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Home, Garden, and DIY May 2020
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Climate-Wise Landscaping by Sue ReedPractical steps anyone can take to beautify any landscape or garden, while helping protect the planet and the species that call it home. Topics include: mindful landscaping and gardening; creating cleaner air and water; increasing physical comfort during hotter seasons; supporting birds, butterflies, pollinators, and other wildlife.
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100 Plants to Feed the Bees by Eric Lee-MäderThis user-friendly guide shows you what you can do to help protect pollinators. Includes 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs, and trees that attract bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. Empowers homeowners, landscapers, apartment dwellers--anyone with a scrap of yard or a window box to help to protect our pollinators.
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Weber's ultimate grilling by Jamie PurvianceAn entirely new take on grilling today, with every recipe visually depicted in full-color photography. Extensively tested recipes mean anyone can be a barbecue genius. Including popular recipes for steak, burgers, pork chops, ribs, chicken and salmon all masterfully explained in this classroom-in-a-book. “Flavor Bomb” spreads offer inspiring, weeknight-friendly recipe ideas for how to create wonderful variations of your favorite grilled foods.
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| Includes 60 easily digestible, whimsically illustrated essays that examine the way we shop, cook, and eat by a food and health writer who studied with Michael Pollan and who wants you to ask yourself these questions about your food: "Is it good for me? Is it good for others? Is it good for the planet?" Topics include: curtailing food waste; buying organic or not; which eggs are best; food labels and avoiding plastics. |
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The Ultimate Guide to Preserving & Canningby Harvard Common Press In one concise volume, you can learn all the ways to put up food in jars, from water-bath canning to pressure canning, from pickling to jam-making, and beyond! Perfect for both beginners and seasoned veterans, this all-in-one guide shares recipes from traditional to modern.
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Simply living well : a guide to creating a natural, low-waste home by Julia WatkinsShares rituals, recipes, and projects for living simply and sustainably at home. Includes every area of your household, kitchen, cleaning, wellness, bath, and garden Julia shows you how to eliminate wasteful packaging, harmful ingredients, and disposable items. Practical checklists outline easy swaps and sustainable upgrades for common household tools and products.
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| Vegetables Love Flowers: Companion Planting for Beauty and Bounty by Lisa Mason ZieglerPlanting vegetables and flowers together is one of the oldest ways to create a healthy, bountiful garden; but there's more to the method than you might think. This book will walk you through the ins and outs of companion planting, from how it works to which plants go together and how to grow the best garden for your climate. Includes seed-starting, growing, and harvesting. |
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| Encourages us to cherish our things by repairing them rather than discarding them. How to change our consumption habits so that with small mends here and there, we can extend the life of our garments and other household items. Written for the beginner, but also offering advanced techniques for the experienced mender. |
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| An ode to Sunday suppers and the joys of gathering, includes 200 unfussy recipes, with variations on classic dishes, by The New York Times food editor Sam Sifton. Recipes include: Roast Chicken; Beef Stew; Spaghetti with Butter and Swiss Cheese; Fresh Maple Ham; Texas Chili; Gumbo; Tomato Salad; Corn Bread; Apple Pie. |
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| The Speedy Vegetable Garden by Mark Diacono and Lia LeendertzThe Speedy Vegetable Garden' highlights more than 50 quick crops, with complete information on how to sow, grow, and harvest each plant. Includes sumptuous photography that provides inspiration and a visual guide for when to harvest. Sprouted seeds are the fastest. Microgreens can be harvested in weeks: cilantro, 14 days after planting; arugula and fennel in 10 days. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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BRAZORIA COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM 912 N. Velasco Angleton, Texas 77515 (979) 864-1505bcls.lib.tx.us |
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