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Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xi, 628 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"A compendium of advice on how to live off the grid and by one's own means covers an array of topics, from how to build a greenhouse and stock a shelter in anticipation of a nuclear attack to administering emergency first aid and hunting in the wild."--
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 24 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Are you a nurse going into a client's home for the first time? Not sure what a home safety check is? Not sure where to start in managing the home or working with the family? Do you need to learn time management? If these thoughts have ever entered your mind then this program is a must have. Household management is a skill everyone should learn. Knowledge of such things as home organization, house cleaning, laundry, and chores are essential for a happy...
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In the mid-twentieth century in a home economics program at a prominent university, real babies are being used to teach mothering skills to young women. For a young man raised in these unlikely circumstances, finding real love and learning to trust will prove to be the work of a lifetime. From his earliest days as a "practice baby" through his adult adventures in 1960s New York City, Disney's Burbank studios, and the delirious world of the Beatles'...
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English
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The proven way to get organized once and for all
This is the highly anticipated new edition of a very successful organizing book that has sold over half a million copies to date, now updated with the latest on e-mail, PDAs, and other contemporary organizing topics and tools. Organize Yourself! provides readers with essential rules for better time, money, space, and paper management. It also addresses major events, from preparing for a move to planning...
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Never Done is the first history of American housework. Beginning with a description of household chores of the nineteenth century-cooking at fireplaces and on cast-iron stoves, laundry done with wash boilers and flatirons, endless water hauling and fire tending-Susan Strasser demonstrates how industrialization transformed the nature of women's work. Lightening some tasks and eliminating the need for others, new commercial processes inexorably altered...
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English
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Shows city dwellers how to enjoy a more satisfying lifestyle and plant seeds for the sustainable future of our cities, homesteading by growing food anywhere, composting with worms, preserving and fermenting foods, diverting greywater to your garden, and cleaning your house without toxins.
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English
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"In Clean Mama?s Guide to a Healthy Home, Becky Rapinchuk, author of Simply Clean and creator of the popular cleaning website Clean Mama, provides a step-by-step guide to take charge of your home?s wellness with a comprehensive, all-natural cleaning system."--Amazon.com.
12) 40 projects for building your backyard homestead: a hands-on, step-by-step sustainable-living guide
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English
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Provides details on how to build more than 40 projects--sheds, feeders, fences, and other structures--to enhance readers' sustainable living.
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English
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Build Fences, Make Goat Milk Soap, Create Goat Play Structures, and Much More! Get ready to jump into the world of goats, one DIY project at a time. Owning and raising goats doesn't have to be an expensive venture. With imagination, simple tools, and salvaged or bargain materials, you can make everything your goats need for their health, safety, and entertainment. Packed with useful information for goat owners, you'll learn about breeds, housing,...
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English
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Declutter your way to happiness and peace of mind. Are you constantly cleaning up and clearing away clutter? Do you feel overwhelmed by your stuff? Whether you live in a studio apartment or a large house, we all face the challenge of staying organized so we have a tidy home that feels welcoming, peaceful and calm.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 21 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Professional chef Jonathan Locke explains and demonstrates measuring tools and techniques in the kitchen. Easy-to-follow guidelines for measuring ingredients, time and temperature are presented in this informational video. Help your students learn about ratios, units of measure, the history of measurement, and how to measure different types of ingredients in Part 1: Understanding Measuring Tools. Part 2: Applying Measuring Techniques gives students...
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"PVC pipe is cheap, versatile, durable and simple to work with. Homesteader Charles Sanders has come up with 101 projects that can be constructed from PVC piping, including a small-scale greenhouse, hanging planters, livestock or pet feeders, gutter cleaners, and a wide range of containers, holders, and racks for just about anything. WIth dozens of different types of fittings and couplings, almost any PVC project is a snap. Enterprising homesteaders...
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"Did you know?...We poison our children and pets to kill a fly...We get a dose of antibiotics every day--whether we have a prescription or not...We need Hazmat suits to clean up a broken energy-efficient CFL light bulb. In 'The Healthy Home' father-and-son team Dr. Myron Wentz and Dave Wentz walk readers room-by-room through a typical house, pointing out the surprising health risks posed by everyday products and behaviors of any modern family..."--Dust...
19) Real simple 2022
Publisher
Time Inc
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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English
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"Packed with step-by-step instructions, useful tips, time-honored wisdom, and both illustrations and photographs, this compact guide has everything you need to dive into a more self-sufficient life. From canning and preserving to keeping chickens, from fermenting vegetables to soap making, Gehring covers all the basics in this easy-to-read, approachable collection."--Page [4] of cover.
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