Erin Benzakein

Chris Benzakein

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Pennsylvania

A Guide to Growing and Arranging Magnificent Blooms

A stunning guide to growing, harvesting, and arranging gorgeous dahlia blooms from celebrated farmer-florist and New York Times bestselling author Erin Benzakein, founder of Floret Flower Farm.

World-renowned flower farmer and floral designer Erin Benzakein reveals all the secrets to growing, cultivating, and arranging gorgeous dahlias. These coveted floral treasures come in a dazzling range of colors, sizes, and forms, with enough variety for virtually every garden space and personal preference, making them one of the most beloved flowers for arrangements.

In these pages, readers will discover:

* Expert advice for planting, harvesting, and arranging garden-fresh dahlias
* A simple-to-follow overview of the dahlia classification system
* An A-Z guide with photos and descriptions of more than 350 varieties
* Step-by-step how-to's for designing show-stopping dahlia bouquets that elevate any occasion

Expert Author: Erin Benzakein's gorgeous flowers are celebrated throughout the world. Her book Floret Farm's A Year in Flowers was a New York Times bestseller and her first book, Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden, won the American Horticultural Society Book Award.

Filled with Wisdom: Overflowing with hundreds of lush photographs and invaluable advice, DISCOVERING DAHLIAS is an essential resource for gardeners and a must-have for anyone who loves flowers, including flower lovers, avid and novice gardeners, floral designers, florists, small farmers, stylists, and designers.

Beautiful Present: This book is a beautiful present for Mother's Day and a thoughtful gift for nature lovers, flower enthusiasts, and gardeners. The colorful, flower-forward package pairs perfectly with a bouquet of flowers, seeds, or a vase.

Floret Farm's Discovering Dahlias

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Cheralyn Darcey

Would love to keep but I’m in need of scaling down my library. I just want it to go to a good home!

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Connecticut

1000 Flowers and Their Meanings

Flowerpaedia is an A-Z reference guide of over 1000 flowers. A comprehensive dictionary of flowers researched and compiled by botanical explorer Cheralyn Darcey.

Flowerpaedia

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Flower Gardening

Teresa. Marrone

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

New Hampshire

How to Preserve All Your Favorite Vegetables, Fruits, Meats, and Herbs

This essential companion for putting your food dehydrator to work features instructions and techniques for drying all the most popular fruits and vegetables, along with meat and herbs. You’ll learn to dry fruits and vegetables at their peak, giving you an easy and economical way to stock your pantry with apple rings, mango slices, banana chips, dried soup beans, tomatoes, and much more for year-round enjoyment. In addition, drying guidelines for specialty items like meat jerky, fruit leather, dried herb and spice mixtures, backpacking meals, and even baby food round out this friendly handbook.

The Beginner's Guide to Dehydrating Food, 2nd Edition

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Stephanie Thurow

Michelle Bruhn

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Minnesota

A Sustainable Guide to Gardening, Keeping Chickens, Maple Sugaring, Preserving the Harvest, and More

"With over thirty-five years of combined experience, homesteaders Stephanie Thurow and Michelle Bruhn have taught thousands of people across the globe how to garden, preserve food, tend backyard chickens, cook from scratch, and care for their families with natural homemade alternatives. Now, their homesteading knowledge and instruction can be found in one place with Small-Scale Homesteading. In this sustainable guide, learn how to grow your own food, tap maple trees to make gallons of homemade syrup, successfully raise a small flock of laying hens, and more. Merging insight from two homesteaders proves to be twice the fun and reminds us that working together is always better." -- Back cover.

Small-Scale Homesteading

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Val Bourne

What are the key tasks for each month that the time-pressed vegetable gardener should do to ensure success? Which vegetables should you grow and which varieties will guarantee color, interest, and fragrance throughout the year? What are the most important things you need to know to make your crop blight-free, healthy, and plentiful? Pithy, practical and purposeful, for anyone who loves their plot but is forced to garden in snatched moments, this handy diary is full of tried-and-tested tips from a seasoned old hand.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

California

The Ten-Minute Gardener's Vegetable-Growing Diary

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Gardening + Homesteading

David Hoffman

New Jersey

A Safe and Practical Guide to Making and Using Herbal Remedies

"Herbal medicine is enjoying a much deserved revival with more and more people turning to its safe, natural remedies which are free from harmful side-effects." "The most comprehensive and authoritative guide available, this herbal offers clear, step-by-step advice on the use of herbal medicine for the safe treatment of a wide range of complaints. Its unique holistic approach enables you to restore and maintain wellbeing by treating the body as a whole." "Beautifully illustrated with over three hundred full-color pictures, it covers treatment of a wide range of complaints and diseases, gathering herbs and preparing remedies, A-Z herbal featuring more than 200 herbs, and Clear explanations of the body's systems."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal Guide

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Jennie Harding

A great guide to tons of herbs and their uses. In almost new condition! 

A Color Guide to Herbs and Herbal Healing

Herbs have been used for centuries to treat major and minor ailments, and as people seek more natural approaches to health, herbal remedies have become the most popular modern form of alternative medicine. Herbs is a guide to these plants healing properties in which you'll learn:



-How to cultivate herbs at home and in the garden.



-A range of common ailments and the herbs used to treat them.



-Comprehensive guidance on using herbs safely.



This is a beautiful and comprehensive guide to the characteristics and curative properties of 130 of the most useful healing herbs. Each spread offers a summary of the herb by its common name, its properties, uses, availability, and safety information. Herbs are shown in their various forms, and a color photograph of its leaf or flower against a black background captures the herb's beauty as never before.

Herbs

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Elizabeth Millard

Texas

Growing Medicinal Plants in Your Own Yard

Easily grow plants & herbs for their healing & natural-remedy properties. Detailed photos, histories, descriptions & step-by-step instructions included.

Backyard Pharmacy

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Herbal Apothecary

Martha Stewart

Idaho

100 Favorite Recipes, with Lessons and Stories from My Kitchen

Martha Stewart celebrates her landmark 100th book with an intimate collection of 100 treasured recipes, along with stunning photos from her personal archives and the stories behind them. A must for anyone who has ever been inspired by the one and only Martha. Join Martha in the kitchen as she shares favorite recipes and invaluable tips. Learn how to cook her mother’s humble Potato Pierogi, her decadent Gougères, a comforting Apple Brioche Bread Pudding, and the famous Paella she makes for the luckiest friends who visit her in summer. You’ll find something to satisfy everyone’s taste, whether it’s a simple meal you make for yourself, a weeknight family dinner, or a special celebration, recipes range from breakfast & brunch to soups & salads, hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, dinner, and of course dessert. Like a scrapbook of Martha’s life in cookbook form, this is the ultimate collection for devotees as well as newer fans who want to become more confident in the kitchen and do what Martha does best: Start with the basics and elevate them. From timeless classics to contemporary delights, these recipes reflect storied moments from her legendary, trailblazing career.

Martha: the Cookbook

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Martha

Laura Barber

Former library copy of Penguin's Poems for Weddings 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Oklahoma

Were you the earth, dear Love, and I the skies, My love should shine on you like to the sun, And look upon you with ten thousand eyes, Till heaven waxed blind, and till the world were done. A wedding is a special moment in a couple's life - and a well-chosen poem can make that moment perfect. Here are verses to mark private proposals and celebrate public vows at every kind of wedding, whether traditional or modern. Ranging from the classic to the contemporary, from the deeply romantic to the resolutely realistic, this book is the perfect companion for the day itself, and for ever after.

Penguin's Poems for Weddings

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Amanda Lovelace

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The witch: supernaturally powerful, inscrutably independent, and now—indestructible. These moving, relatable poems encourage resilience and embolden women to take control of their own stories. Enemies try to judge, oppress, and marginalize her, but the witch doesn’t burn in this one.

2016 Goodreads Choice Award-winning poet Amanda Lovelace returns in the witch doesn't burn in this one -- the bold second book in her "women are some kind of magic" series. The witch: supernaturally powerful, inscrutably independent, and now--indestructible. These moving, relatable poems encourage resilience and embolden women to take control of their own stories. Enemies try to judge, oppress, and marginalize her, but the witch doesn't burn in this one.

The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

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Alicia Cook

Virginia

Sorry I haven't texted you back, I've been so anxious and depressed I haven't had time to catch my breath! Returning to the form of Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately, Sorry I Haven't Texted You Back is a beacon of light for all who struggle or have struggled with their mental health. Structured similar to her first book, "Side A" is the poetry and "Side B" (the second half of the book) is "remixes," blackout versions of the poetry. The focus on mental health doesn't sacrifice universal appeal; the book includes the evergreen issues of love, loss, and heartbreak. Based on her viral Instagram poem, Sorry I Haven't Texted You Back, this collection lands in the crossroads of self-help and poetry.

Sorry I Haven't Texted You Back

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Modern Day Poets

Wilderflower Books

Arizona