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Book Reviews of Shoes in the Freezer, Beer in the Flower Bed : And Other Down-Home Tips for House and Garden

Shoes in the Freezer, Beer in the Flower Bed : And Other Down-Home Tips for House and Garden
Shoes in the Freezer Beer in the Flower Bed And Other DownHome Tips for House and Garden
Author: Joan Wilen, Lydia Wilen
ISBN-13: 9780684804569
ISBN-10: 0684804565
Publication Date: 4/17/1997
Pages: 208
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Fireside
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed Shoes in the Freezer, Beer in the Flower Bed : And Other Down-Home Tips for House and Garden on + 50 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Practical informative and great fun to read. Shoes in the Freezer, Beer in the Flower Bed offers hundreds of time and money saving tips for preparing cleaning organizing and maintaing your house and garden On topics as diverse as the kitchen bathroom furniture food kid stuffs and pets you'll find out....
reviewed Shoes in the Freezer, Beer in the Flower Bed : And Other Down-Home Tips for House and Garden on + 108 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Fun to read and you will learn a lot of things you had no idea you needed to know. Even includes antidotes for broken mirrors so you can avoid that 7 years of bad luck.

Taken from the back cover:
...hundreds of time- and money-saving tips for preparing, cleaning, organizing, and maintaining your house and garden. On topics as diverse as the kitchen, bathroom, furniture, food, kid stuff, and pets. You'll learn how to:

cut a tomato so the seeds won't spurt everywhere
fluff up a down jacket from the washer
how to keep fleas and aphids away from your garden

And interspersed throughout are folk beliefs and suggestions from every culture.

Packed with ingenious information nuggets for every occasion.
reviewed Shoes in the Freezer, Beer in the Flower Bed : And Other Down-Home Tips for House and Garden on + 58 more book reviews
Chock full of helpful hints! Great for someone just starting out with their first home, or for the seasoned homeowner.
minimo avatar reviewed Shoes in the Freezer, Beer in the Flower Bed : And Other Down-Home Tips for House and Garden on + 57 more book reviews
This book gives some great tips on how to do many things that crop up daily. It also is interspersed with folk beliefs and suggestions from many cultures. It's just a really interesting and helpful book to read.