Books published by Workman Publishing

"If you want to know whether it is kosher to plant onions between cabbage plants, this is the place to look." -- Oklahoma Today First published in 1975, this classic companion planting guide has taught a generation of gardeners how to use plants' natural partnerships to produce bigger and better harvests. Over 500,000 in Print! More Praise for Carrots Love Tomatoes: "...informative, illustrated, and practical guide." -- Baltimore Evening Sun "...contains hundreds of interesting facts which are entertaining and at the same time educational." -- Cleveland Press

When I first wrote Successful Small-Scale Farming eleven years ago, writes Karl Schwenke in the preface to this new edition, "an 'organic farmer' was synonymous with a 'lonely hippie troublemaker.' Today he is classed somewhere between a high-priced elitist and an opportunistic liar." So begins this classic guide to organic small-scale agriculture, fully updated and revised for the 1990s -- for a new generation of readers who would like to live closer to the earth. Successful Small-Scale Farming introduces anyone owning (or planning to own) a small farm to both the harsh realities and the real potential involved in making a full- or part-time living on the land. Karl Schwenke's clear-eyed approach to the best farming methods covers a wide range of proven techniques and practical advice, including: * How to improve, conserve, and enrich your soil organically, to ensure the highest (and healthiest) yields. * What machinery you'll need and how to use it. * The best "cash crops" and specialty crops to grow for profit and how to raise them. * How to use innovative strategies to find or create a market "niche" for your farm's crops or services. * A concise overview of essential farmstead skills, such as haying, fencing, and managing a woodlot. * Numerous charts and tables that put useful calculations at your fingertips. With today's increased concern for the quality of the food we eat and the health of our environment, Successful Small-Scale Farming offers a unique and invaluable perspective on the future of agriculture. Karl Schwenke's message -- that small-scale farms can be cleaner, smarter, and more efficient than corporate agribusiness -- has never been so relevant as it is today.

From swatches to sweaters, 15 easy beginner projects that reveal the basics of knitting, for kids of all ages.

Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life. Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins contain practical, hands-on instructions designed to help you master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. From traditional skills to the newest techniques, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin Library provides a foundation of earth-friendly information for the way you want to live today.

Now you can create sumptuous personal care products rivaling those found at exclusive spas and specialty shops with the easy-to-follow recipes found in this unique volume. Virtually every page is packed with one-of-a-kind recipes for pampering every part of your body, from head to toe, including: -- Gentle herbal shampoos, colorings, and conditioners -- Refreshing facial steams, scrubs, masks, and creams -- Invigorating massage oils and body wraps -- All-natural herbal hand, nail, and foot treatments -- Soothing treatments for tired eyes and crow's feet

Discover Your Signature Scent and Craft Truly Personal Perfumes at Home! Just take the quick "personal scent profile" quiz in this book to pinpoint your fragrance preferences, then create perfumes, splashes, and colognes that are uniquely you! Professional perfumer Nancy Booth provides step-by-step, illustrated instructions for making personal blends -- and creating your favorite perfumes -- using herbs, essential oils, fragrance oils, and alcohol. With Perfumes, Splashes & Colognes you'll learn how to: *Craft personal fragrances for the entire family * Make fragrant mixtures for the home, including potpourris and burning perfumes * Care for, store, and apply your homemade fragrances * Package your creations as attractive gifts

Fragrant essences lift the spirits, stimulate the senses, and enhance relaxation after a trying day. This practical guide shows how essential oils -- used in the home and on the go -- can greatly improve the quality of busy lives. Comprehensive information on the essential oils extracted from herbs, flowers, roots, barks, and resins includes which ones to use regularly, which to use with caution, and which to avoid altogether. Dozens of simple step-by-step recipes feature essential oils for: * Combating stress, PMS, sunburn, and other conditions * Scenting homes, offices, and vehicles * Creating blends for safe, fragrant cleaning products * Making special mixtures for children and the elderly

The classic log cabin exudes a charm and simplicity that can't be matched. In this straightforward guide, Roger Hard provides expert advice on building your own log home without breaking your budget. Step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow diagrams cover everything from choosing a site and felling trees to maintaining your house for years to come. Learn the pros and cons of ready-to-build kits and different heating systems as you make your dream house a reality.

With homegrown herbs come the promise of flavor, scent, healing, and beauty. Open your garden to the beauty of herbs and the rewards will be manifold.Herb growers and those who have always wanted to try it will find a wealth of encouragement and sound advice in this well-illustrated book.Betty Jacobs will tell you in helpful, easy-to-understand language how to get the best results with 64 herbs -- how to grow, harvest, and use them, plus a lot more:- Starting herbs indoors and outdoors.- Harvesting and storing herbs.- Getting the most from your greenhouse and lath house.- How to sell herbs, both wholesale and retail.

Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

Pole Building Construction * If you want to save money * If you want to build it yourself, but lack experience. * For small buildings, barns, cottages and camps, even homes. This one-of-a-kind book will save you money, labor, time, and materials in building a small home, barn, or other structure. Involves limited grading, no excavation for a foundation, use of sites unsuited for other types of buildings, good wind resistance, and fewer materials. You can build it yourself with this book, illustrated with plans, drawings, and photographs. Construction techniques are carefully explained. This book will make pole building construction THE answer to your building needs. Plans for * Year-round houses * Vacation homes * Garage and tool shed * Woodshed * Solar cottage * Small pole barn * Storage shed

If you want to save time and money, or make your life easier and more productive, look through this book. We believe you will find something that will be easy for you to build, even with only hand tools and limited experience. Here are some of those ideas: -- Fireplace front, to conserve heat. -- Root cellar, to store those valuable vegetables through the winter. -- Fences, gates, stiles -- even a turnstile. -- Animal shelters -- from birds to horses. -- Window greenhouse. -- Inexpensive solar drier. -- And dozens of small, useful items, such as stove wood containers, a macrame hanger, tool storage units, and seed containers.

This is the basic book -- yet with all the essential details -- for the family that decides to keep a cow for all the benefits she can provide. Learn first the costs, the gains, what she gives and takes. There are practical, fully illustrated chapters that include: - The history and behavior of the cow.- Nutritional needs, from grass to milk.- Buying a cow -- the sources, breeds and factors to consider.- Handling techniques, housing and fencing.- Feeds and feeding -- cow and calf.- Milking and uses of milk.- Health and diseases, breeding and calving.- Growing feed crops, use of manure.The Family Cow is complete with data charts and tables, a glossary of agricultural terms, and source lists of books and equipment.

With 320 puzzles, from easy to very difficult, these handmade--not computer-generated--puzzles come with sample games, tips, and an insider's tutorial to help every newbie get up to speed and to strengthen the abilities of the most experienced player.