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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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Create a front garden of striking foliage |
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Flowers and foliage create a lush garden |
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Make a pleasant passage to your front door |
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32 | (4) |
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Beautify a boundary with easy-care plants |
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36 | (4) |
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Give your curbside strip a new look |
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40 | (2) |
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Arbor and plantings make a welcoming entry |
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42 | (4) |
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Reclaim a narrow side yard for a stroll garden |
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46 | (4) |
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A colorful two-tier garden replaces a bland slope |
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50 | (4) |
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Make a back-door garden in a sheltered niche |
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54 | (4) |
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A vertical garden makes the most of a narrow site |
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58 | (2) |
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Perennials, vines, and a flowering shrub enliven a tight space |
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60 | (4) |
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A terraced planting transforms a steep slope |
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64 | (2) |
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Landscaping tames a severe slope |
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66 | (4) |
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Flowers and a fence offer a traditional design |
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70 | (4) |
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A patio garden provides privacy and pleasure |
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74 | (4) |
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Create a planting with several attractive faces |
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78 | (4) |
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Build a cozy retreat in a corner of your yard |
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82 | (4) |
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Make a water garden the focus of outdoor activities |
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86 | (2) |
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Make a handsome water garden in a few weekends |
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88 | (4) |
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Harmonize your deck with its surroundings |
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92 | (2) |
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Make your daily mail run a perennial pleasure |
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A Green Space for Recycling |
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94 | (4) |
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Screen off bins with a fence, foliage, and flowers |
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98 | (4) |
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Arbor, fence, and plantings make a handsome entry |
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102 | (4) |
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Make a formal garden for your backyard |
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106 | (2) |
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Create a freestanding patio garden |
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108 | (4) |
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Create a shrub border for nearby woods |
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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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114 | (26) |
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140 | (60) |
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142 | (2) |
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Introducing the tasks involved in a landscape installation; how to organize them for best results |
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144 | (2) |
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Removing turf, weeds, and other unwanted material |
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146 | (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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154 | (2) |
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Employing the same materials and techniques as for walks and paths; ensuring proper drainage |
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156 | (4) |
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Siting, excavating, instal ling a flexible liner orfiber-glass shell, and growing pond plants |
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Building a Retaining Wall |
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160 | (4) |
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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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178 | (4) |
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How to dig and improve the soil, and how to create edging for beds |
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182 | (1) |
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Where to go, what to look for, and how to get the best quality and price |
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183 | (2) |
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When to plant, steps in the planting process, spacing; annuals as fillers |
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185 | (2) |
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Plants in containers, balled-and-burlapped plants, bare-root plants, ground covers, and bulbs |
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187 | (4) |
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Mulches and fertilizers; controlling weeds; watering |
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191 | (5) |
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Basic pruning for trees, shrubs, vines, and roses; how to make a hedge |
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196 | (2) |
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Routine care, pruning, and dividing |
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198 | (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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200 | (2) |
| Index |
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202 | (5) |
| Credits |
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