With over 500 tips for efficient housekeeping, The New Encyclopedia of Household Tips & Hints is the indispensable guide for today's harassed homemaker. In this single, convenient volume are hundreds of useful tips on everything from avocados (unripe) to zippers (stuck). You will find advice on: - Gardening - Stain removal - Pet care - Bicycle maintenance - Garbage disposal - Appliance upkeep - Painting and decorating - Draft-proofing - Household repairs - First aid - Laundry - Safety The New Encyclopedia offers ecologically safe alternatives to old-fashioned solutions. With entries arranged alphabetically by subject, it's easy to find the solution to almost any everyday crisis. A practical, time-saving guide that no modern kitchen should be without. (2001) Please note: This title was revised from a previously published book, Better House and Planet, 1-55013-257-1, which is now out of print

Marjorie Harris is one of CanadaÕs best-known garden writers. Since her first garden book, The Canadian Gardener, was published in 1990, she has written 15 garden books, including the highly regarded Botanica North America.After Marjorie moved from full-time journalism to full-time garden writing, she co-founded Toronto Life Gardens in 1996. This magazine was then folded into Gardening Life, with Harris as editor-in-chief, and continued to publish under that name until 2008. Since her magazine years, Marjorie has written a regular garden column for and made garden videos with The Globe and Mail newspaper. Her garden design business, Marjorie Harris Gardens (marjorieharris.com), features a blog and an extensive archive of articles on a wide variety of gardening topics. Marjorie lives in her own garden, which she started in 1967, with her husband, writer Jack Batten.

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