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Kaffe Fassett's Country Garden Quilts: 20 Designs from Rowan for Patchwork and Quilting
Kaffe Fassett
Taunton, 2008
Never Enough Kaffe
Although my taste can differ wildly from his, I never tire of looking at Kaffe Fassett's designs and getting a peek at how his mind works. I have all of his books, and this latest strikes me as a return to some of his strongest ideas. His multi-layered wall-of-color ...
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Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
Toby Hemenway
Chelsea Green, 2001
Gaia's Garden
An excellent book and resource. At the time I purchased this book, I also purchased Bill Mollison's seminal work on permaculture. I intended to read Mollison's book first and Gaia's Garden second. After reading the first few pages of Mollison's book, I set it aside ...
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The Official Red Book: A Guide Book of United States Coins 2009 (Guide Book of United States Coins (Spiral)) ...
R. S. Yeoman
Whitman Publishing, 2008
For Coin Collectors
I've relied on older editions of the Official Red Book for information about various coins that I've seen. Having been a coin collector since I was a child, I decided to purchse this book to see what information has changed or been updated. From time to time, I've ...
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Biggest Book of Slow Cooker Recipes (Better Homes & Gardens)
Better Homes and Gardens
Better Homes and Gardens, 2002
Slow Cooker Easy
Son is on his own and now he can plug in his slow-cooker in the morning before work and come home to a tasty meal. Easy! He laughed at me at first, now he is loving the easy recipies and good meals!
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The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to ...
Rodale Books, 1996
Excellent reference for "natural" pest control!
Living in the tropics, I have had frequent failures starting up my organic garden due to pests taking it over. This year I have used some tips and "natural pesticide" recipies from this book with great success. It has also helped me identify "good" versus "bad" ...
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The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table: Recipes, Portraits, and History of the World's Most Beautiful Fruit
Amy Goldman
Bloomsbury USA, 2008
Heirloom Tomato by Amy Goldman
A Wonderful Book! If your interest is heirloom tomatoes, do not miss this book. Wonderful recipes included too.... A must have...
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Western Garden Book (Sunset Western Garden Book)
Sunset Books, 2007
Best ever Sunset Western Garden Book issue
I have relied on Sunset's Western Garden Book, in its various issues, for many years. From time to time, about every 3-4 years or so, they re-publish it. This particular issue has become my favorite "Working Bible" and I keep one copy in the house for reference and ...
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Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden
George Levenson
Tricycle Press, 2002
Buy this book!
I bought this book for my 2yr old and he loves it! My 4yr old loves it too. It does a great job teaching kids the cycle of life. The photos are wonderful and the story is simple enough to keep little ones interested, yet gives a great explanation about the circle of ...
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All New Square Foot Gardening
Mel Bartholomew
Cool Springs Press, 2006
No dig gardening
I got this book from the library and loved it and could only find it on Amazon. I intend to follow the system in my new vege garden
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Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long
Eliot Coleman, Barbara Damrosch
Chelsea Green, 1999
Useful book
This seems like a very helpful book. We all need to learn to grow year round.
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Seven Things that can "Make or Break" a Sweater: Techniques and Tips for Hand Knitters
Margaret E. Fisher
Vanduki Press, 2008
She;s the best
Hi, I have NOT read this book, as it is "out of stock" currently...but I have taken this course, and others, from Margaret Fisher at various knitting conferences and she is TERRIFIC! She knows all the techniques and tricks to help a knitter get to the next level, and ...
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
John Berendt
Vintage, 1999
Great Read
Just read the book - you can't help but enjoy the characters and the irony.
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Garden Spells (Bantam Discovery)
Sarah Addison Allen
Bantam Discovery, 2008
Simple and wonderful
I've been waiting for this book for a while. I love the magic and the baking rolled into one. A bit predictable, but quite lovely. If you liked this book, you'd like "Dance Upon the Air".
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The Backyard Beekeeper: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden
Kim Flottum
Quarry Books, 2005
excellent reference
This is a well-written, extremely accessible edition for lay beekeepers who want to get to know their creatures, and take first steps to caring for and cultivating the bees' magical harvest.
Great photos, helpful tips and concise essays on the art of apitherapy too.
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Solar Power Your Home For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden))
Rik DeGunther
For Dummies, 2007
This book answered ALL my questions clearly!
My husband and I have become increasingly consciencious about saving our natural resources. It has been our goal to add solar panels to our house but most of the books out there were not written for the average person. This book answered all our questions in a ...
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