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Round Loom Knitting Patterns

This book offers an introduction to "rake" or loom knitting. This technique is easy to learn and is explained in detail in the book. Patterns include, dish cloths, hats, socks, stockings, baby booties, and more. From the book jacket: Knitting loom patterns and variations for: - Afghans - Baby Booties - Chrismas Stockings Hats - Scarves - Socks - Sweaters Over 50 Pictures and Illustrations. "This is the funnest pattern book of its type. The author makes it fun to do knitting on round looms." - Mary Allen, Houston, TX "Every pattern is easy to read and understand." - Jan Wirthlin, Dover, OH "My kids were ready to move on to making more complicated patterns, and this book helped me show them how." - Margaret Brown, Highmore, SD

Onward and Upward in the Garden

Mrs. White loved gardens and spent much time working in hers and writing about all things related. Her husband's introduction to this book is warm and informative.

Understanding God’s World

The Author describes GOD's creation in his books, about Science, Insects, Plants, Birds, Water, Air, Weather, Sound and Hearing. Geology, Planet Earth, Oceanography, Wonders of the Sea and Astronomy.

Lavender: The Grower's Guide

A book on different types of lavender and how to grow them

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume 2

Essays and Lectures

The Savage Garden

Cultivating Carnivores Plants

Home Buying for Dummies (2nd edition)

Easy-to-follow information on buying a home.

Selected Tips from Heloise

This book contains many useful hints for making our lives easier. I can vouch for the effectiveness of this one: To get rid of ants, wipe down counters and other surfaces with vinegar. It will take four or five days to discourage the ants. Broken glass? "To sweep up broken glass, place a damp paper towel over the debris first. The tiny shattered pieces will cling to the paper and all can be easily swept up. Works with pet hair, too." Do you have "big terry cloth oven mitts? Great for wiping splatters off kitchen walls, the terry cloth loops scrub right into the depressions in textured paint. They also scrub vinyl floors in a flash --a huge area wipes clean in one swipe. In addition, the mitts slurp up spills, do dusting, and, if slightly dampened, pick up pet hairs from upholstery." Some items keep better in the refrigerator if turned upsidedown--jelly, relish, pickles. Be sure lids are tight. When finished, throw the mitts into the washer-- they come out clean and ready for

Bonsai: The Art of Dwarfing Trees

This book offers to the beginner the basic foundations for Bonsai, and for growing plants in pots. The book covers topics such as finding suitable trees, potting, watering, trimming, plant health, and much more. There is a separate section for discussing the shaping of different bonsais into the beautiful shapes. The book also offers a fairly good list of plants to try for planting as bonsai.

Who Knew?: Green Hints and Tips to Save Time, Money... And the Planet

Who Knew?: You can save 40% on the cost of air conditioning, that bottled water creates over 1.5 million tons of plastic waste a year, turning off your car's air conditioner can improve your fuel economy by more than 20%... and much more.

All The Onions: And How To Grow Them

Describes how to grow, harvest, store, and use all the members of the onion family. Onions, garlic, shallots, leeks as well as others.

Growing And Using Garlic

The first third of the booklet is a brief guide to growing garlic and the remainder is recipes.

Wildflower Gardening

This gardening reference will teach you which wildflowers will grow best in your own backyard. Co-authored by James Underwood Crockett, an distinguished horticulturist, writer on gardening and, TV guru of plant care.

Reading About - My Home

The Reading About series introduces early readers to non-fiction. Each book is designed to increase reading fluency and combines a narrative text, accessible language and an easy-to-follow format.

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume 1

Dare to Repair: A Do-It-Herself Guide to Fixing (Almost) Anything In The Home

A repair guide written especially for women.

Essays, political, economical and philosophical, Volume 1