In this book from kitchen-garden guru Joyce Russell are 30 decorative vegetable-growing projects that anyone can make and enjoy. All the projects are devised to extend the season, protect crops from pests or improve yields. Apart from the obvious cost-savings from growing or making your own, the desire to work with craft fulfils the need to improve your patch of land. These compelling projects transform your vegetable plot into somewhere more productive, more attractive and more secure.

From simple cloche projects to making tunnels and frames onto design solutions that deter slugs and carrot root fly, these projects are well-designed, functional and decorative. Each project has photographed step by step instructions, a list of materials and tools needed, and a relative skills rating. Alongside the projects are growing tips and specific advice to make the most of your crop. These 30 projects will be enjoyed by gardeners of all levels and anyone who loves growing their own.

Projects include:

• Simple cloche
• Raised bed
• Herb bed
• Plant propagator
• Mini greenhouse
• Compost bins
• Fruit cage
• Bean support
• Leaf mould container
• Folding bean frame
• Poly cloche
• Carrot fly protector
• Boot scraper
• Drying cabinet
• And more!

Build It Yourself: Weekend Projects for the Garden is a fun and user-friendly manual for constructing practical pieces for your garden and home. Whether you’re looking to attract a bit of nature with a birdfeeder or to keep it out with a fence, get into organic living with a cold frame or compost bin, engage your green thumb with a plant stand or potting table, or add some tasteful furniture to your patio or sunroom, this book will help you to do all that and more.

Master woodworker Frank Perrone outlines the essential tools, techniques, and tips needed for basic woodworking. The 12 projects are designed for simple, straightforward building. Each includes a materials list, a cut sheet that makes getting lumber a snap, layout diagrams, and illustrated step-by-step instructions. Designed to minimize waste, every piece can be flexibly rescaled or customized for a more personal touch.

Josh Volk, author of the best-selling Compact Farms, offers small-scale farmers an in-depth guide to building customized equipment that will save time and money and introduce much-needed efficiencies to their operations.

Give your child a unique gift of a lifetime, one that won’t break your checkbook but will provide you and your kid a load of fun making it! Building Unique and Useful Kids’ Furniture: 24 Great Do-It-Yourself Projects provides complete step-by-step instructions for building 24 professionally designed, one-of-a-kind children’s furniture projects that are easy to build and that your kids will love.

An expert in hydroponics, Baras has developed many unique and easy-to-build systems for growing entirely in water. In DIY Hydroponic Gardens, he shows with step-by-step photos precisely how to create these systems and how to plant and maintain them.

Create your dream garden with simple birdbaths, herb-drying racks, and unique planters. And bring the outdoors indoors with natural fabric dyes, pressed flower paper, and herbal bouquets. DIY Garden Projects and Crafts relies on homegrown and foraged materials that will inspire creativity and capture the bounty of the seasons. The 60 practical and decorative projects for use in the garden and home include:

Few pieces of furniture, save perhaps chairs, work as hard as doors. Building them to last, especially exterior doors, takes knowledge and experience that don’t come from making other types of furniture, such as tables and bookcases. Doormaking: Materials, Techniques and Projects for Building Your First Door by woodworker Strother Purdy gathers all the information and guidance that both beginning and intermediate woodworkers need to be successful making their first door. While covering the construction of the eight most popular doors, Doormaking: Materials, Techniques and Projects for Building Your First Door starts first by addressing the fundamentals: the basics of good design and proper construction technique, the pros-and-cons of common materials including wood and sheet goods, interior and exterior finishes, hardware and the fine points of hanging doors. Once those key elements are covered, Doormaking: Materials, Techniques and Projects for Building Your First Door offers project chapters that walk the reader step-by-step through the construction of eight essential doors, explaining design and material choices in specific contexts, tool options and other considerations. The first four projects are easily accessible to a beginner while the remaining projects offer up some more challenging details for the intermediate woodworker. Also included are sidebars containing amusing anecdotes and mistake stories – each delivering tips as well as details for hanging a door – and an inspiring gallery of doors that are sure to inspire. Doormaking: Materials, Techniques and Projects for Building Your First Door is a must for any woodworking hobbyist, professional craftsman, or DIY homeowner.

Garden Builder is a treasure trove of lovely yard, patio, and garden projects you can build yourself!

Perfect for any gardener or outdoor enthusiast with a few basic DIY skills, it is packed with 35 complete project plans, each one featuring finished photos of the project along with cut lists and shopping lists, a construction diagram, and step-by-step instructions (complete with photos) show exactly how to build every project.

Most projects are made from durable exterior-rated wood and can be created with basic carpentry skills. But several of these highly desirable garden accessories are made with materials like concrete, metal, and wire.

Garden Builder is positively loaded with projects, a few you can look forward to building include:

-Trellises
-Raised beds
-Harvest boxes
-A tiny shed (it is very cute)
-Garden benches
-Planters
-A toad house

Simply follow the clear and comprehensive instructions, and you'll have a garden that's rich in design elements, useful aids, and practical furnishings.

Be inspired to get your hands dirty with Garden DIY!

Filled with complete plans and step-by-step instructions, this guide offers a creative mix of both practical and decorative projects for gardening enthusiasts, ranging from easy to advanced. From building raised beds and cold frames to a brick birdbath, mason bee house, and much more, brother-and-sister team Samantha and Daniel Johnson bring you 25 fun outdoor projects. They introduce the DIY mindset, explaining the benefits of building things yourself, and they include an overview of the basic tools needed. Find helpful construction and painting tips, as well as estimated time frames for each task.

This big book provides complete working shop drawings for 61 classic furniture pieces. With full perspective views, elevations, sections, details, and cutting lists for each project, this revised collection gives today's woodworkers the heart of the Craftsman aesthetic, along with all the information needed for workshop success.