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Easy, healthy, money-saving DIY ideas for a sustainable lifestyleInspired living for the environment: Make your footprint planet-positive. With the gentle guidance of eco-expert, Alice Mary Alvrez, you can start with baby steps and progress to living the green good life! Level up your eco-knowledge with these 52 creative ideas and easy ways to reduce your waste, eat organic, and keep toxins out of your home. Grow organic, reduce waste, live toxin-free, and save money: Inside this helpful and ho...

Mini farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family's food on just a quarter acre-and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require. Now expanding exponentially on his bestselling Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre, Brett Markham gives you tips, tricks, and planning advice on how to make the most of your mini farm. New topics include: Soil and Fertilit...

Let the Queen of Clean put an end to drudgery with her hints and solutions that get fabulous results - fast! Want to clean a coffeepot in a flash? Unclog a sink with a simple homemade solution? Remove a stubborn stain? Let Her Royal Highness of housekeeping show you how to turn your home into a sparkling palace - in no time at all! Here comes the Queen of Clean, and her down-to-earth housekeeping guide for those of us who live in the real world. After all, the Queen has better things to do that...

A highly illustrated home manual and reference book suitable for everyone who wants to turn their house or flat into a comfortable, stylish and efficient home. This comprehensive home bible teaches readers every facet of interior design and household management. Following a basic introduction to room planning and decoration, the Complete Home Book takes the reader on a guided tour, from the sitting room, kitchen and dining room, then through the hall, and up the stairs and into the bed...

Since it was released in 1996, the 'Encyclopaedia of Curtains' has been an essential resource for curtain-makers around the world. Now, Merrick & Day have revisited their original publication and comprehensively revised it to present this second edition. They have included hundreds of new descriptive photographs and diagrams, and greatly expanding the technical step-by-step curtain-making details. They have reviewed the techniques and sewing skills described and adapted and updated them to keep...

A unique diary with a practical week-to-view layout and 56 delicious triple-tested recipes so that you can try something new every week of the year. It has a handy pocket at the front for storing cards and receipts and features concealed wiro binding so that it lies flat when in use. There are plenty of useful pages for recording details, such as personal contacts, useful websites, thoughts and plans plus birthday and Christmas gift records. It even gives a step-by-step guide to producing gorgeo...

Using a wood-burning stove effectively is both an art and a science. In this friendly, comprehensive guide, chartered forester and woodfuel expert Will Rolls talks the reader though the theory and practice of getting the best results from their stove. From finding the fuel and seasoning it to lighting the stove and operating it cleanly, this book describes the best techniques for looking after your log stove. Will clearly explains how to ensure you get a good fire every time with a minimum of sm...

In this sequel to "Syd Pemberton's Ecologically Sound Household Handbook", Syd Pemberton offers a multitude of wise, witty and inexpensive tips on cleaning and decorating the home, and keeping it safe and healthy. There are tips on staying green when you clean and hints on keeping your house clean and safe all year round. The author shares over 25 pages of her simple, yet delicious recipes (including the secret to her legendary hamburgers!). There are tips on stocking the store cupboard, caterin...

Can you make a healthy meal? Do you know how to proofread an essay? Are you able to plan a weekly budget? If the answer to any of the above is no, then don't worry - you're like the millions of other students worldwide! Luckily this book is here to give you a crash course in living while you learn. Full of useful advice and practical skills, it will provide you with the essential knowledge you need to take your first steps into the world of adulthood. From the little things, like planni...

When it comes to freeing your home of clutter (let's face it -- we all have it), The Queen of Clean really spells things out for you: Question Unpack Evaluate Eliminate Neaten up! It's a foolproof sorting system for even the most devoted packrat: Question the best possible use of a room, a closet, a drawer...Unpack all of your clutter to get a sense of what you have (and what you need to do with it)...Evaluate each and every item you own...Eliminate unwanted possessions without guilt o...

How efficient are front-load washing machines? When is it time to replace your old refrigerator? These questions and many more are answered in "The Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings", a one-stop resource for consumers who want to improve their home's energy performance and reduce costs. Zeroing in on the most useful response can be a challenge -- this 9th edition guide cuts through the confusion. Well-organised and highly readable, this guide begins with an overview of the inter-relationshi...