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Compost City: Practical Composting Know-How for Small-Space Living

Rebecca Louie - Roost Books
Format: Paperback

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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The Pallet Book: DIY Projects for the Home, Garden, and Homestead

Chris Peterson - Voyageur Press
Format: Paperback

The Pallet Book is an inspiring and ingenious project-oriented book for the home DIY enthusiast! Author Chris Peterson presents everything the enterprising handyperson needs to know to reclaim and reuse pallets in innovative, useful ways. Just some of the projects included are: -A handy...
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Grow a Little Fruit Tree: Simple Pruning Techniques for Small-Space, Easy-Harvest Fruit Trees

Ann Ralph - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Book

Grow your own apples, plums, cherries, and peaches in even the smallest backyard! Expert pruner Ann Ralph reveals a simple yet revolutionary secret that keeps an ordinary fruit tree much smaller than normal.
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Growing Healthy Houseplants: Choose the Right Plant, Water Wisely, and Control Pests. A Storey BASICS® Title

Ellen Zachos - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Book

This concise guide shows novice houseplant owners exactly how to keep indoor plants alive and healthy. Gardening expert Ellen Zachos helps you choose the right plants in the first place and then shows you how to care for them, outlining what each kind needs in terms of location, sunlight,...
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Maple Syrup: An Introduction to the Science of a Forest Treasure

Mike Rechlin - McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company
Format: Print book

Maple Syrup takes the reader through the what, where, when, and why of maple sap and its conversion to maple syrup, that all-so-appreciated product of the North American deciduous forest. The journey begins with an introduction to trees, primarily maple trees, and especially sugar maple...
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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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Design Happy: Colorful Homes for the Modern Family

Betsy Wentz - Gibbs Smith
Format: Hardcover

An accessible and inspiring guide full of creative ideas and practical lessons for designing happy, family-friendly spaces.In her first book, interior designer Betsy Wentz shares 13 fabulous family homes. The book is really a practical design guide for anyone who may not want -- or simply...
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In & Out of Paris: Gardens of Secret Delights

Zahid Sardar - Gibbs Smith
Format: Hardcover

Gardens of Secret Delights Among the more than 30 great and small projects within In Out of Paris are Vaux-le-Vicomte, Versailles, and Courancesall classic Andr Le Ntrestyle French gardens. Also discover the Paris gardens of celebrated artist Jean-Michel Othoniel and art aficionado...
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Tasty Home: Life Skills: From Sewing a Button to Saving a Houseplant, Money-Saving Hacks and Easy DIYs You Need to Know

Tasty Home - Adams Media
Format: Hardcover

Discover all the life hacks you've been missing with this perfect compendium of skills to answer all of life's most asked questions from BuzzFeed's popular lifestyle destination NIFTY.. Need help unclogging a drain? Can't seem to keep a plant alive? Just want to finally...
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The Rural Diaries: What Moving to Mischief Farm Taught Me About What Really Matters in Life, Love, and Making Dandelion Wine

Hilarie Burton - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

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...
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