A Weavers Garden

Author : Rita Buchanan
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486136396
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Weaver's Garden written by Rita Buchanan and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valuable hints on dyeing fibers and fabrics, soap plants to use for cleaning textiles, fragrant plants to scent and protect fabrics; planning and creating a garden featuring cotton, flax, indigo, and much more.

Author : Rita Buchanan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Weaver's Garden written by Rita Buchanan and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tara Austen Weaver
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345548086
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orchard House written by Tara Austen Weaver and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving memoir of rediscovering, reinventing, and reconnecting, as an estranged mother and daughter come together to revive a long-abandoned garden and ultimately their relationship and themselves. Peeling paint, stained floors, vined-over windows, a neglected and wild garden—Tara Austen Weaver can’t get the Seattle real estate listing out of her head. Any sane person would have seen the abandoned property for what it was: a ramshackle half-acre filled with dead grass, blackberry vines, and trouble. But Tara sees potential and promise—not only for the edible bounty the garden could yield for her family, but for the personal renewal she and her mother might reap along the way. So begins Orchard House, a story of rehabilitation and cultivation—of land and soul. Through bleak winters, springs that sputter with rain and cold, golden days of summer, and autumns full of apples, pears, and pumpkins, this evocative memoir recounts the Weavers’ trials and triumphs, detailing what grew and what didn’t, the obstacles overcome and the lessons learned. Inexorably, as mother and daughter tend this wild patch and the fruits of their labor begin to flourish, green shoots of hope emerge from the darkness of their past. For everyone who has ever planted something that they wished would survive—or tried to mend something that seemed forever broken—Orchard House is a tale of healing and growth set in a most unlikely place. Praise for Orchard House “This touching memoir chronicles how the act of transforming a garden together—of ‘planting hope’—helps a mother and daughter reconnect and revive the sense of groundedness that had been lost within their relationship and themselves. . . . [Orchard House] deftly [captures] the love, laughter, trials and tears that make motherhood the joy and job it truly is.”—American Way “Honest and moving . . . [the story of] one woman’s initiation into intensive gardening with her mother, which changed a neglected space into something beautiful and bountiful and shifted their relationship as well.”—Kirkus Reviews “Fascinating, tender, often heartbreaking . . . The perfect gift for a mother or a daughter with an appreciation for the transformative power of gardening.”—HGTV Gardens “A wise exploration of family roots . . . Nurturing a garden is a lovely metaphor for healing a family. . . . [Orchard House] could serve as a handbook for both.”—Shelf Awareness “With buoyant grace and empathic insights, Weaver offers an ardent tribute to both the science of perseverance and the art of letting go.”—Booklist “This is a glorious book—lyrical, honest, compassionate, and wise. It reminds us that gardens and families are messy businesses, but from them we can harvest hope and food and moments of grace.”—Erica Bauermeister, author of The School of Essential Ingredients “Filled with sensuous descriptions, this beguiling story enchants. Gardeners and non-gardeners alike will delight in this lyrical tale of how a garden grows a family.”—Diana Abu-Jaber, author of The Language of Baklava and Birds of Paradise “Orchard House is a glorious and deeply moving story of one family’s redemption. If Anne Lamott and Wendell Berry ever had a literary love child, Tara Austen Weaver might well be her.”—Elissa Altman, author of Poor Man’s Feast

Author : Rita Buchanan
Publisher : Interweave
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dyer's Garden written by Rita Buchanan and published by Interweave. This book was released on 1995 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An explanation of the plants to grow for fabric dyes, how to care for them, and how to make dyes.

Author : Dulce María Loynaz
Publisher : White Pine Press
ISBN 13 : 9781893996557
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Woman in Her Garden written by Dulce María Loynaz and published by White Pine Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of work from all phases of this important Cuban poet's career.

Author : J. N. Liles
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9780870496707
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art and Craft of Natural Dyeing written by J. N. Liles and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For several thousand years, all dyes were of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin, and many ancient civilizations possessed excellent dye technologies. The first synthetic dye was produced in 1856, and the use of traditional dyes declined rapidly thereafter. By 1915 few non-synthetics were used by industry or craftspeople. The craft revivals of the 1920s explored traditional methods of natural dyeing to some extent, particularly with wool, although the great eighteenth- and nineteenth-century dye manuals, which recorded the older processes, remained largely forgotten. In The Art and Craft of Natural Dyeing, J.N. Liles consolidates the lore of the older dyers with his own first-hand experience to produce both a history of natural dyes and a practical manual for using pre-synthetic era processes on all the natural fibers--cotton, linen, silk, and wool. A general section on dyeing and mordanting and a glossary introduce the beginner to dye technology. In subsequent chapters, Liles summarizes the traditional dye methods available for each major color group. Scores of recipes provide detailed instructions on how to collect ingredients--flowers, weeds, insects, wood, minerals--prepare the dyevat, troubleshoot, and achieve specific shades"--Publisher's description.

Author : David Hewson
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 1838857761
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Garden of Angels written by David Hewson and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A THE TIMES BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR 2022 When a Jewish classmate is attacked by bullies, fifteen-year-old Nico just watches – earning him a week's suspension and a typed, yellowing manuscript from his frail Nonno Paolo. A history lesson, his grandfather says, and a secret he must keep from his father. Nico is transported back to the Venice of 1943, an occupied city seething under the Nazis, and to the defining moment of his grandfather's life: when Paolo's support for a murdered Jewish woman brings him into the sights of the city's underground resistance. Hooked and unsettled, Nico can't stop reading – but he soon wonders if he ever knew his beloved grandfather at all.

Author : Linda C. Ligon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780934026161
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Rug Weaver's Source Book written by Linda C. Ligon and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jackie Crook
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781600592225
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Dyeing written by Jackie Crook and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For thousands of years, natural dyes have been celebrated for their subtlety and diversity--and, thanks to contemporary concerns about chemicals and toxins, their popularity is surging again. Fortunately, as this vibrant guide so elegantly shows, the craft is both easy and enjoyable to explore and requires no special equipment: just ordinary pots and pans. A thoroughly illustrated tutorial covers all the basics of hot and cool dyeing, and 30 colorful options to try, including roots and plants (madder, tumeric, henna), wood (cutch, fustic), flowers (safflower, dandelion, daffodil), leaves and stalks (tea, rhubarb, indigo), and fruits and vegetables (blackberry, wild cherry, avocado). From pale pinks and vibrant oranges to earthy browns and rich blues, a vast spectrum of hues awaits.

Author : Janice Elsheimer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780834124936
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Garden Graces written by Janice Elsheimer and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earth is the gardener's canvas; the arrangement, care, and cultivation of all the elements in the garden constitute the gardener's medium, the gardener's art form. All art begins with inspiration, the breathing in of ideas, visions, and energy from the Master Creator of the universe. When we come to the garden, we offer our talents and present our willingness to engage in this hard but satisfying work. Then we wait in expectation for that inspiration--for how we should garden, and how we should live. Based on wisdom learned while cultivating her own garden, Garden Graces is Janice Elsheimer's hope and help for growing things. Filled with practical insights, reliable gardening information, and Bible-based truths, this resource will offer readers gardening tips alongside metaphors for life that will help them cultivate their gardens-and their spiritual journey.For those who find themselves pursuing the perfect bulb or pulling the persistent weed, Elsheimer's charm and grace in the garden will help you recognize that nowhere else do we experience the oneness between the Creator and creation as intimately as we do in the garden.