a grad...FIGURE 4-2: Lay out a line. FIGURE 4-3: Give a low retaining wall deadmen for stability. FIGURE 4-4: Building a stacked concrete or stone wall, without mortar, requires...4 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: Use underground drainpipe and #1 stone to provide subsurface draina...FIGURE 5-2: A rain garden routes gutter water to a small garden area.
5 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: Using stringlines to align fence posts and mark them for trimming w...FIGURE 6-2: Attaching the fence rails to the posts; note bevel cuts at joints.FIGURE 6-3: Installing pickets is less tedious if you use a spacer to align eac...FIGURE 6-4: For a simple board fence (not pickets), trim the top of the fence a...FIGURE 6-5: A wall of mortared stone, block, or brick requires a reinforced con...FIGURE 6-6: Installing a brick wall requires double-checking levels at interval...FIGURE 6-7: Measure the opening at several points when planning the gate frame....FIGURE 6-8: Attach hinges to the gate first, and then hang the gate.
6 Chapter 7FIGURE 7-1: A well-compacted base and firm edgings are the keys to installing b...FIGURE 7-2: The most critical steps in building a concrete walk are setting the...FIGURE 7-3: Set the flagstones atop the base and experiment with the path’s des...FIGURE 7-4: Stairs and garden steps must maintain uniform, safe dimensions. FIGURE 7-5: You can use landscape timbers to build garden steps.
7 Chapter 8FIGURE 8-1: The basic structural system of a deck. FIGURE 8-2: For a deck layout, attach stringlines directly to the ledger board....FIGURE 8-3: Components of simple deck stairs. FIGURE 8-4: Building stairs requires precise measurements and careful carpentry...FIGURE 8-5: Bolting a railing post to the deck.
8 Chapter 9FIGURE 9-1: You have several options for creating a border around your patio. FIGURE 9-2: A brick or paver patio installed over a sand bed requires a firmly ...FIGURE 9-3: These brick patterns are designs that any do-it-yourselfer can dupl...FIGURE 9-4: Save money by preparing the base and forms, but unless your concret...
9 Chapter 10FIGURE 10-1: Three types of raised beds. FIGURE 10-2: The basic garden bench is easy to build.FIGURE 10-3: Enhance a bench with planter boxes.
10 Chapter 12FIGURE 12-1: For bareroot shrubs, set the plant on a cone of soil in the middle...FIGURE 12-2: Soil basin directs water to roots. FIGURE 12-3: Keep formal hedges full-foliaged by lightly tapering the sides so ...
11 Chapter 13FIGURE 13-1: Gently turn the pot upside down to remove the seedling. FIGURE 13-2: Breaking a few roots won’t hurt the plant, as long as the mass of ...FIGURE 13-3: Set the seedling so that the top of the rootball is level with the...FIGURE 13-4: Firm the soil around the plant just enough so it can remain uprigh...
12 Chapter 14FIGURE 14-1: Use this bulb-planting depth chart as a guide when you plant your ...
13 Chapter 15FIGURE 15-1: Scoop out holes for each plant. FIGURE 15-2: Put the plant in the hole and firm it into place.
14 Chapter 16FIGURE 16-1: One of several types of lawn spreaders (left) and a lawn roller (r...FIGURE 16-2: Stagger the ends of the sod, as if you're laying brick.
15 Chapter 19FIGURE 19-1: A sample firescaping landscape plan.
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