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Advantages: Month-by-month layout.
Disadvantages: Unlikely to be discounted.

The Gardening Year from Readers' Digest is refreshing in its month by month layout. The book takes you through the year, each month spelling out what you should be planting, which plants are in flower and which have coloured foliage at that time. There is information about what steps you should be undertaking to get the best from your garden at that time, as well as lots and lots of useful charts and tables about annuals, perennials, herbs, trees, ... Read review

Advantages: Lessons in the art of modern household management
Disadvantages: Too perfect...

...a perfect housewife is knowing how to cook at least one decent dish from every major international culture...thats what i have been told AND Keep a Clean and tidy home AND Be an expert at finance management AND be calm and collected all the time...Tall order i must say!!.....Is it possible to do so many things at the same time without loosing your cool?Not me.... But Anthea turner says YES.. with a few tips from her on her book'How to be the perfect ...
...good, the one about decluttering the Wardrobe for instance...it seems very sensible and i did try it out and felt really good after that...according to her(rightly so) we use 20% of the clothes 80% of the time and never use the 80% of the clothes which are just sitting in our wardrobes occupying precious space.Anthea advises you to do a 'clothes audit' and put aside all the clothes aside,that one has not used since the past one year , and more than ... Read review

Advantages: you put all your waste to use and grow a healthy garden
Disadvantages: none that i can think of...

...garden waste is the best compost for the plants.....personally i use up all kitchen wastes, vegetable peel, fruit peel,dry leaves to make compost...I layer them with soil and leave the whole thing to nicely turn into compost over a period of time, normally 2-3 months, all i do is sprinkle some water regularly over it...there are very useful tips given in the book to go organic and grow a healthy garden...i love the cover of the book...and the claim ...
...waste can be turned into compost including used tea leaves, fish bones and any other waste like rotten food etc;It need to be layered with soil and some wood chip or wood waste, dry leaves found in your garden ... i think a book worth reading by all garden lovers ... Read review

Advantages: Lovely and clear and well written. Includes every part of life and home.
Disadvantages: Sadly no diagrams/photos

...about vacuuming the floors or how clean the windows look, the book goes further into your home. Helping you to organise areas in your life as well as your wardrobe. Covering household tasks like the laundry to the household bills and finances. It covers pests and diseases and stain removal. How to entertain for Christmas and parties and how to be prepared for emergencies. Sadly there are no diagrams to refer to but the book is well written and does ... Read review

Advantages: Quick and easy flick through with handy hints and ideas
Disadvantages: No illustrations or diagrams

Smart little hand-held book full of quick tips and tips to get your housework done. A mini reference book for those who dont want to be overwhelmed by all the housekeeping in one go. Although there are no diagrams or illustrations. The "10 minute Housekeeping" book gives out money and time saving tips, how to make your own cleaners and ideas on how to prevent your home getting messy to begin with, also Eco-friendly solutions and advice on allergies ... Read review