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Home, Garden, and DIY January 2021 |
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| Living Without Plastic: More Than 100 Easy Swaps for Home, Travel, Dining, Holidays... by Brigette Allen and Christine WongWhat it is: a readable guide to non-plastic alternatives in a number of areas, including food, home, health and beauty, kids and babies, pet care, and crafts. In addition, there are lovely photos, a resource list, and a 30-day plastic detox plan.
Did you know? Many chewing gums contain plastic.
Read this next: 101 Ways to Go Zero Waste by Kathryn Kellogg; Simply Living Well by Julia Watkins. |
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The MeatEater guide to wilderness skills and survival
by Steven Rinella
What's inside: The host of the MeatEater television series and podcast draws on real-life experiences in a practical guide to outdoor wilderness survival that includes coverage of everything from navigation tools and first-aid supplies to water purification and wildlife safety. Illustrations.
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| Pie Academy: Master the Perfect Crust and 255 Amazing Fillings, with Fruits, Nuts, Creams... by Ken HaedrichThis is a downloadable eBook found on CMRLS.Freading.com
What it is: a comprehensive, friendly guide for bakers of all levels that includes favorite tools and ingredients, 250 recipes (including for a variety of doughs), and an illustrated, step-by-step pie-making tutorial.
Recipes include: Two-Berry Mint Pie; Cheddar-Crusted Apple Pie; Maple Pecan Pie; Amish Milk Pie; Peach Custard Pie; Fried Cherry Pies; Creamsicle Ice Cream Pie; Richard's Rice and Ricotta Pie. |
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| The Art of Tapestry Weaving: A Complete Guide to Mastering the Techniques for Making... by Rebecca MezoffThis is a downloadable eBook found on CMRLS.Freading.com
What it is: a smart, detailed guide to tapestry weaving, including step-by-step instructions, photos, and inspiring examples as well as information on choosing a loom, selecting yarn, and more.
Reviewers say: a "beautiful and expansive debut" (Publishers Weekly); "a must-have for the aspiring tapestry weaver" (Booklist). |
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Smart and savvy guide to plant-based eating : Lose Weight, Heal Your Gut, Boost Your Brainpower
by Siloam
This is a downloadable eBook found on CMRLS.Freading.com
From the cover: "The best food comes from the earth. This book will show you how to cook appetizing meals that will help you feel better, look younger, and live longer. The virtues of vegetarian, vegan, and raw foods are more popular than ever in both cookbooks and restaurant menus. Readers will learn to prevent chronic illness, lose weight, and improve their overall health with plant-based replacements for meat, eggs, dairy, and more. A quick-start guide includes delicious, easy, healthy recipes for both cooked and raw foods."
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The Women's Heritage Sourcebook : Bringing Homesteading to Everyday Life: Cooking, Herbalism, Canning, Fermenting, Beekeeping, Natural Beauty, Keeping Chickens, Milking Cows, Raising P
by Emma Rollin Moore
What's in this: This indispensable reference book is divided into three sections: food (from sourdough bread baking to pickling vegetables to fermenting kefir), herbalism (from growing an herbal garden to making skin and hair care products to foraging), and animal husbandry (from beekeeping to buying, raising, and owning chickens, cows, and pigs).
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1001 All-natural Secrets to a Pest-free Property
by Myles H. Bader
Can you answer YES: Do you hate spiders? Has your house been invaded by ants, termites or cockroaches? Is your garden a feeding ground for caterpillars, aphids, mites or grasshoppers? Are you tired of rabbits or deer eating from the vegetable garden you worked so hard to create? Are raccoons after your trash or tearing up your lawn? Is your property infested with mice or moles? Does your neighbor's dog or cat cause you problems every day?
You might like this: This book offers powerful, all-natural solutions to these problems -- and hundreds more. Every bug, pest, critter and animal related problem you can think of is covered in this comprehensive, detailed and creative book. And every one of the 1001 solutions in this book avoids the use of any kind of pesticide or other poison that could potentially cause harm to our families, our communities, and our natural environment.
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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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