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An artist explains the Swedish concept of döstädning, meaning the effort to clean and declutter your home before you die.…
The tips for sorting and categorizing possessions can be used to prepare for any big life transition. 2018A room-by-room strategy for decluttering and embracing minimalism for those with busy families. Discusses the lifestyle benefits of minimalism, decluttering…
game plans, suggestions for getting the whole family on board, and ways to address resistance from other family members. 2017Par Sue Reed, Ginny Stibolt. 2018
A guide for home gardeners, focusing on adapting to changing climates. Advice for planning a garden that is sustainable and…
environmentally responsible. Covers a wide range of plantings, as well as guidance on using chemicals, watering, and soil preparation. 2018Par Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta M. Golinkoff. 2016
The authors discuss the skill sets that are most useful for children to learn and provide guidance to parents on…
how to aid their children in developing them. Focuses on collaboration, communication, content, critical thinking, creative innovation, and confidence. 2016An expert on vegetable gardening gives ideas for choosing and caring for unusual vegetable varieties. Each chapter takes a veggie…
common to backyard gardens, and offers more exotic planting ideas. Gives advice on growing and harvesting these vegetables from around the world. 2018Par David Frye. 2018
A historian discusses the role of man-made edifices and barriers throughout history. Explores the importance of walls in ancient civilizations,…
a thousand-mile-long wall in Asia, sieges of fortified cities, political conflicts centered upon walls, gated communities, and more. 2018Par Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles Beveridge. 2015
Writings by the landscape architect (1822-1903) known for designing New York's Central Park, Brooklyn's Prospect Park, the U. S. Capitol…
grounds, the Biltmore Estate, and Boston's Emerald Necklace. Includes letters, newspaper articles, essays, editorials, and autobiographical reminiscences by the man who was also--among other things--a gentleman farmer, abolitionist, and conservationist. 2015The author of Decluttering at the Speed of Life (DB 92376) provides strategies she uses for keeping her own home…
neat, habits with the most impact, and advice for keeping clutter contained. Discusses the ongoing nature of cleaning a house and debunks common housekeeping fantasies. 2016Originally published in 1989, this guide for organic gardening has been updated for its thirtieth anniversary edition. Includes detailed advice…
for both large- and small-scale gardeners, such as choosing your plot, planning your garden, fertilizing, dealing with pests, and harvesting. An appendix provides information on specific crops. 2018Par Richard Orlando. 2018
A professional gardener presents a researched guide to weeds. Covers the history of weeds as well as the basic weed…
families and descriptions of common weeds found across the United States. Goes on to provide advice for gardeners on methods for controlling weeds. 2018Par Ashley Benham Yazdani. 2019
In 1858, New York City was growing so fast that new roads and tall buildings threatened to swallow up the…
remaining open space. The people needed a green place to be—a park with ponds to row on and paths for wandering through trees and over bridges. When a citywide contest solicited plans for creating a park out of barren swampland, Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted put their heads together to create the winning design, and the hard work of making their plans a reality began. By winter, the lake opened for skating. By the next summer, the waterside woodland known as the Ramble opened for all to enjoy. Meanwhile, sculptors, stonemasons, and master gardeners joined in to construct thirty-four unique bridges, along with fountains, pagodas, and band shells, making New York's Central Park a green gift to everyonePar Jess French. 2019
Explains what we're doing to our environment, both the good and the bad. Discusses the different types of pollution and…
waste streams and the progress we've made in renewable energy and recycling. For grades 2-4. 2019Par Marni Jameson. 2015
A home columnist provides a guide to sorting through a lifetime of possessions and the emotional journey of downsizing the…
family home for oneself or one s parents. Discusses strategies to accomplish the goal quickly, respectfully, and rewardingly. Includes insights from antiques appraisers, garage-sale gurus, professional organizers, and psychologists. 2015Par Kate Frey, Gretchen LeBuhn, Leslie Lindell. 2016
A garden designer and a biology professor collaborated on this guide to creating gardens that nurture bees. They discuss the…
different species of bees, the problem of colony collapse disorder, and what attracts bees, and offer tips on planning and caring for bee-friendly flower and edible plant gardens. 2016Par Arthur O. Tucker, Susan Belsinger. 2019
A food writer and a botanist collaborate on this guide to growing and cooking with forty common herbs. There are…
sections on general gardening issues and cooking techniques, and for each herb there is advice on cultivation, propagation, harvesting, and preserving, plus tasting notes and cooking tips. 2019Examines the life of George Washington Carver, an agricultural scientist, educator, and inventor. As a faculty member at the Tuskegee…
Institute, Carver carried his lessons out to the farmers. He promoted conservation and developed many innovative techniques, including growing alternative crops and developing new products from agriculture. For grades 5-8. 2019Par Frances Tophill. 2019
A horticulturalist and presenter for the BBC shares container gardening ideas for those whose plant needs are limited by space…
and budgets. She gives advice for selecting pots, choosing and caring for plants, and undertaking creative projects with a focus on recycling materials. 2017Par Samin Nosrat, Silvia Killingsworth. 2019
Collection of twenty-five previously published essays exploring topics related to food. "Sugartime" by Ruby Tandoh--a former contestant on The Great…
British Baking Show--is a meditation on the meaning of sugar, both physical and metaphorical, in our lives. Also includes essays by Michael W. Twitty and Priya Fielding-Singh. 2019Par Stephen Miller, Christopher Mills Isett, Christopher Isett. 2017
Historians examine of the development of agriculture from the first settlements in the Neolithic era to the early-twenty-first century and…
posit that advancements in agricultural technology were due to people and not markets. Topics include agriculture's origins, the development of capitalism, the role of slavery, collectivization, and corporatization. 2017Par Kyle Chayka. 2020
A journalist looks beneath the fads surrounding minimalism to examine our deeper desire for simplicity, and considers how to find…
better ways to claim the time and space we crave. He shows that our longing for less has deep roots, giving examples from philosophy, religion, art, architecture, music, and design. 2020