Forsyth County Public Library: Do It Yourself: February 2026

Get Ready For Spring: Books on Gardening

The Heart of the Homestead: Cultivating a Spirit of Simple Living Through Homemaking, Recipes, and Family
by Ruthann Zimmerman

Through simple stories, recipes, and reflections, RuthAnn Zimmerman shares timeless wisdom, celebrates traditional values, and gives readers a peek behind the fence at what homestead life is really like.

Survival Gardening: Grow Your Own Emergency Food Supply, from Seed to Root Cellar
by Sam Coffman

Learn how to grow your own food supply with advice from a survival skills expert. This essential guide includes how to choose and grow the most nutrient-dense crops without store-bought amendments or fertilizers, how to plan for a nonstop supply, how to store food, and how to create your own seed bank.

Ultimate Gardening by Gardening Know How

Ultimate Gardening
by Nancy J. Hajeski, ed.

This practical guide covers every aspect of gardening, no matter where you live or what you want to grow, and easy-to-understand tips and colorful photos make this a great guide for beginners as well as those who want to expand their gardening skills. Dedicated chapters on flowers, fruits and vegetables, herbs, shrubs, houseplants, and garden decor provide practical advice on how to care for your garden year after year so that it will become a lifelong passion.

A Life in the Garden: Tales and Tips for Growing Food in Every Season
by Barbara Damrosch

In A Life in the Garden, horticultural icon Barbara Damrosch imparts a lifetime of wisdom on growing food for herself and her family. In writing that's accessible, engaging, and elegant, she welcomes us to garden alongside her. Personal, thoughtful, and often humorous, this book offers practical DIY insights that will delight gardeners, cooks, and small-scale farmers.

File Your Own Taxes

J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2026: Your Complete Guide to a Better Bottom Line
by Barbara Weltman

Small business attorney and tax expert Barbara Weltman delivers small business tax planning info based on the new tax law. You'll discover the exact steps you need to take to minimize your 2025 tax bill and position your business for tax savings in the year ahead. An essential resource for small business owners, J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2026 is your personal roadmap to shrinking your tax bill while making sure you pay your fair (and legal) share.

QuickBooks Online for Dummies, 2025 Edition
by David H. Ringstrom

Discover all the ways you can use cloud-based accounting for your business with this guide that helps you understand one of the most widely-used cloud accounting platforms worldwide. Choose the best subscription for your business, create invoices and credit memos, record sales receipts, pay bills, set up inventory items, track business checkbook and credit cards, print checks, process payroll and prepare payroll tax returns, simplify tax preparation, build a budget, balance accounts, back up your data and access it on any device--the list goes on and this beginner-friendly book teaches you how to do it all.

Every Airbnb Host's Tax Guide
by Stephen Fishman

This book shows you how to make the most of your hosting business without risking problems with the IRS. Learn everything you need to know about taxes, including: what expenses you can deduct, how to report your short-term rental income, how to deduct losses, and vacation home and tax-free rental rules. This edition has a new section on the financial and tax benefits of renting your primary or vacation home to your business for meetings or other work purposes.

Be Smart Pay Zero Taxes: Use the Buy, Borrow, Die Strategy to Get Rich and Stay Rich
by Mark J. Quann

Discover the strategies the ultra-wealthy use to grow their fortunes and legally avoid taxes -- made simple for everyone -- with the ultimate guide to reducing your tax bill to zero. Learn the secrets the rich use to get rich, and stay rich, including: Master the S.M.A.R.T. system, build your 'perfect portfolio', leverage 'the five pillars' of investing, implement the 'buy, borrow, die' strategy to grow and protect tax-free wealth, live off the 'borrow button', Learn how anyone can build $6 million in wealth, and more.