A GARDEN OF SEDUMS
Everyone can have an attractive, easy-care garden. Do you garden in troughs? Flower boxes? Large containers? In the ground? Wherever you prefer to grow plants, there are plants that demand very little in the way of care. This week, let's look at ... [... more]
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Backyard Composting: Your Complete Guide to Recycling ...
 From Amazon.com: There have been many articles over the years about the benefits of composting for gardeners, but living in the city without a yard, this reviewer never really thought it was something that would apply to me with my handful of flower [... more]
CDN$6.97
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The Indian in the Cupboard (Widescreen/Full Screen)
From Amazon.com: Young Hal Scardino stars as a sensitive boy who discovers a way to bring plastic toys to life in a locked cupboard. One of those toys, a 19th-century Iroquois warrior (played by actor Litefoot), was actually a real warrior now only [... more]
CDN$14.95
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99 More Unuseless Japanese Inventions
From Amazon.com: 99 More Unuseless Japanese Inventions is a delightfully wacky book, easily the equal of its predecessor, 1995's 101 Unuseless Japanese Inventions. Those of you fortunate enough to pick that book up (and that's quite a few people--it was [... more]
CDN$16.99
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Remodeling a Basement: Expert Advice from Start to Finish
Incredibly helpful, Easy to follow, Comprehensive treatment: I've been slowly remodeling and fixing up all aspects of our house for the last ten years, and when my wife recently wanted to remodel our basement I did a lot of research into various books on [... more]
CDN$27.95
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5 Alive!
Virginia Finest: Wow, I first heard Carbon Leaf on a local radio station, "the coast" and I was instantly blown away. I heard them described as another "Virginia Rock" band such as Dave Matthews Band, Bruce Hornsby, Fighting Gravity [... more]
CDN$22.99
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Shadows in the Banquet Hall
Dark but beautiful: This recording is less accessible than their later Echo Echo, but it rewards the patient listener. Carbon Leaf's gift is the ability to create gorgeous soundscapes that perfectly reflect the lyrics of each song. That gift is in full [... more]
CDN$18.99
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Bear at Home
Cozy fun: "Bear at Home" is a very colorful and satisfying book for preschoolers. Basically it involves a tour of bear's house (he lives like a human does, and his pet cat also appears on every page) and his activities in each room, told in [... more]
CDN$7.28
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Household Conveniences and How to Make Them
Household Conveniences & How to Make Them: This book, a Lyons Press reprint of an 1884 publication, is a gem. Even though the text is over 100 years-old, it is up-to-date in many ways. The homesteader, the do-it-yourselfer, those curious about the [... more]
CDN$15.95
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Flower Power: Fresh, Fabulous Arrangements
Wonderfully creative!: I don't know how she does it, but Rebecca Cole delights, amazes and inspires me again! Her third book contains arrangements from the whimsical to sassy and she breaks them down step-by-step, like a big floral arrangement cookbook. [... more]
CDN$45.00
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GERANIUM PLANT FAMILY
Is your favorite flower box plant really a geranium? Or is it a pelargonium? This question continues to haunt the horticultural world. It may be difficult to know just what plant is really being discussed when a gardener asks for a "geranium" .. [... more]
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Gardening without a garden
From Amazon.com: With glorious photography and practical text combining to make this book both beautiful and useful, Gardening Without a Garden is a wonderful title for anyone interested in container gardening. Featured plants range from colorful easy- [... more]
CDN$29.95
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