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| Seasons in Your Landscape |
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| As Your Landscape Grows |
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20 | (4) |
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Turn a small front yard into a welcoming garden |
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Flowers and foliage create a front garden |
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Create a striking entry 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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A terraced garden transforms a steep site |
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40 | (4) |
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Beautify a boundary with easy-care plants |
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44 | (4) |
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Give your curbside strip a new look |
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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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A two-tiered garden replaces a bland slope |
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56 | (4) |
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Make a back-door garden in a sheltered niche |
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60 | (4) |
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A vertical garden makes the most of a narrow site |
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64 | (2) |
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Get a lot out of a small, frost-free lot |
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66 | (4) |
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Arbor, fence, and plantings make an inviting entry |
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70 | (4) |
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Make a formal garden for your backyard |
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74 | (4) |
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Flowers and a fence make a carefree design |
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78 | (2) |
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Perennials and a wall make a traditional design |
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80 | (4) |
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Create a planting with several attractive faces |
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84 | (4) |
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Build a cozy retreat in a corner of your yard |
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88 | (4) |
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Patio and shady arbor provide open-air opportunities |
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92 | (2) |
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Create shady entertaining space on this formal patio |
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94 | (4) |
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Make a handsome water garden in a few weekends |
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98 | (2) |
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Plantings enhance your swimming pool |
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100 | (4) |
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Harmonize your deck with its surroundings |
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104 | (2) |
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Make your deck an inviting gateway to the outdoors |
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106 | (4) |
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Hide refuse and recycling bins with a fence and foliage |
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110 | (2) |
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Surround your woodland deck with flowering shrubs |
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112 | (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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118 | (34) |
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154 | (2) |
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Introducing the tasks involved in a landscape installation; how to organize them for best results |
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156 | (2) |
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Removing turf, weeds, and other unwanted material |
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158 | (2) |
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Water-wise practices; watering systems |
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Making Paths and Walkways |
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160 | (6) |
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Choosing materials, preparing the base, installing edgings, laying the surface |
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166 | (2) |
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Employing the same materials and techniques as for walks and paths; ensuring proper drainage |
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168 | (4) |
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Siting, excavating, installing a flexible liner or fiberglass shell; growing pond plants |
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Building a Retaining Wall |
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172 | (4) |
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Laying out, excavating, and assembling a precast modular wall system and steps |
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Fences, Arbors, and Trellises |
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Wood selection, layout, post setting, basic construction; plans for building the fences, trellises, and arbors shown in the Portfolio of Designs |
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Preparing the Soil for Planting |
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Digging and improving the soil; edging for beds |
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198 | (1) |
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Where to go, what to look for, how to get the best quality and price |
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199 | (2) |
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When to plant, steps in the planting process, spacing; annuals as fillers |
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201 | (2) |
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Plants in containers, balled-and-burlapped plants, bare-root plants, ground covers, and bulbs |
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203 | (4) |
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Mulches and fertilizers; controlling weeds and watering |
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207 | (5) |
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Basic pruning for trees, shrubs, vines, and roses; making a hedge |
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212 | (2) |
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Routine care, pruning, dividing |
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214 | (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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216 | (2) |
| Index |
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218 | (5) |
| Photo Credits |
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