a whole. Through an enhanced understanding of how plants interact with and influence each other, this guide suggests specific plant combinations that growers can use to improve soil health and weed control, decrease pest damage, and increase biodiversity, resulting in real and measurable impacts in the garden.
A Beginner's Guide to Paper Wildflowers
By Yamamoto, Emiko
In this book, paper artist Emiko Yamamoto presents her secrets for making realistic blossoms, leaves and stems from inexpensive colored paper sheets. Her flexible cut, curl and paste method makes it easy to create an amazing variety of different flowers and to tailor your creations to specific settings, occasions and color palettes.Descriptions of the necessary materials and toolsActual-size templates that you traceStep-by-step instructions for cutting out the petals and leaves, giving the paper realistic curls and creases, and putting all the pieces together with simple dabs of glueWith just scissors, a few sheets of colorful Tant origami paper and craft glue, you can create breathtaking, inexpensive paper flowers. The chapters are divided into Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, so your paper bouquet will always be in season!Grape HyacinthBluebellWild TulipClimbing RoseLavenderPoppyForget-Me-NotWheatSnowdropPrimroseAnd more!Show off the finished pieces in a shadow box, make special handmade cards, fill vases full of flowers that will never wilt, or decorate things like place settings and gift toppers.
Kitchen Upgrades
By Press, Taunton
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 300 photographs and illustrations -- from identifying the best layout; choosing the best fixtures and materials; installing flooring, countertops, and backsplash; maximizing storage; and more. Site-tested tips and professional techniques will help you handily hammer out the kitchen of your dreams.All the contributing authors are seasoned professionals whose articles have appeared in FineHomebuilding magazine. With a circulation of over 200,000, the magazine provides expertinformation and inspiration to everyone who cares about quality home improvement and construction. *Fine Homebuilding is the best source of home improvement information to help readers build projects better, faster, and more efficiently. *Kitchen remodeling was one of the two most popular remodeling projects in the latest NAHB survey of professional remodelers.
Micro Living
By Diedricksen, Derek "deek"
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 - houses that are equipped for full-time living, all in 400 square feet or less. Detailed photography and a floor plan for each structure highlight inventive space-saving design features along with the nuts-and-bolts details of heating, cooling, electric, and plumbing systems. The real-life stories of residents impart the pleasures, as well as the challenges, of day-to-day living. With tips on what to consider before you build, along with framing plans for a prototype small cabin, Micro Living is the perfect starter handbook for both dreamers and doers.
Garden Renovation
By Schwartz, Bobbie
A do-it-yourself guide to a complete garden rehab Gardens, just like houses, sometimes need makeovers. The changes can be as minor as replacing a shrub or as major as pulling everything up and starting from scratch. No matter the size of your space or the scope of the project, the sage advice in Garden Renovation will help you turn a problem-filled yard into a paradise. Bobbie Schwartz draws on her years of experience as a garden designer to teach gardeners how to evaluate their yards, determine what to keep and what to remove, choose the right plants and design plans for successful remodels, and know when to hire help. A gallery of before-and-after photos provides ideas and inspiration for turning a tired garden into an enlivening retreat.
The Rural Diaries
By Burton, Hilarie
The beloved actress and star of One Tree Hill, White Collar, and Lethal Weapon, Hilarie Burton, tells the inspiring story of leaving Hollywood for a radically different kind of life in upstate New York with her husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan - a celebration of community, family, and the value of hard work in small town America.While Hilarie Burton's hectic lifestyle as an actress in New York and Los Angeles gave her a comfortable life, it did not fulfill her spiritually or emotionally. After the birth of their first son, she and her husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the star of The Walking Dead, decided to make a major change: they bought a working farm in Rhinebeck, New York, and began a new chapter in their lives.The Rural Diaries chronicles her inspiring story of farm life: chopping wood, making dandelion wine, building chicken coops.