The first edition of "Gaia's Garden" sparked the imagination of America's home gardeners, introducing perm culture's central message: Working with Nature, not against her, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens. This extensively revised and expanded second edition broadens the reach and depth of the perm culture approach for urban and suburban growers. Many people mistakenly think that ecological gardening, which involves growing a wide range of edible and other useful plants, can take place only on a large, multiacre scale. As Hemenway demonstrates, it's fun and easy to create a "backyard ecosystem" by assembling communities of plants that can work cooperatively and perform a variety of functions, including: Building and maintaining soil fertility and structure; catching and conserving water in the landscape; providing habitat for beneficial insects, birds, and animals; growing an edible "forest" that yields seasonal fruits, nuts, and other foods. This revised and updated edition also features a new chapter on urban perm culture, designed especially for people in cities and suburbs who have very limited growing space. Whatever size yard or garden you have to work with, you can apply basic perm culture principles to make it more diverse, more natural, more productive, and more beautiful. Best of all, once it's established, an ecological garden will reduce or eliminate most of the backbreaking work that's needed to maintain the typical lawn and garden.
The most complete home improvement manual on the market, this book comprises over 2,300 photos, 800 drawings, and an understandable, practical text that covers your home top to bottom, inside and out in 608 pages. Readers will find plumbing and electrical repairs; information on heating and cooling, roofing and siding, and cabinets and countertops; and more. There is information about tools, materials, and basic skills, and 325 step-by-step projects with how-to photo sequences. "The Ultimate Guide to Home Repair and Improvement? also includes a Remodeling Guide and a Resource Guide. Top to bottom, inside and out, this is the single, ultimate resource book for home projects and repairs.
Time Timer: Proven for 25 years to be a globally recognized time management resource. Designed to show the passage of time using the signature colored disk. As time elapses, the colored disk disappears in a graphic, clear way ? making common routines at work, school, and home stress-free and enjoyable. The Time Timer PLUS 60 Minute is a versatile 1-hour visual timer for time management needs and people of all abilities, including kids and adults with Autism / ADHD. This desktop timer for kids and professionals is a must-have tool for monitoring screen time, studying for an upcoming test, silent reading, group projects or team building exercises, workshops or managing a long meeting. Easy to use: Turn the center knob on the front of the timer counter-clockwise until you reach your chosen amount of time (up to 60-minutes). Immediately, your new timer will begin to countdown, and a quick glance will reveal the time left thanks to the brightly colored disk and large, easy-to-read numbers. No ticking- no distractions! Use the volume-control dial on the back of the timer to control the audio alert (may be silenced for sound-sensitive environments). The Time Timer PLUS battery compartment is securely closed by a small screw in adherence with Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) standards.