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| As Your Landscape Grows |
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Garden geometry transforms a small front yard |
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Enhance your main entry in a weekend |
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Flowers and foliage create a front garden |
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Make a pleasant passage to your front door |
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Extend a friendly desert welcome |
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Give your curbside strip a new look |
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Beautify a boundary with easy-care plants |
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Arbor, fence, and plantings make a handsome entry |
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48 | (4) |
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Reclaim a narrow side yard for a stroll garden |
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52 | (4) |
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Harmonize your deck with its surroundings |
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Create a planting with several attractive faces |
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60 | (4) |
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A two-tier garden and patio replace a bland slope |
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A vertical garden makes the most of a narrow site |
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A terraced planting transforms a steep site |
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72 | (4) |
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Privacy plantings enhance a swimming pool |
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76 | (4) |
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Flowers and a wall make a traditional look |
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80 | (4) |
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A patio and shady arbor provide open-air opportunities |
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Create a freestanding patio garden |
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Get a lot out of a small, frost-free lot |
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Build a cozy retreat in a corner of your yard |
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Create a wooded retreat in your backyard |
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Make a water garden the focus of outdoor activities |
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104 | (4) |
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Create a cozy garden in a cool spot |
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108 | (4) |
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Surround your woodland deck with flowering shrubs |
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Descriptions of all the plants shown in the Portfolio of Designs, plus information on how to plant and care for them |
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156 | (58) |
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158 | (2) |
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Introducing the tasks involved in a landscape installation; how to organize them for best results |
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160 | (2) |
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Removing turf, weeds, and other unwanted material |
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162 | (2) |
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Water-wise practices; water systems |
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Making Paths and Walkways |
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How to choose materials, prepare the base, install edgings, and lay the surface |
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Employing the same materials and techniques as for walks and paths; ensuring proper drainage |
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Siting, excavating, installing a flexible liner or fiberglass shell, and growing pond plants |
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Building a Retaining Wall |
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How to lay out, excavate, and assemble a precast modular wall system and steps |
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Fences, Arbors, and Trellises |
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Everything you need to know to construct fences, trellises, and arbors, including plans for building them, shown in the Portfolio of Designs |
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Preparing the Soil for Planting |
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How to dig and improve the soil, and how to create edging for beds |
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Where to go, what to look for, how to get the best quality and price |
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197 | (2) |
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When to plant, steps in the planting process, spacing; annuals as fillers |
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199 | (2) |
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Plants in containers, balled-and-burlapped plants, bare-root plants, ground covers, and bulbs |
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201 | (4) |
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Mulches and fertilizers; controlingl weeds; watering |
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205 | (5) |
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Basic pruning for trees, shrubs, vines, and roses; how to make a hedge |
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210 | (2) |
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Routine care, pruning, and dividing |
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212 | (2) |
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Understanding common problems with animal and insect pests and diseases; winter damage |
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| Glossary |
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| Index |
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| Credits |
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