"Brings you the most reliable and up-to-date methods of home canning and freezing. New recipes have been added and old favorites rewritten; the continuity rearranged and instructions simplified so all age homemakers may find it helpful. Includes all the information needed to obtain the good results you have a right to expect when you preserve foods by methods based on scientific facts. We trust this new Blue Book will assist you to produce the finest quality of canned and frozen foods." - page 1. 112 pages printed on glossy stock with many photos in color and black and white. Index. Unma... View More...
222 pages. Features: 8,200 sf geothermally-heated log mountain retreat; The 'Do it With Logs' design contest; Canadian - Japanese connections - log building school; High altitude builders; Energy - how does the log stack up; The 1984 hand-hewn log home company directory; Schools, teachers and associations; Dealer directory; and much more. Few library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. View More...
"This updated edition includes over 100 new recipes for home food preservation as well as easy-to-understand home canning instructions and tips. The book features a broad range of fruit and vegetable recipes which can be processed in a boiling water canner. The recipes are designed to assist beginning preservers as well as update the more experienced." - inside front cover. 128 pages. Index. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A lovely copy. Gift quality.; 4to View More...
"Captures the flavour of Ontario country cooking at its best. Tasty stews and casseroles, mouthwatering old-style cakes, traditional favourites such as bread pudding and Sally Lunn cake, hearty home-baked breads, pastries and pies, home-made ice cream." - back cover. "A treasure for anyone brought up in Ontario." - Toronto Star. 249 pages. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. Short clear archival tape repair to front cover bottom. A worthy working copy of this wonderful compilation of Ontario heritage recipes.; 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall; Ontario - recipes, ... View More...
112 pages. Features: Risa Buck went off the grid in Ashland; Kurt Nelson combines solar electricity and science education in a space station simulator for students in Wausau, WI; Mark Whitaker powers some of his appliances with solar electricity; Ely Schless's electric power bike; Electric Vehicle Charging and Maintenance; Visit to a lead recycling factory; The evolution of hot water heaters; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. View More...
142 pages. Features: Solar Water Heaters in California, 1891-1930; The Ideas of Greenwich Village; Sanctuary in Cuba; Neighborhood Preservation is an ecology issue; The Hawksbill Turtle; Insulation Heresy; Wilderness Plots; Broken Circuits, Smoke and Fire; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. View More...
379 pages including bibliography, glossary and index. "This feature-packed book is the first comprehensive treatment of an exciting and timely new concept in home landscaping. It shows you how you can create beauty around your home, and save money and natural resources all at the same time - by landscaping wiht edible plants. An outstanding feature is the 160-page Encyclopedia of Edibles - a book in itself - which alphabetically lists over 120 edible species and provides, for each, horticultural information, landscaping and culinary uses, sources, and recipes." - from dust jacket. Includes... View More...
101 pages. Chapters include: Health, Beauty and Fripperies; Cleaning and Laundry; Heat and Light; The Kitchen; From the Pantry; Things that Grow; and more. Few markings to contents. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling externally. Binding sound. Decent working copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Rural Living Tips View More...
132 pages. Features: Beautiful color fashion ads; Giorgio Almirante is no Mussolini Yet; If You Think It's Groovy To Rap, You're Shucking - article on new vocabulary of the day; J.I. Rodale - Guru of the Organic Food Cult - photo-illustrated article; Six 'Big Lies" About America - featuring one-page illustration of the Statue of Liberty with a Hitlerian face, swastikas around her crown and a grenade in her raised hand; The Party's Over for the Class of '71 - a report from the University of Chicago suggests the nation's June graduates are facing some sobering facts of life; After Vietnam - Ano... View More...
117 pages. Features: Millenium vehicles; the chances of global disaster; cucumbers - cool is the word; raising beef for your family; homemade candy; guns for Y2K and beyond. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Nice copy. View More...
122 pages. Features: Purina Chick Chow color ad inside front cover; Poppies for your garden; Screening casement windows; My Wild Flower Corner; Gardening on a steep hillside; Arbor Lodge - Home of J. Sterling Morton, Founder of Arbor Day; Plant a tree for the baby this year; Prairie Wild Flowers; The heart of the house - the kitchen; Year-round beauty from evergreens; Make the architect a partner when you build; Where our readers live - photos of homes of Ralph Garrison of Kalamazoo, E.L. Venning of Glen Ellyn, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Beat of Portland and Mrs. H.E. Roth of Sheboygan; What to do wit... View More...
144 pages. Features: The Real News From Three Mile Island; Skidding - horses in the woods; Plant a Tree for England; The Butterflies of Jasper Ridge; The I Cash Clothes Man; Going Underground in Arctic Norway; Turning into WARC; Personal Computer Networks; Dungeons & Dragons; The Brief Against "Voluntary Metric Conversion"; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. View More...
128 pages. Features: Learning From Down Under; Site Unseen - two Aussies buy an acre of land in Noosa, site unseen; Architect Brian Zulaikha's open-plan home; Nature Nurtured - Kiwi couple tucks trapezoidal live-work space into spectacular surroundings; Seven great homes. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. View More...
128 pages. Features: Heart of the Country; Joanna and Geoff Mouming's farm; Diane Pascal and Thomas Richie and their UrbanLab-designed home near Nennepin, IL; Five Modern Cabins. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. View More...
"Lasqueti Island has a rowdy and divided reputation. Through the 1970s and early '80s, the island attracted a flood of counterculture seekers - communards, hippies, utopians, revolutionaries and other exotic characters looking for an alternative lifestyle. [This book] explores both its eccentric days and its political accomplishments." - back cover. 253 pages. Many nice sepia-tone reproductions of photos. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A sound copy of this wonderful look back.; 8vo View More...
First edition of this landmark work in the history of organic agriculture. Intended to "draw attention to the destruction of the earth's capital - the soil; to indicates some of the consequences of this; and to suggest methods by which the lost fertility can be restored and maintained. This ambitious project is founded on the work and experience of forty years, mainly devoted to agricultural research in the West Indies, India, and Great Britain." - Preface. xv, [1], 253 pages. Index. Black and white graphs, diagrams, and photographic plates. Light foxing to endpapers. Unmarked with average... View More...
xv, [4], 2-253 pages. Index. References. Black and white illustrations and photographic plates. Graphs. Tables. First published in England in 1940. "The purose of this book is to draw attention to the destruction of the earth's capital - the soil; to indicate some of the consequences of this; and to suggest methods by which the lost fertility can be restored and maintained." - Preface. Sir Albert Howard [1873-1947] was a pioneer of the organic farming movement. Prior owner's inkstamp inside front board. Binding intact. Dust jacket not included. Average wear to publisher's blue clot... View More...
"We know there are a lot of young folks like ourselves turning to the countryside or wilderness to live more fully and productively than our modern society and crowded cities allow. We have compiled this book for you. It is a book of information but we've tried our best to make it more enjoyable than a dictionary. We hope you will find it useful." - Introduction. 318 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this beloved back-to-the-land guide.; Illustrations; 8vo View More...
"The environment has played an important role in the survival of the Native cultures in Alberta. Even today many Indian communities are dependent on a harmonious relationship with the land. This publication was originally produced in 1975 to accompany a travelling exhibition on ethnobotany in Alberta. The purpose of the book is to convey past ethnobotanical uses of Alberta species. It is not meant to encourage the use of native plants, some of which are quite poisonous. Conservation should also be considered as many species are not abundant." - Introduction. 39 pages. Black and white il... View More...
66 pages. Features: Nice color Stark Bros. ad inside front cover features their red radiance rose; Planting for Christmas joy; Transplanting a house and building a garden; Houses must have good walls; William Allen White in his garden; Delphinium goes to college; Those friendly winter birds; How to achieve homelikeness - tables, lamps desk and Davenport are as necessary as the chairs; Beauty in vegetable gardens; Radio has come a long way - technical jargon no longer one of the essentials; A home speeks good English; Planting a Perennial Picture; Some tales about trees; The Art of Book Giving... View More...
