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Landscaping for Dummies
$8.48 A beautiful landscape reflects well on your house, making it a welcome part of a neighborhood or native terrain. And it dramatically increases your home’s value. Landscaping also makes your house and yard more useful and better able to complement your family’s lifestyle. Trees shade your home to reduce energy use. Thorny shrubs deter prowlers. Lawns reduce dust from bare ground and give children the perfect play area. Patios and decks are great for entertaining. And a vegetable garden can yield fresh, delicious salads to eat on that patio or deck. Landscaping for Dummies has everything you need to turn the little patch of earth you call your own into a personal paradise. Whether you’ve waited for the day to have property to landscape, you’d never given it a second thought until you had to, or you want to improve on an existing landscape, this book offers a clearly written wealth of knowledge on: Designs Fences, walls, gates, and paths Decks, patios, and outdoor rooms Trees Shrubs and vines Ground cover From the basic principles of landscape design, to all the ins and outs of hillsides, balcony gardens, and water gardens, this book will show you how to: Think like a designer Dream up the right landscape for your family’s needs Increase your home’s resale value Conserve energy Deal with contractors, nurseries, and hardware suppliers Create an edible landscape Full of helpful problem-solvers for all kinds of landscapes, Landscaping for Dummies also features sample plans, “theme” landscape ideas, and a brilliant color photo section to inspire the imagination. Accessible and informative to both beginner and expert landscapers, this is the complete guide to creating the yard you’ve always wanted. |
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Builder's Guide to Landscaping
$22.94 Written expressly for contractors and subcontractors, this easy-to-use reference in McGraw-Hill's popular Builder's Guide series gives you all the information you need to handle every aspect of landscaping professionally and economically. The Builder's Guide to Landscaping features well-illustrated up-to-date, best practice methods for both traditional and innovative landscaping. You get complete, well-illustrated coverage of: Land clearing, Irrigation, Drainage, Customizing sites, Scheduling, Decks, patios, sidewalks, Energy efficiency, Equipment operation, Retaining walls, Greenhouse propagation, Sound safety practices, Preparing and improving soil, Cost control, Earth-friendly landscaping, Starting and maintaining plants, Marketing, including niche markets The first book of its kind for professionals, Builder's Guide to Landscaping is your all-in-one key to success in every aspect of the landscaping business. |
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Desert Landscaping
$17.98 George Brookbank has distilled nearly twenty years' experience—as an extension agent in urban horticulture with the University of Arizona—into a practical book that tells how to avoid problems with desert landscaping before they occur and how to correct those that do. In the first part, "How to Start and Maintain a Desert Landscape," he provides 28 easy-to-use chapters that address concerns ranging from how to start a wildflower garden to how to cope with Texas root rot. In Part Two, "A Month-By-Month Maintenance Guide," he offers a handy almanac that tells what to do and what to watch out for each month of the year, with cross-references to the chapters in Part One. Homeowners who maintain their own landscape will find in this book ways to make the work more satisfying and productive, while those who hire landscape contractors can make sure the work is done effectively and economically. "You'll find all kinds of books on desert landscape design and materials, irrigation system and design, and landscape installation," says Brookbank. "So far as I know, however, this is the only book that tells you what to do with what you've got and how to keep it growing." CONTENTSPart 1 - How to Start and Maintain a Desert Landscape1. Desert Conditions: How They Are "Different"2. Plants Are Like People: They're Not Alike3. Use Arid-Land Plants to Save Water4. How to Irrigate in the Desert5. How to Design and Install a Drip Irrigation System6. Soils and Their Improvement I: How to Plant in the Desert7. Soils and Their Improvement II: How to Use Fertilizers8. What to Do When Things Go Wrong: A Troubleshooter's Guide9. How to Avoid—and Repair—Frost Damage10. How to Control "Weeds"11. Palo Verde Borer Beetle: What to Do12. How to Avoid Texas Root Rot13. When You Move Into an Empty House14. What to Do About Roots in Drains15. How to Dig Up Plants and Move Them16. How to Have Flower Bed Color All Year17. Landscape Gardening with Containers18. Starting Wildflowers19. Starting a Lawn20. Making and Keeping a Good Hedge21. Pruning Trees and Shrubs22. Palm Tree Care23. Caring for Saguaros, Ocotillos, Avages, and Prickly Pears24. Roses in the Desert: Hard Work and Some Disappointments25. Landscaping with Citrus26. Swimming Pools: Plants, Play, and Water-Saving27. Landscape Maintenance While You're Away28. Condominiums: Common Grounds, Common ProblemsPart 2 - A Month-by-Month Maintenance Guide |
