Home Building

A practical and timely guide to help prevent accidents, ensure comfort, and maintain an independent, sustainable lifestyle in your own home as you age.

Get the best out of any type of garden without spending a fortune, whether it's a small window box or a hard patio, with Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell's brilliant guide to growing crops in pots. Using containers or pots as a base for your gardening is so versatile - try making an eye-catching design feature by growing nasturtiums in a galvanized mop bucket, or grow parsley and basil on your window ledge in a kitchen colander. Growing your own crops is not only rewarding and fun, but you'll be doing your bit for the environment too, as... read more

This revised and updated edition of the guide to the process of building for yourself gives both inspiration and practical information. It relates personal experiences of putting theory into practice; outlines an environmentally friendly approach to design, choice of materials and energy conservation; includes a practical guide to organizing a project which covers land, finance, permissions and professional help; and includes a detailed manual on the Segal Method of timber construction, because of its particular advantage to self-b... read more

Whatever the size of your garden, this book provides simple, practical advice on the most efficient way to use a limited space to grow healthy organic produce. Includes tips on planting, growing and caring for a wide variety of vegetables, herbs and fruit, including the best available varieties for each.

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A comprehensive, practical guide to organic gardening that explains and illustrates all the key organic principles and covers vegetables, fruit, ornamental plants, herbs and container gardening.This title has been fully adapted for the Australian market, sports a gorgeous new, locally-designed jacket, and includes the following: Step-by-step sequences and specially commissioned photographs show all the key techniques, making them easy to follow and apply to your own plot - from soil preparation, seed sowing, and harvesting to using... read more

A handy tool for pest identification that can be taken right into the garden. Large color pictures and descriptions of each pest and their life cycle help make identification easy.

While providing a wealth of information on a range of relevant subjects, Tomm Stanley uses an instructional narrative to lead readers through the process of building with stone and slipforms. This is the first book dedicated to slipform stone masonry in many years. opics include: Traditional stonemasonry and slipforming; Basic geology and where to source suitable stone; Passive solar principles; Concrete making and techniques for molding and casting concrete; and methods for restoring recycled wooden windows and doors. First published 2003.