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Home, Garden, and DIY July 2018
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| Just Cook It! 145 Built-to-Be-Easy Recipes That Are Totally Delicious by Justin ChappleWhat it is: a collection of easily doable and delicious recipes by Justin Chapple, the Culinary Director at Food & Wine magazine and the star of their popular Mad Genius Tips video series.
Recipes include: Croque Madame Hot Dish, Green Curry with Halibut and Basil, Classic Meat Loaf Sandwiches and Tomato Jam, Chocolate-Cherry Peanut Butter Cookies, and Ice Cream Birthday Cake. |
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| Turnip Greens & Tortillas: A Mexican Chef Spices up the Southern Kitchen by Eddie Hernandez and Susan PuckettWho it's for: fans of acclaimed chef Eddie Hernandez's Taqueria del Sol restaurants, as well as anyone who reckons that a mash-up of Southern and Mexican food is muy bueno.
Recipes include: Cajun Hash, Eddie's Breakfast Sausage, Cornmeal Waffles, Ham and Egg Torta, Pimento Cheese, Cheeseburger Tacos, Mexican Bread Pudding, and Sweet Potato Cheesecake. |
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| Gardening with Less Water: Low-Tech, Low-Cost Techniques for Using Up to 90% Less... by David A. BainbridgeWhat it's about: Combining brevity, passion, and expertise with plenty of examples and illustrated instructions, ecology professor David Bainbridge presents several methods for delivering water directly to plants' roots. Best of all, these methods -- which include wicking systems, grow tubes, porous hoses, and clay pots -- can all be implemented using recycled or low-cost materials.
Who it's for: Gardening with Less Water is a must-read for gardeners concerned about drought or a limited water supply. |
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| She Sheds: A Room of Your Own by Erika KotiteWho it's for: Anyone dreaming of a tiny hideaway will find inspiration, tips, and tricks in this beautifully photographed book that encourages reusing items you have and provides information about materials and costs for over 20 spaces in the U.S., England, and Australia.
Chapters include: "What's Your Shed Style?"; "Sheds for Gardeners;" "The Artist's Studio;" "Old-Soul Sheds;" "Stylish Sheds;" "Backyard Getaways;" "Build a She Shed from a Kit;" "Gallery." |
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The ultimate guide to old-fashioned country skills
by Abigail R. Gehring
What's in it: Culled from the collected practical experience of bygone generations, explains how to live more simply and off the land through growing your own food, canning and preserving, keeping poultry, beekeeping, foraging for wild food and building a barn.
Chapters include: Cooking, baking, and preserving -- Carpentry and woodworking -- Raising animals -- Camping and horse packing -- Hunting, fishing, and trapping -- Household hints and home remedies -- Gardening -- Games and toys.
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The Book of Gardening Projects for Kids: 101 Ways to Get Kids Outside, Dirty, and...
by Whitney Cohen and John Fisher
Who's it for: Having children doesn't mean you have to give up gardening; it just means you have to get the kids involved by making it interesting for them. Advising parents to take their children's interests into account, this book features realistic gardening advice, including how to design a play-friendly garden (toys are allowed!) as well as ideas for fun theme gardens, games, and activities (including some crafts), plus tips on how to cook and preserve a garden's bounty. Real-life examples (with photos) make it all seem fun and do-able.
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Toad cottages & shooting stars : grandma's bag of tricks
by Sharon Lovejoy
What's in it: Provides activities and nature projects that a grandmother can share with her grandchildren--including a Pizza-Box Solar Oven, a Worm Hotel, Faerie Houses, Peek-a-boo Planters and other crafts, cooking, and gardening projects
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Bottle Trees : And the Whimsical Art of Garden Glass
by Felder Rushing
What it's about: Originally meant to trap bad spirits, bottle trees arrived in the U.S. with the African slave trade and first took root in the South. Now it's a popular art form, a national phenomenon that's showing up at garden shows, craft fairs and farmers markets. Garden writer and photographer Felder Rushing has encountered thousands of bottle trees and other glass garden art in his travels across America and around the world.
Why you might like it: In BOTTLE TREES Rushing presents 60 of his favorites, from the backyards of Mississippi to the Chelsea Flower Show to the glass fantasies of Dale Chihuly. With humor and affection he tells the stories behind the photographs: the history and lore of bottle trees and glass sculpture, and the inspired people who make them.
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Fairy garden handbook
by Liza Gardner Walsh
What it's about: The popularity of fairies and fairy houses has soared, as has the growing movement to get children interested in outdoor activities such as gardening. This new how-to book for parents and kids combines the best of both worlds. It includes basic information for beginning gardeners, such as soil preparation, planting, and watering, then branches into appropriate categories for every fairy gardener:* making miniature gardens and terrariums that are just the right size for fairy friends* butterfly and hummingbird gardens to attract these flying friends of fairies* rock gardens* water gardens * wind chimes and prisms to add music and light to your gardens.
Why you might like it: Sprinkled throughout are bits of fairy lore and garden wisdom. Written for children, or anyone with a child's heart, and filled with color photographs, the Fairy Garden Handbook will turn curious kids into green thumbs in no time.
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Quick & Easy Handmade Garden Furniture
by Philip Haxell
What's in it: With 23 easy-to-make projects for furnishings, accessories, and gardener's equipment, "Quick & Easy Handmade Garden Furniture" graces every garden with a personal touch. Every project is extensively illustrated with clear step-by-step photography, and templates where necessary, to explain the process. Each piece can be made in a weekend by the novice woodcrafter with the minimum number of tools. All of the most common techniques are covered in a separate techniques section with advice on materials, equipment, custom alterations, and usage.*Packed with stylish ideas for planting and relaxing*Each project and technique carefully explained in an easy-to-follow step-by-step format.*Projects for every part of the garden and every style of garden.
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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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