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Vegetable Gardening for Beginners: A Simple Guide to Growing Vegetables at Home


Jill McSheehy - 2020
    Whether you’re new to gardening or interested in saving costs, Vegetable Gardening for Beginners offers easy-to-follow steps for starting and sustaining your very own vegetable garden.Learn the basics of starting your dream garden, including tips on choosing between in-ground or raised bed gardens and creating a full-season garden plan. Discover how to make your own soil mix, transplant seedlings, and maintain and harvest a thriving vegetable garden for seasons to come.Vegetable Gardening for Beginners includes:* Beet-by-beet gardening―Get the lowdown on planning, prepping, and planting―including building and filling garden beds, watering, mulching, and more.* Garden variety―Choose the right seeds with 30 in-depth profiles on popular vegetables and key decisions, like choosing companion plants.* Weed out problems―Troubleshoot plant problems, including bitter carrots, blight, and even pests like the squash vine borer.Go from greenhorn to green thumb with Vegetable Gardening for Beginners.

The Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens: How to Raise a Happy Backyard Flock


Anne Kuo - 2019
    From constructing coops to rearing chicks, you’ll learn everything you need to know to make sure your chickens stay happy and healthy all year round.Which breed of chicken is right for you? What’s the best coop-bedding material? What sort of feed should you use? Let expert chicken keeper Anne Kuo answer these questions—and many others—in The Beginner’s Guide to Raising Chickens.The Beginner’s Guide to Raising Chickens includes: All cooped up—Create the perfect home for raising chickens using detailed backyard coop designs and construction guides. From chickens to eggs—Find out how to pick the right breed, raise chicks, collect eggs, keep your birds safe from predators, and more. Learn to speak bird—Start talking the talk thanks to an extensive glossary of common chicken-keeping terms. Get your own flock started in no time—The Beginner’s Guide to Raising Chickens shows you how.

The New Southern Living Garden Book: The Ultimate Guide to Gardening


Southern Living Inc. - 2015
    Completely redesigned and updated for the first time in 10 years, the new edition features over 1,700 beautiful color photographs and over 7,000 featured plants. Enhanced features include a monthly garden checklist, a Q&A section to tackle everyday problems, and garden design solutions, plus industry experts provide the hottest trends and tips combined with old-fashioned wisdom. From the new homeowner just starting out in gardening to the Master Class gardener, this book will be an essential resource.

The Modern Cottage Garden: A Fresh Approach to a Classic Style


Greg Loades - 2020
    Using real gardens as examples, The Modern Cottage Garden teaches gardeners how to combine the best of both styles—big, colorful blooms and striking grasses and native plants—into one beautiful space that requires little maintenance and has a long season of interest. Fresh planting ideas for containers, small gardens, and diverse climates present an exciting style that can shine anywhere.

Under a Greek Moon


Carol Kirkwood - 2021
    Reeling from a scandal that has tarnished her success, she is drawn back to the beautiful olive groves and endless azure skies – and to the secrets she has tried hard to forget.Looking down from his hilltop villa, enigmatic tycoon Demetrios Theodosis knows he can’t change the past, and looks to the future through his tempestuous daughter Ariana, but in trying to tame her free spirit, is he driving her further away?Set against bleached white houses bounded by a sapphire sea, a yearning for the truth will compel them both to confront their shared past, and take them back to a distant summer that seemed to hold so much promise …

Meal Prep for Weight Loss: Weekly Plans and Recipes to Lose Weight the Healthy Way


Kelli Shallal - 2019
    Eat for a week. Lose weight for the long term. Losing weight can be as easy as cooking one day per week. Meal Prep for Weight Loss equips you with the knowledge to properly prepare balanced meals ahead of time, so you can lose weight and keep it off. No crash diets, no spending hours in the kitchen.Balanced meals lead to better energy levels and fewer cravings, which lays the foundation for sustainable weight loss. And it’s easier to make these meals consistently if you plan ahead. Meal Prep for Weight Loss shows you how, with 3-recipe and 6-recipe weekly meal plans, accessible ingredients, and a wide range of fun, flavorful, batch-friendly recipes.Meal Prep for Weight Loss offers: Take back control—With meal prep, you are always in control of what you eat, how much you eat, and when you eat. Everything you need—Get started right away with detailed shopping lists, and instructions for cooking, portioning, storing, and reheating. Customizable plans—Switch up the different plans with a variety of tasty, meal prep ready recipes. Shed weight the healthy way—with full meal prep plans for well-portioned meals every day of the week.

5-Ingredient Cooking for Two: 100 Recipes Portioned for Pairs


Robin Donovan - 2020
    5-Ingredient Cooking for Two simplifies small-batch cooking to its core, highlighting wholesome, healthy recipes requiring only 5 everyday ingredients--perfectly portioned for any twosome.5-Ingredient Cooking for Two gives you a rundown of streamlining your dishes with budget-savvy shopping lists and step-by-steps on meal planning. You'll find 100 deliciously easy two-person meals, from Breakfast Quesadillas to Blueberry Clafoutis, as well as 10 effortless cooking techniques designed to elevate each flavorful dish--and please more than just two palates.5-Ingredient Cooking for Two includes:Top it off--Whether you're cooking for company or whipping up a romantic meal, transform your dishes with special finishing touches like vibrant garnishes, tasty variations, and pairing tips.In a pinch--Short on time? Cooking for two is even quicker with recipes for 30-minute meals, one pan or one pot, freezer-friendly foods you can make ahead, and more.Trick or two--Cut down your cook times and costs while cooking for two with a look at the essential tools and ingredients, as well as help with making your own spice blends, buying in bulk, and minimizing food waste.Scale down your plates without sacrificing taste with 5-Ingredient Cooking for Two.

Hell Hath No Fury 11


Les Macdonald - 2019
    Part One: Women Who Kill Their Partners offers up nine cases of women who have murdered their husbands. The nine are Jennifer Trayers, Amber Hilberling, Dixie Shanahan, Patricia Hill, Misty Witherspoon, Jane Reth, Amanda Kaur, Betty Neumar and Karen Biraghi. Part Two: Women Who Kill Their Children all presents nine cases of Women Who Kill Their Children. These nine are Cynthia Collier, Hannah Hildebrandt, Mary Westrope, Julia Markham, Marie Pazos, Elsie Nollen, Stella Almarez, Theresa Riggi and Jennifer Berman. Part Three: A Random Two-Pack of Murder holds two cases on Lisa Marie Caplan and Katherine Schubert. The book ends with a bonus chapter on MIchelle Kehoe.

Small Batch Baking: 60 Sweet and Savory Recipes to Satisfy Your Craving


Saura Kline - 2021
    This friendly guide breaks it down for you, meaning you won’t need to calculate any complex measurement conversions. Just follow the tips and instructions and you’ll be whipping up smaller batches of cakes, brownies, breads, pies, and so much more.Exactly the right amount―Portioned for just 6 cupcakes or 12 cookies, these baking recipes make the perfect number for serving a small gathering or just yourself.Customizable recipe yields―All of the ingredients are measured by both weight and volume so it’s easy to double or triple a recipe if you need to make more.Simple kitchen equipment―These sweets can be made with standard bowls and pans, with no need for any specialty or mini bakeware.Create perfectly portioned treats anytime with the Small Batch Baking Cookbook.

30 Day Indian Keto Recipe Book: Lose Weight By Eating Delicious Indian Keto Food


Rima Pai - 2017
    And do it by eating some delicious home cooked Indian food that you love ! If you have heard about the Keto Diet but don't know what meals to cook, and would love to cook some delicious Indian food whilst sticking to your diet plan, then This book could be your Answer ... Imagine having recipes for an entire month with FULL Nutritional Information that can get you started on this exciting journey ... Trying to be healthy is hard in today's world when coping with modern day stresses. Being overweight is a modern day disease that in turn leads to so many lifestyle based disorders including Type 2 Diabetes. India already has the most number of diabetics. But we can change this ! By simply substituting carbs with healthy fats, the Keto Diet or the Ketogenic Diet forces the body to burn fat for fuel instead of carbs for fuel. This leads to weight loss, a decrease in appetite and an increase in mental focus. Let us educate ourselves about food and nutrition and learn how by making these small minor changes in our diets we can reclaim our health. Rima Pai will show you how can you can make Indian dishes including Mains, Sides, Snacks and Desserts that fit your Keto calculations. She reveals her secret recipes that she developed to help you lose weight and feel great! This guide to the Ketogenic Indian diet, uses local ingredients that we can find in most super markets. The recipes featured in this book are popular and easy to make. In this book, you will learn ... * How to make over 50 tasty Indian Keto approved food dishes * An easy to understand overview of the Ketogenic Diet * Whats foods to eat and what foods to avoid * What are the side effects of the Keto diet and how you can avoid them Bonus: Get Additional Ketogenic Indian Recipes Here are just a few of interesting recipes you will find in the book * Paneer Methi Cheese Marke Chilla * Cauliflower Tikkis * Juggad Wale Vegetables * Desi Chinese Style Chicken and Broccoli Stir Fry * Jhatpat Jhinga * Soya Paneer Cheese Kebabs * Millie Aur Julie Wali Sabji * Shrikhand * Gulab Kulfi * Kesar Kalakand Let lack of food options not derail your ketogenic journey, get your copy today! About the Author Rima Pai is an Engineer based in the Silicon Valley in the United States. With a high profile job and fast paced life with 2 kids, health had always been ignored. As the years went by she discovered that her weight kept fluctuating and she developed medical conditions. Finally last year she decided that it was time to take charge and that's when she heard about the Keto Diet through a friend and discovered its health benefits while losing weight!! The only hurdle was everywhere she looked she could only find Western Recipes and she loved her Indian Desi food. That's when the creative spark came to light and she had fun creating mouth watering Indian Recipes that adhered to the diet. This was one diet which she just loved being on! And to add to it, she was amazed to see the health benefits it had. She vowed to share her work with as many Indians as possible and this book is her attempt at it.

Gardening Your Front Yard: Projects and Ideas for Big and Small Spaces


Tara Nolan - 2020
    With her unique combination of DIY/building savvy and gardening expertise, author Tara Nolan (Raised Bed Revolution) weaves you past the main pitfalls you may encounter when trying to fit a garden or gardens between your home and the street. This beautiful and comprehensive hardcover book shows how to accomplish several hardscape projects, such as building front patios, borders, edging, and walkways, as well as making your own raised beds, planting containers, trellises, rose arbors, privacy screens, and more—all custom-designed for the rigors of front-yard gardening.Gardening Your Front Yard is a garden book in every sense of the word, however. Choosing the right plants is even more important when you are dealing with a small, highly visible area with less than ideal growing conditions—all common traits of most front yards. You will find advice on training vines up brickwork and planting around foundation walls, planting boulevards/hell strips, and you’ll even take a trip into the side yard. Shade gardens, privacy screening, and security dos and don'ts are covered, plus how to intermingle edibles and landscape plants, cactus and succulent gardens, birdbaths, and much, much more. With the sage advice and step-by-step projects of this comprehensive guide, convert your front yard from a bland grasscape to a vital living space.

Essential Allotment Guide: How To Get The Best Out Of Your Plot


John Harrison - 2009
    In this guide John Harrison shows the reader how to get the most out of their plot, providing a complete introduction to planting and growing your own vegetables and plants.

The Ultimate Instant Pot® Cookbook for Two: Perfectly Portioned Recipes for 3-Quart and 6-Quart Models


Janet A. Zimmerman - 2019
    Plus, most recipes take only ten minutes or less to prep and are table-ready in under an hour, giving you more time to spend enjoying your company.The Instant Pot Cookbook for Two includes: A HANDY OVERVIEW covers Instant Pot® best practices, shopping tips for two, troubleshooting advice, and how to scale recipes up or down. 80+ RECIPES work with all models of the 3-quart Mini and 6-quart Lux, Duo, and Ultra. RECIPE TIPS throughout explain how to double recipes, use up ingredients, modify cooking times (if needed) for Mini and larger Lux models, and divide the labor to speed prep. Catch up on your day, re-connect or just wind down with a good meal. It's more than just sitting down to eat, it's a chance to really be together.

DIY Hydroponic Gardens: How to Design and Build an Inexpensive System for Growing Plants in Water


Tyler Baras - 2018
    No soil? No sunlight? No problem. A hydroponic growing system gives you the power to grow plants anywhere. Even if you live in an area where water is scarce, a hydroponic system is the answer you’ve been looking for. Hydroponic systems are sealed and do not allow evaporation, making water loss virtually nonexistent. Simply suspend your essential nutrients in a water-based solution and circulate them to the plant roots in a contained network of vessels and tubes. This accessible guide provides the solid information you need for hydroponic gardening success. Farmer Tyler shows you, with detailed step-by-step photos, precisely how to create these systems, and how to plant and maintain them. All the information you need to get started with your home hydroponic system is included:Recipes for nutrient solutionsLight and ventilation sourcesComprehensive equipment guideGrowing and maintenance instructions12+ hydroponic system buildsComplete crop selection chartsDIY Hydroponic Gardens is the best resource available for getting started in hydroponics.

Ground Rules: 100 Easy Lessons for Growing a More Glorious Garden


Kate Frey - 2018
    Frey distills the vital lessons gardening into 100 simple rules that, if followed, will yield a gorgeous, healthy, and thriving home garden. New home gardeners will discover tips on garden design, care and maintenance, healthy soil, and the best ways to water. They’ll learn how to create a garden that encourages birds and butterflies, how to how to choose healthy plants at the garden center, how and when to re-pot a container, and much more. With bite-size chunks of expert information and nearly 100 inspiring photographs, Ground Rules packs a lot of value into its playful package and will be a go-to resource for gardeners everywhere.