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Favorite garden books?

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I have a stack of gardening books that I keep handy in my living room.

I delve into the books for information to put into this blog or whenever I’m looking up a new plant and want to learn all about it before purchasing it, or in most cases after I’ve purchased it. Yes I’m an impulse plant purchaser.

I was wondering what kinds of gardening books my readers have at home? Here’s a list of what I have on hand:

  • Botanica’s Pocket – Annuals & Perennials
  • Ortho’s All about Azaleas, Camellias & Rhododendrons
  • 500 Popular Roses
  • 100 Easy to Grow native Plants for Canadian Gardens
  • The complete book of Garden Flowers
  • Readers Digest Illustrated Guide to Gardening in Canada
  • Complete Guide to Gardening (Better Homes and Gardens)
  • Botanica – The illustrated A-Z of over 10,000 plants

I think I’ve got a good start to my collection. What do you have that I should be sure to get for myself?






Handy Household Hints

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Chris and I have really slowed down on our home renovations in the last year. The last project that we finished together was the installation of a sunroof on our enclosed front porch. We did that so that a little bit more light might come into our living room since the front of our house where the living room is faces North.

We’ve always been DIY’ers. Well I have, Chris wasn’t very much of a do it yourselfer when we lived in the apartment, but since we moved into our house 5 years ago he’s become quite adept at home repairs. Amazingly so, actually. I thought I was always going to be the one starting and finishing projects but he’s come around and it was he that instigated the whole Sun roof idea for our front porch.

Earlier today I came across a site that has some great information and advice on it for the projects that we started a while back and haven’t yet finished and also for the projects that we hope to start in the next few years such as redoing our kitchen and our basement too. Those will be big jobs.

The site is full of helpful tips for the DIY type of person whether you be a renter as we once were, or a home owner. There’s even tips for automobile owners there too. There are several categories to choose from such as carpentry, cleaning, decks, painting and flooring just to name a few.

While I was visiting the Handy Household Hints site I discovered that they are having a $50,000 Extreme Home Makeover Contest. Naturally I entered. I’m a DIY renovator but I’m not stupid. LOL If your home could use a makeover you might be interested in entering too.

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