Review of New Complete Home Landscaping (Paperback)

Over 950 photographs and watercolor paintings illustrate New Complete Home Landscaping, a step-by-step guide for amateur and professional landscapers alike. Internationally recognized garden writer Catriona Tudor Erler discusses how to choose the right plants for one's climate and soil conditions, how to install a fence, when to fertilize and what fertilizer to use, fighting common diseases, how to transplant large trees and shrubs, and much more. Packed with pages and pages of detail and explicit constructions, New Complete Home Landscaping lives up to its title as an indispensable and well-rounded resource for anyone seriously contemplating a landscaping project.




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Review of Deerproofing Your Yard & Garden (Paperback)

Being new property & house owners in a suburban area adjacent to a deer wintering yard, this book provided us excellent advice on coping with our local deer population. We are planning a garden from scratch, and theinformation is very practical. It should help any gardener with deer intheir area reduce their cost of resultant damage. The book deals with deerbehavioural characteristics, and the likelihood of deer frequenting theproperty, as well as how to plan a deerproof garden. From plants that aredetested by deer, to plants that will guarantee deer company: annual,perennial, shrub & tree choices are listed, including hardiness zoneinformation. A range of strategies for keeping deer out of the garden isalso included. The strategies go from fences to foul smelling substances tonoise makers, and advice is given on the likelihood of success for each. Anexcellent tailorable reference book.



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Review of Landscaping: Planning, Planting, Building (Better Homes and Gardens(R): Step-by-Step Series) (Paperback)

This book walks you through the processes of landscaping, from planning to installation, in a very readable, understandable and enjoyable manner.As a landscape designer, I'm always searching for references of any type touse when creating "yard spaces" and presenting those ideas to mycustomers.With books, I'm usually disappointed either with the graphicand/or written content regarding the details of landscaping, particularlythose publications sold at the Home Depots et al.This was different. Technical to the point that's necessary and not too "flowery" init's narrative, it just provides wellwritten ideas and executions formany landscaping tasks.

The illustrations & photography in manybooks I've seen work OK but give the books an "old" feel,because, in many cases, they are old in date and style.With fewexceptions, the artwork and landscape "styling" in this bookappear current and appropriate.That made it a more believable booktoo.

All said and done, this book is an excellent value for those seekinggeneral-to-semi-technical information for a wide variety of landscapingtasks.With its emphasis on extensive and educated planning, this book isan asset to the homeowner and the landscape professional alike.In myopinion, one of the book's greatest achievements may be that homeowners,after reading it, can decide better whether to tackle a project themselvesor work with professionals.

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Shows how to plan, shape the land, build structures, and more.

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