• This cornerstone reference offers fresh ideas and care advice for all aspects of outdoor areas around a home-including landscapes, gardens, decks, and patios• Details focus on what, when, and how to care for the yard• Extension-quality consumer-oriented information in an easy step-by-step format• Highlights caring for the landscape to cre[Read More]

The backyard is no longer simply the place where you set up the grill and swing set. We all want more from our homes and that means expanding our livable space to the outdoors. In fact, homeowners are spending more time and money than ever on their yards. This book – a completely revised and updated version of Taunton’s best-selling Backyard I[Read More]

Provides practical and accessible projects that homeowners can accomplish in a weekend. Creating a comfortable, attractive, and safe outdoor living space is an essential part of home ownership. While homeowners take great responsibility for their home's exterior maintenance and pride in its curb appeal, yard work often poses the greatest challenge [Read More]

?Grass is pass?,? says veteran landscape designer Keith Davitt. He goes beyond the traditional lawn in this book, now in paperback, in which he offers a number of fresh, new ideas for transforming front and backyards into sanctuaries that pack plenty of curb appeal and offer a hideaway for you and your family and friends. This refreshing book of[Read More]

Get the solutions to your gardening problems from the American Horticultural Society's Practical Guides! Select from this ever-growing library of titles for the best gardening advice on plants and plant care, garden design, and garden construction. Low-Maintenance Gardening Includes: Planning your garden -- analyzing your requirements and the gard[Read More]

A major strength of the book is the wealth of information presented on management strategies, complete with do-it yourself instructions for site selection, soil preparation, seed rates and planting, turf establishment, and renovation. Time- and cost-saving techniques for effective mowing, thatch control, pest management, water conservation, water m[Read More]