From a Colonial Garden: Ideas, Decorations, Recipes

From a Colonial Garden: Ideas, Decorations, Recipes

Author: Susan Hight Rountree

Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780879352127

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Colonial Williamsburg's renowned gardens have always played a major role in the life of the town. Their beauty and bounty inspired this clearly written and illustrated entertaining and decorating guide.


Christmas Decorations from Williamsburg

Christmas Decorations from Williamsburg

Author: Susan Hight Rountree

Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9780879350857

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Superb photography, descriptive text, and 27 charming color drawings present ideas and how-to's for creating wreaths, cones, swags, roping, and other holiday decorations for mantels, stairways, windows, and tables.


Vegetable Gardening the Colonial Williamsburg Way

Vegetable Gardening the Colonial Williamsburg Way

Author: Wesley Greene

Publisher: Rodale

Published: 2012-02-14

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1609611624

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A Colonial Williamsburg garden historian outlines traditional methods for planting and tending 50 different kinds of vegetables, profiling such 18th-century utilities as shelter paper and fermented manure while sharing complementary weather-watching guidelines, organic techniques and seed-saving advice.


Theme Gardens

Theme Gardens

Author: Barbara Damrosch

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780761121374

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The author of The Garden Primer discusses the art of designing and planting a unique theme garden, explains how to plant and take care of a flower garden, and offers plans for gardens that attract butterflies or birds, feature special colors or fragrance, or follow a historic style. Original.


A Seven Year Cycle Reading Plan

A Seven Year Cycle Reading Plan

Author: C.S. Fairfax

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-02-13

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1387592769

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Read through time, enjoying the good, the better, and the best books from each of the seven eras below: Year 1: Ancient History to 476 A.D. Year 2: The Middle Ages, 477 to 1485 A.D. Year 3: The Age of Discovery, 1485-1763 A.D. Year 4: The Age of Revolution, 1764-1848 A.D. Year 5: The Age of Empire, 1849-1914 A.D. Year 6: The American Century, 1915-1995 A.D. Year 7: The Information Age, 1996- Present Day At the end of seven years, repeat! A Seven Year Cycle Reading Plan is a booklist compiled of hundreds of books from each era in history organized into categories of interest. This volume also includes copious room for you to add your own favorite titles!


Link to the Past, Bridge to the Future

Link to the Past, Bridge to the Future

Author: John P. Hunter

Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9780879351939

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This new title provides a link to our colonial past, when animals were a vital part of everyday life, demonstrating animals were a vital part of everyday life, demonstrating the integral role animals once played by providing labor, transportation, recreation and companionship.


The Gardens of Colonial Williamsburg

The Gardens of Colonial Williamsburg

Author: M. Kent Brinkley

Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9780879351588

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""The Gardens of Colonial Williamsburg" features twenty gardens in Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area. Stunning photography complements the text and detailed garden plans identify the plantings in each garden. Experience the sights, colors, and textures found in Colonial Williamsburg's gardens each season of the year."--Book jacket.


Young House Love

Young House Love

Author: Sherry Petersik

Publisher: Artisan

Published: 2015-07-14

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1579656765

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This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.