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Home, Garden, and DIY May 2019
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Terrain : ideas and inspiration for decorating the home and garden
by Greg Lehmkuhl
What's in it: Through 450 gorgeous photos, the renowned garden, home and lifestyle brand with an entirely fresh approach to living with nature blurs the lines between the indoors and outdoors and features a vast array of projects that show how to live with nature at home.
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The C.H.A.O.S.* Cure: Clean Your House and Calm Your Soul in 15 Minutes
by Marla Cilley (aka The FlyLady)
Who it's for: Readers who are overwhelmed by C.H.A.O.S (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome) and who'd like an upbeat guide to cleaning, tidying, and developing habits to make home life easier.
Sections include: "The Genius of Sticky Notes and Other Simple Systems;" "Perfection Is Like Quicksand;" "Extinguish Your Hot Spots;" "Laundering Lessons;" "Perfectly Imperfect Cooking;" and "Refresh Your Home, Refresh You."
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| The Less Is More Garden: Big Ideas for Designing Your Small Yard by Susan MorrisonWhy you should read it: It takes a lifestyle-based approach to garden design that'll help aspiring gardeners turn their modest-sized yards into personalized spaces.
What's inside: inspiring color photographs, thoughtful questions, and suggestions for livable, low-maintenance designs using appropriate plants, furniture, and hardscaping. |
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Mini farming : self sufficiency on a 1/4 acre
by Brett L. Markham
What it's about: Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family's food on just a quarter acre -- and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require. Even if you have never been a farmer or a gardener, this book covers everything you need to know to get started: buying and saving seeds, starting seedlings, establishing raised beds, soil fertility practices, composting, pest and disease problems, crop rotation, farm planning, and much more. Because self-sufficiency is the objective, subjects such as raising backyard chickens and home canning are also covered. Materials, tools, and techniques are detailed with photographs, tables, diagrams, and illustrations. - Publisher
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Micro Living: 40 Innovative Tiny Houses Equipped for Full-Time Living, in 400...
by Derek "Deek" Diedricksen
What's inside: a colorful, photo-filled look at 40 tiny homes that vary wildly in style and location, with floor plans are included for each.
Don't miss: "In Retrospect," where owners share what they would have done differently, and "The Inside Story," which notes why tiny houses aren't for everyone, discusses how to use a tiny kitchen, and more.
Author buzz: Diedricksen hosts HGTV's Tiny House Builders.
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Tiny houses
by Mimi Zeiger
What's in it: Highlights over thirty prefab homes and living concepts, each under 1,000 square feet, from the practical to the absurd, and all subscribing to the new eco-awareness trend in sustainable living architecture known as “microgreen living.”
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Central Mississippi Regional Library System
100 Tamberline Street
Brandon, Mississippi 39042
601-825-0100
http://www.cmrls.lib.ms.us
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