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If you're looking to buy an old house to fix up, this e-handbook helps you look beyond the romance and whimsy of an old house to determine, realistically, what is likely to go wrong and what it would take to make the house livable.

With this valuable resource, you can learn to tell if a foundation is sound, the plumbing works, or the kitchen needs remodeling. Seek an expert opinion when you've decided you really want a particular house but aren't sure about a particular feature. 35 pages.

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As early as the 1400s, oregano had a variety of medicinal, cosmetic, and household uses. Most varieties of oregano are good for cooking, several work well as ground covers, and the tender oreganos, including the dittany group, make great houseplants. Growing both the hardy and tender varieties is relatively easy if you can provide for their basic needs.

This e-handbook shows you how to grow oregano, use it in crafts and for medicinal purposes. Recipes for cooking with oregano include:

• Oregano Butter
• Italian Bean Salad
• Greek Chicken
• Lean Herb Sausage
• The Ultimate Pizza
• Oregano Bread
• Easy Vegetarian Lasagna

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During the California Gold Rush and later the Yukon Gold Rush, sourdough was so much a part of their diet that the prospectors were known as "sourdoughs." Most of us associate sourdough with this time period, but baking with sourdough is being rediscovered.

With the help of the e-handbook, you can learn the history of sourdough, how to get a sourdough starter and adapt standard recipes to sourdough. Recipes in this handy guide include:

• Sourdough Pumpernickel
• Sourdough Banana Bread
• Sourdough Brown Biscuits
• Apple Muffins
• Blueberry Breakfast Bread
• Sourdough Poultry Dressing
• Sourdough Cherry Cobbler

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Cooked dried beans provide vitamins, minerals, fiber and in combination with grains or dairy products provide all the essential amino acids of complete protein.

This e-handbook describes the different kinds of beans, how to grow your own beans and helpful cooking information. Also included are recipes for soups, stews and other main dishes such as:

• Split Pea Soup
• Black Bean Soup
• Minestrone
• Louisiana Red Beans & Rice
• Lentil-Rice Stew
• Fried Chick Peas with Garlic

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Grain harvesting can be done in small spaces, and Homegrown Whole Grains will teach you how to grow, harvest and cook nine nutritious whole grains. From wheat and rice, to heirloom grains, this book has everything you need for a successful grain harvest.

All you need to start grain harvesting is to convert part of your yard into a field of grain. After the harvest you can enjoy nutritious whole grains to use them whole in delicious recipes, or mill them into flour for artisan breads, and other baked goods.This complete grain harvesting book will give you the knowledge you need to grow, harvest and cook nine different grains, including barley, quinoa, millet, buckwheat and oats.

This book by author Sara Pitzer started 30 years ago, when she wrote the book Wholegrains for the original folks of the back-to-the-land movement. Today, she writes about grain harvesting with a different attitude, one that helps modern homesteaders grown their own food at a smaller, more manageable scale.

For the gardener who is anxious to grow more than a variety of vegetables, this grain harvesting book will become a dear resource. Each of the nine grains featured in Homegrown Whole Grains has a different flavor and use, by harvesting them at home, you'll be able to make such varied foods as whole grain pasta, and will add variety to homegrown food.

About the Author: Sara Pitzer has learned and written about grains in Pennsylvania's Amish country, California, the American Southeast, Thailand and Peru. She is the author of more than a dozen cookbooks and travel guides.