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The Stevia Starter Kit: Growing and Using Your Own Sweetener is a practical and informative guide for anyone interested in cultivating their own stevia, a natural, zero-calorie sugar substitute. This comprehensive resource covers everything from the basics of stevia's origins to step-by-step instructions on how to successfully grow, harvest, and use it in everyday recipes. The guide begins by explaining stevia’s unique properties and its historical uses as a sweetener, followed by detailed planting and care tips. Whether you're planting in containers or garden beds, you’ll learn how to ...

Known for their leaves, seeds, and unique aroma, cilantro and coriander can bring your garden and meals to life! Tracing back to almost 5000 BC, cilantro leaves and coriander seeds are one of the oldest herbs and spices in the world, thus making it one of the most diverse herbs and spices to produce and utilize, especially within your garden or in your food! This home gardeners guide is bursting with straightforward information that makes growing, using, and preserving cilantro and coriander enjoyable and trouble-free, so anyone can get the full potential of this infamous herb and spice all...

Timeless Wealth: Traditional Investment Strategies for the Modern Professional is a groundbreaking financial guide designed specifically for today’s young professionals and middle-class individuals seeking lasting financial security and independence. With a fresh perspective on age-old investment principles, this book bridges the gap between time-tested strategies and the modern financial landscape—empowering readers to build enduring wealth rooted in values, resilience, and informed decision-making. The book begins by redefining wealth in the 21st century—not merely as an ...

Unlock the full potential of mint in your garden with The Mint Companion: Planting for Success in Your Garden, the ultimate guide for both new and experienced gardeners. This essential handbook dives deep into every aspect of mint cultivation, from choosing the right varieties for your needs to organic pest control and seasonal care tips. Each chapter is designed to empower you to grow healthy, vibrant mint plants that add flavor, fragrance, and beauty to your indoor or outdoor spaces. Explore the unique characteristics of popular mint varieties, including spearmint, peppermint, and ...

Chili peppers bring flare to the typical garden as well as on the plate. It brings a spectacular addition of flash and color to the garden – as well as heat to the palette. In this guidebook, Chili Peppers examines the multitude of chili peppers species. Descriptions of the illustrious history of the chili pepper which swept like a heat-wave across the world by the Portuguese Empire and had taken root in the local cuisines. Chili Peppers goes on to rank the common species of chili peppers and their relative heat into three sections – sweet, medium and hot peppers and their distinctive ...

*Small Space, Big Flavor: Container Gardening for Culinary Herbs* is the ultimate guide for anyone interested in growing fresh herbs, even in the smallest of spaces. Perfect for urban dwellers, suburban homeowners, or home cooks, this book teaches you how to maximize limited space by creating vibrant container gardens filled with culinary herbs that enhance your dishes with homegrown flavors. The book begins with the fundamentals of container gardening, explaining the many benefits of this versatile method. From controlling the growing environment to optimizing sunlight exposure, container ...

The Wisdom of Ecclesiastes: A Christian's Guide to Daily Living is an insightful exploration of one of the most profound books of the Bible. This guide delves into Ecclesiastes' timeless wisdom, drawing connections between the ancient text and the complexities of modern Christian life. It navigates readers through key themes such as the meaning of life, the balance of joy and sorrow, and the pursuit of wisdom, making it an essential companion for those seeking to deepen their spiritual journey. Traditionally attributed to King Solomon, Ecclesiastes reflects on the fleeting nature of worldly...

A strategy for writers to leverage the 80/20 rule (Pareto Principle) to focus their writing, improve their speed and productivity. Ultimately, enabling writers and authors to more efficiently provide high quality meaningful written works.

This is a concise home gardener's guide on how to grow Spaghetti Squash for food in the vegetable garden, in pots/containers, or in their backyard landscaping.

“Homegrown Basil: Your Complete Guide to Year-Round Herb Gardening” is an essential guide for every aspiring herb gardener, bringing the art and joy of basil cultivation into your home. From basil’s central role in culinary traditions worldwide to the satisfaction of cultivating it at home, this guide will inspire and instruct you on every aspect of basil gardening, whether you’re a novice gardener or an experienced green thumb. Chapter by chapter, discover the full potential of basil. Beginning with an introduction to basil’s unique place in global cuisine, the book delves into ...

Discover a path to financial freedom, inner peace, and a clutter-free life with The Frugal Minimalist: Transform Your Home and Your Finances. This guide blends the core principles of minimalism with practical frugality, showing readers how to simplify their surroundings, sharpen their spending, and live a more intentional life. Ideal for anyone who feels weighed down by financial stress or overwhelmed by a cluttered home, this book offers a refreshing, actionable roadmap to help you shift your mindset, build better habits, and create a space that truly reflects your values. What is Frugal ...

The Beauty of Less: Transformative Spirituality Rooted in Love Discover the Power of Simplicity in Faith In a world filled with distractions, The Beauty of Less offers a refreshing path to spiritual clarity, helping believers reconnect with God through simplicity. Rooted in Christian teachings, this book explores how minimalism—both in daily life and in faith—can deepen love, foster gratitude, and bring lasting peace. If you feel overwhelmed by life’s clutter and long for a stronger spiritual connection, this book will guide you toward a faith that is rich in love, meaning, and ...

In a world of an ever-shrinking environment for wild animals, why not make a microhabitat in your own yard? This book provides advice on how to turn your yard into a haven for wild birds all year long. With a little planning and consideration your yard can be a source of water, food, and shelter for birds. By doing some small things, before you know it, you will find your self enjoying the beauty and antics of wilds birds. Once they find that your yard is safe and a steady of what they need, wild birds will flock and gather at your home and become welcome friends. The tips in this book will...

If you’re running a virtual business, then you’ve got to read Leading Virtual Meetings – Methods and Effective Practices! For many people working from home not only makes sense, but it also leads to higher job satisfaction, higher productivity and lowers costs associated with employees. We live in an age where a message or email can be sent across the world within seconds. All you need is a smartphone, tablet, laptop, and internet connection and you could be working from home! With this lean towards freelancers and virtual offices, it’s not always easy for all business owners to set...

Growing Oregano: A Home Gardener’s Guide is intended as a home gardener’s and homemaker’s handbook for growing the Oregano herb indoor and or outdoors. What This Book Covers Growing Oregano: A Home Gardener’s Guide, covers everything from which cultivar to choose, to how to get the most from your herb garden, how to harvest and store your oregano, and teaches you everything you know to turn extra space in your vegetable garden, backyard, on your patio or kitchen counter into an herb garden adding a bit more flavor and character to the rest of your life.

From home gardeners, herb enthusiasts, and everyone in between, this practical guide will provide its readers with help with cultivating and maintaining a thriving and fragrant garden of Lemon Balm a great perennial herb. Lemon Balm is a blessing for most gardens attracting pollinators and repelling many garden pests. Lemon Balm has a myriad of uses in the kitchen. No matter how you want to grow Lemon Balm, this is the reference guide to get you on your way to the path to years of successful Lemon balm growing, whether you choose to grow lemon balm in the vegetable garden, in pots, or indoors.

Things were going according to plan, then everything changed. At 46, Scarlett had a life plan that centered on work, marriage, and family. Only she had no marriage and no family thanks to a dormant relationship with her childhood sweetheart. When Archie broke up with her in a text message, it was just the catalyst she needed to make a change. She had a propensity for planning; suddenly embarking on a six-month work assignment in a foreign country was not in her comfort zone. Max had to get away from the studio based in Scotland in order to scout out some fresh talent that would fit into his...

Maxwell Soltzer, the lone survivor of the House of Soltzer, awoke slowly from a deep sleep. His mind and vision were foggy, and it was difficult for his conscience to grasp exactly what was going on. “Welcome Maxwell Soltzer, the lone survivor of the House of Soltzer, we have been waiting for you” the voice rumbles, seemingly from the walls. What was going on? Where was he? Maxwell thought, the panic rising up inside him despite his best efforts to control himself. If you have been looking for your next science fiction/fantasy book, then stop looking right now because The Second Son ...

This is a concise home gardener's guide on how to grow eggplants for food in the vegetable garden or in pots.

Of all the many vegetables found in the common garden at home, the many varieties of bean plants may be one of the most widely popular planting options of all time. From snap beans to shell beans, these powerful plants provide a spectrum of possibilities for the home gardener to work with in terms of involvement, benefits, and nutrition. Author and experienced gardener, provides this in-depth guided tour of the world of bean gardening, covering everything from which seeds to use, what soil is best for which plants, how to select the best seeds, and how to prepare beans for cooking, pickling...