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Home, Garden, and DIY July 2019
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| A Way to Garden: A Hands-On Primer for Every Season by Margaret RoachWhat it is: an updated version of the gardening expert's 1998 book, which offers many tips and is arranged by a plant's life cycle over the course of a year; it also thoughtfully explores how both the author and the gardening world have changed over 21 years.
Reviewers say: "a compelling book to read straight through that is also useful as a reference for particular details" (Booklist, starred review). |
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The food in jars kitchen : 140 ways to cook, bake, plate, and share your homemade pantry
by Marisa McClellan
Marisa McClellan wants everyone to know that a pantry full of homemade jams, jellies, salsas, and pickles can do a whole lot more than accompany toast. They can add bold bursts of flavor to your home cooking! In her fourth book, she provides 140 recipes for incorporating preserves into everyday dishes. It is as simple as stirring applesauce into a dish of baked oatmeal, brushing apricot jam onto a whole chicken, or building your pasta salad with a jar of pickled vegetables
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Seasonal Flower Arranging: Fill Your Home with Blooms, Branches, and Foraged...
by Ariella Chezar with Julie Michaels; photos by Erin Kunkel
What it is: a beautifully written guide arranged by season that encourages the use of locally grown flowers and provides flexible, step-by-step instructions for 39 floral projects.
Don't miss: the eye-catching color photos and the section about creating a cutting garden.
Reviewers say: "a delightful companion for gardeners, florists, or armchair naturalists" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
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| Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire... by William GurstelleWhat's inside: historical facts, scientific explanations, illustrations, and step-by-step instructions for making amateur ballistic devices, including a catapult, a tennis ball mortar, and a hydro pump rocket.
For fans of: DIY science projects.
Don't miss: the safety advice (please!), ideas for further study, and tips for acquiring materials. |
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| The Backyard Homestead by Carleen MadiganWhat's inside: the basics of adapting a variety of agricultural activities to city or suburban conditions: vegetable gardening (in yards, balconies, or windowsills); growing wheat and hops (for home-brewed beer); keeping poultry, livestock, or bees; cultivating fruit and nut trees; making butter and cheese; preserving your bounty, and more.
Read this next: Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen's The Urban Homestead. |
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| Keep Out! Build Your Own Backyard Clubhouse: A Step-by-Step Guide by Lee MothesWhat it is: a cheerful, family-friendly guide to building your own clubhouse that includes basic plans for several types of treehouses and playhouses, with guidance on everything from how to use basic hand tools to how to build with inexpensive or recycled materials.
Read this next: For crafty outdoor activities this summer, check out Sew a Backyard Adventure by Susan Maw and Sally Bell. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Culpeper County Library 271 Southgate Shopping Center Culpeper, Virginia 22701 540-825-8691
www.cclva.org
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