Around the Yard : 750 Essential Tips and Projects for Improving Your Landscape,9780865736344

Around the Yard : 750 Essential Tips and Projects for Improving Your Landscape

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ISBN13: 9780865736344
ISBN10: 0865736340
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-02-01
Publisher(s): Quayside Pub Group
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Table of Contents

Planning Your Landscape
Planning Your Landscape
6(10)
Designing Your Landscape
7(3)
Make a Small Space Look Bigger
10(2)
Create a Beautiful, Low-Maintenance Yard
12(4)
Improving Your Landscape with Structures
Walls, Walks & Patios
16(12)
Retaining Walls
17(3)
Paths
20(5)
Patios
25(3)
Decks
28(10)
Build a Sundeck in a Weekend
29(3)
A Guide to Decking Materials
32(1)
Build an Easy Hand Railing
33(1)
A Guide to Deck Finishes
34(2)
Give Your Deck a Face-Lift
36(2)
Lighting
38(6)
Safety Lighting
39(1)
Lighting the Way
40(2)
Installing a Low-Voltage Lighting System
42(2)
Other Building Projects
44(14)
Fences
45(3)
Gates
48(3)
Sheds
51(3)
Arbors
54(4)
Landscaping with Plants
Gardens
58(22)
Choosing Garden Plants
59(3)
Choosing Garden Tools
62(2)
Sprinkler Basics
64(4)
Mulching
68(2)
Making Compost
70(4)
Breaking New Ground
74(6)
Flowers
80(8)
Growing Flowers
81(1)
Perennials
82(2)
Annuals
84(2)
Bulbs
86(2)
Lawns
88(22)
Lawn Maintenance
89(5)
The War on Weeds
94(4)
Keeping Your Lawn Disease-Free
98(2)
Renovating an Existing Lawn
100(2)
Putting in a New Lawn
102(8)
Vines & Ground Covers
110(6)
Vines
111(3)
Ground Covers
114(2)
Shrubs & Trees
116(16)
Buying Shrubs and Trees
117(1)
Shrubs
118(3)
Shrubs for Fall Color
121(3)
Hedges
124(2)
Trees
126(6)
Specialty Gardens
132(17)
Container Gardens
133(7)
Shade Gardens
140(2)
Water Gardens
142(7)
Resources
Catalogs 149(2)
Books 151(1)
Web Sites 152(1)
Extension Agents 153(3)
Index 156

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