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Skilled lumberjacks Frank and Stephen Philbrick show you how to bring a tree from forest to fireplace. This is your complete guide to bringing in wood, from felling the tree, to splitting and drying the wood, to stacking and burning.The father and son duo will give you detailed instructions on managing a woodlot, felling and bucking, splitting and stacking, and even include fun facts on burning wood

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Learn how to make bentwood garden accessories with author Jim Long. This book wil guide you through the process of selecting the best type of wood for the job to choosing plants for your new structures, making a basic trellis, more elaborate and decorative trellis designs, bentwood gates, bentwood fences, arbors, and trellises made with other types of wood.

The techniques outlined by Long can be easily adapted to your own individual designs.

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This book turns the compost bin upside down with a natural six-way gardening system of keeping compost heaps right in the garden, rather than in some dark corner behind the garage. The compost and the plants live together from the beginning in a nourishing, organic environment.

Barbara Pleasant's bountiful, compost-rich gardens require less digging, weeding, mulching, and even less planting. And here's one of the best parts — no more backbreaking slogs from compost bin to garden. The authors even identify the plants that benefit most from compost and how the elements of a composted garden work together. A natural Six-Way Compost Gardening System provides the ruling principles for successfully improving every garden with healthy compost.

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MOTHER EARTH NEWS has been a leading source for DIY project plans and advice for over 30 years - and we've compiled 14 of the best projects in this convenient e-book for beginner and intermediate do-it-yourselfers. Learn how to build furniture, handle home plumbing, and many other skills for becoming more self-reliant. Projects include:

• Woodworking Basics
• Build a Solar Food Dehydrator
• How to Unclog Drains
• Build a Cozy Cabin
• Make Safe Paint

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Are you looking for simple ideas to save money? The MOTHER EARTH NEWS Guide to Living on Less has dozens of ideas to help you save money on food, housing and energy, while also living a greener life.

These strategies for living lightly are simple, satisfying and even fun. Here are a few of the articles you’ll find in this special collection:

• For big energy savings that can also help you save money check out our “8 Easy Projects for Instant Energy Savings.”
• Ready to start a garden, or make your existing garden bigger?
• Read “Easy Garden Anyone Can Make” for an easy plan that will have you growing more vegetables in no time.

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Few outdoor structures are as rich with romance and promise as greenhouses and potting sheds. Inspired gardeners appreciate them for their utility as well as their charm. Even homeowners who are not avid gardeners enjoy the unique ability of these structures to lend a taste of English countryside to any property.

Greenhouses and Garden Sheds contains hundreds of beautiful photographs featuring the finest examples of these structures. It presents clear choices and design features in a way that inspires as it educates. Readers will find a wealth of information to help lead them through the design and selection process. The book also includes step-by-step photos and instructions for a host of building projects involving and related to greenhouses and potting sheds, including start-to-finish construction of a lovely example of each type.

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Build your own Garden of Eden and have the sanctuary you've always wanted! Be the master of your own doman and retreat from the pressured of the world. This book capitalizes on the popular outdoor living trend, and offers a wide variety of stunning projects, including a garden arbor, tool shed, potting bench, garden chair and more!

A dream backyard isn’t complete without a few accessories, and this book gives readers a wealth of choices for "furnishing" their outdoor sanctuaries. It’s easy to build these inventive projects with complete step-by-step photos and instructions from a master carpenter. Other highlights include:

• Tips, hints and ideas that make these simple-to-build projects perfect for woodworkers of all levels and DIY enthusiasts
• Instructions for customizing each project to fit individual tastes and needs

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If you keep livestock or tend a garden that's vulnerable to wildlife predators, you know that a good fence is essential for protecting your investment. But with all the options available today it is often hard to determine what type of fence meets your needs.

Filled with sound, up-to-date advice and instruction, this complete guide makes fence building a task anyone can tackle with confidence.

About the author:

Gail Damerow is the author of several books, including Raising Milk Goats Succesfully and Chickens in your backyard. She lives in a diversified farm near Gainsboro, Tennesee.

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More than 20 projects offer complete plans and instructions for building a wide range of structures that are designed for adaptability and usefulness. You'll learn the step-by-step fundamentals of general construction — from planning and laying out a site to do-it-yourself framing, roofing, wiring, plumbing, and much more. Some of the projects featured include:

• All-purpose barns.
• Equipment or machine shed.
• Two-car garage.
• Roadside stand.
• Insulated dog house.
• Home office.