Landscaping For Dummies. Lance Walheim

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СКАЧАТЬ Your Plants — Which Type of Fertilizer to Use? Giving Your Plants a Trim — Pruning 101 Editing Your Landscape Chapter 18: Dealing with Critters, Weeds, and Other Common Problems Discovering Natural Pest Control Coping with Small Rodents Dealing with Doe, a Deer Grappling with Weeds Handling Disease Problems Chapter 19: Coping with Mother Nature and Weather Peeking at Zone Maps Surviving Hot Summers Surviving Cold Winters Gardening in a Warmer World

      9  Part 5: Time to Add Flair to Your Landscape Chapter 20: Contemplating Plans for Special Situations Planting for Privacy Adding a Low-Water Garden Getting Ready for a Dip — around a Pool Designing a Hillside Rock Garden Considering Shade When Gardening Chapter 21: Considering Theme Landscapes Attracting and Nurturing Wild Creatures Providing a Garden Space for Kids Putting in a Kitchen Garden Incorporating an Herb Garden Establishing a Meadow Garden Composing a Cottage Garden Finding Your Meditation Area with a Retreat Garden Making an Enchanting Evening Garden

      10  Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Make Your Surroundings Unique Work on Your Front Yard Reflect the Architecture of Your Home Go Native Coordinate with Neighbors Design a Secret Garden Bring the Inside Out Have Fun with Accessories Pick a Color Theme and Go For It! Mix Ornamentals and Edibles Add the Element of Sound Chapter 23: Tens Ways to a Greener Landscape Plant Trees for Shade Compost Wean from Garden Pesticides and Herbicides Use Solar Lighting Conserve Water Match Plant Choices to Climate and Soil Welcome/Tolerate Wildlife Reduce or Eliminate Your Lawn Use Tools That Don’t Require Fossil Fuel Stay Away from Sphagnum Moss

      11  Appendix A: Landscaping Resources Reading for Ideas and Knowledge Finding Specific Help Exploring Learning Opportunities Viewing Other Gardens and Landscapes

      12  Appendix B: English-Metric Conversion Tables

      13  Index

      14  About the Authors

      15  Supplemental Images

      16  Connect with Dummies

      17  End User License Agreement

      List of Tables

      1 Chapter 3TABLE 3-1: Your Shopping List

      List of Illustrations

      1 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: A completed site analysis notes significant features of the propert...

      2 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: Basic drafting tools help you draw your plan. FIGURE 3-2: Using tracing paper over your base plan, draw shapes to identify wh...FIGURE 3-3: The final site plan incorporates needs and features into a function...

      3 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: Pound СКАЧАТЬ