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January 2021
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For the Home: Cleaning and Organizing |
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The Natural Cleaning Handbook: Homemade Hand Sanitizers, Disinfectants, Air Purifiers, and Moreby Natalie WiseThese days, dangerous viruses can suddenly become rampant, and bacteria can adapt to become antibiotic-resistant, so we must be extra-vigilant about our health. The Natural Cleaning Handbook keeps you clean, naturally, with homemade products that are healthy for you and your family. Start with the basics and work your way into every corner of your home...from tile grout to shower mold, how to clean lampshades to how to clean water bottles.
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Be Organized: Reclaim 90 Minutes of Your Day, Every Dayby Marie RicksAn organization principles teacher provides step-by-step instructions for leading a calmer and happier life through organizing tasks like meal prepping, shopping and cleaning to help manage stress, create peace and have more time during the day.
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More Beautiful: All-American Decorationby Mark D. SikesIn this follow-up to his bestselling first book, Beautiful, an esteemed interior designer showcases five distinct styles, all of which exude the happiness that comes with surrounding oneself with things you love.
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For the Home: Repairs, Remodeling, and Improvements
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The Family Garden Planby Melissa K. NorrisNorris, a fifth generation homesteader and host of the popular Pioneering Today podcast, will walk you through each step of the process, from planning your food crops and garden space to harvesting and preserving the food you grow. More than just practical advice, you'll learn how gardening can contribute to a sustainable lifestyle and give you a sense of accomplishment, peace of mind, and overall joy.
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Homesteading and Handicrafts
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Self-Sufficiency for the 21st Century: The Complete Guide to Sustainable Living Todayby Dick StrawbridgeFor some people, reducing their carbon footprint might mean moving and living off the grid. For the rest of us, the reality might involve smaller, but no less important, lifestyle changes: cutting back on plastic or food waste, foraging wild produce, growing a few vegetables, making your own plant-based milks, or keeping a chicken or two. In this updated edition, the authors share everything they've learned and give you the tools you need for a more rewarding and environmentally conscious life.
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The Doable Off-Grid Homestead: Cultivating a Simple Life by Hand...On a Budgetby Shannon StongerThe authors' years of research, limited budget, creativity and pursuit of their dream produced effective solutions that have taken them step by step to an independent, debt-free and off-grid homestead. In this book, they share how they did it to help others take the first steps in achieving their simple life dreams. You'll learn how to build inexpensive infrastructure, harness energy from the sun, manage an off-grid home, grow vegetables in tough conditions, preserve the harvest, build an earthbag root cellar, raise beginner's livestock and so much more.
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