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Constructing Kitchen Cabinets by John Kelsey
Category: Home and Garden | Series: Back to Basics
Woodworking should be a fun and fulfilling hobby. Bypass the overwhelming overload of woodworking information available, and get Back to Basics with the core information you need to succeed. This new series offers a clear road map of fundamental woodworking knowledge on sixteen essential topics. In Cons ...Show more
How to Build, Maintain, and Use a Compost System: Secrets and Techniques You Need to Know to Grow the Best Vegetables by Kelly Smith
Category: Gardening | Series: Back to Basics Growing
Some of the best fertilizer on the planet can be made with your very own garbage. Starting with something as simple as coffee grounds - a top composting product - and including all of your old banana peels, bread crusts, and leftover meals, you can start creating a garden with your food waste from scrat ...Show more
The Complete Guide to Preserving Meat, Fish, and Game - Step-By-Step Instructions to Freezing, Canning, Curing, and Smoking by Ken Oster
Category: Food & Wine | Series: Back to Basics Ser.
For more than 8,000 years humans have been preserving meat and fish through canning, curing, smoking, and freezing, use techniques that remove the moisture and make it possible to keep meat for much longer than its natural shelf life. However, improper preservation of meat leads to more than 40% of all ...Show more
The Homesteading Handbook: A Back to Basics Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More by Abigail R Gehring
Category: Gardening | Series: Back to Basics Guides
With the rapid depletion of our planet s natural resources, we would all like to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle. But in the midst of an economic crisis, it s just as important to save money as it is to go green. As Gehring shows in this thorough but concise guide, being kind to Mother Earth can a ...Show more
Watteau by Iris Lauterbach
Category: Art | Series: "Back to Visual Basicsquot Ser.
Le roi de Rococo Best known for his fetes galantes such as the famous Pelerinage a l'ile de Cythere, Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) was a major proponent in the revival of the Baroque style and the formation of the Rococo movement. Watteau was inspired by the theater and in particular the commedia dell'art ...Show more