Ortho's All about Building Waterfalls, Pools, and Streams


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Explains how to install and maintain water garden features, discussing design considerations, equipment, materials, and techniques that ensure professional-looking results.




All About Building Waterfalls, Ponds, and Streams


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• A practical, easy-to-understand guide to adding both still (ponds) and moving (waterfalls and streams) water features to any garden. • Includes complete, easy-to-follow instructions on designing, establishing, and caring for a variety of eye-pleasing water projects. • More than 220 vivid photographs and illustrations, plus detailed instructions, make this guide a must-have for garden enthusiasts looking to plan and build a water feature. • Expert advice on selecting the right fish and plants for embellishing any backyard aquatic paradise. • Solution-based format will inspire you to confidently create water havens in your own yard.




Ortho's All about Garden Pools and Fountains


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Explains how to install and maintain a water garden.




Waterfalls, Fountains, Pools & Streams


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Designing & building water features in your garden.







The Complete Garden Ponds and Waterfall


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Adding a wаtеr gаrdеn іѕ a major undеrtаkіng, but it may well be оnе оf thе bеѕt аnd most рlеаѕurаblе garden аddіtіоnѕ you will ever mаkе. Tаkе the time now-before уоu ever lіft a spade-to thоughtfullу dеѕіgn and plan уоur wаtеr gаrdеn. Doing уоur hоmеwоrk nоw saves fruѕtrаtіоnѕ аnd dіѕарроіntmеnt lаtеr. Learn about the bеѕt place tо locate a wаtеr fеаturе, the mоѕt fіttіng ѕtуlе, and thе latest dеѕіgn аnd buіldіng tесhnіԛuеѕ. Thе rеѕult wіll be a wаtеr feature thаt іnѕtаllѕ еаѕіlу, rеԛuіrеѕ minimal fuѕѕ, аnd is a fосаl роіnt оf уоur lаndѕсаре for years tо come. It's equally іmроrtаnt that уоur water garden mаtсh your lіfеѕtуlе аnd уоur gоаlѕ fоr іt. Will іt be a рrіvаtе rеtrеаt or a рlасе to entertain guеѕtѕ? Wіll уоu еnjоу it mаіnlу during thе dау оr еvеnіng? Dо уоu have thе tіmе аnd desire tо рuttеr wіth extensive рlаntіngѕ and fіѕh, or dо you wаnt ѕоmеthіng low-maintenance? Expert advice on selecting the right fish and plants for embellishing any backyard aquatic paradise.Solution-based format inspires homeowners to confidently create water havens in their own yards.This all-new second edition provides the very best instructions for building ponds, waterfalls, and streams.







How to Organize (Just About) Everything


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Professional organizer Peter Walsh presents this witty and enormously practical guide to getting it—and keeping it—all together. With more than 500 easy-to-follow how-to instructions, How to Organize (Just About) Everything is packed with shrewd advice and insider tips to make your home, your workplace—indeed, every imaginable aspect of your life—run more smoothly. Step-by-step solutions help even the most organizationally challenged take on: Kids Schedules Storage Photos Lists Politics Education Remodels Meals Weddings Finances Holidays Parties Vacations Emergencies




Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance, and Restoration (Third Edition)


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The bible of pond-making in a fully redesigned 30th-anniversary edition. There is nothing like a pond. What else can simultaneously increase your aesthetic pleasure, offer recreational opportunities, help the environment, and increase the value of your property? Earth Ponds is the standard resource for building and maintaining these important and lovely landscape features. For thirty years now Earth Ponds, with some 100,000 copies in print, has guided an entire generation of pond makers on everything from site planning to soil sampling to drainage and wildlife management. It’s a complete overview of the country pond. Illustrations guide the pond builder through every step of the process; chapters carefully describe the issues and decisions in a wonderfully personal way. It’s the condensed wisdom of a man who has spent a lifetime building, restoring, and maintaining ponds.




Outdoor Water Features


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Bring life and movement to your outdoor living space with the sparkle and cool serenity of water. Alan and Gill Bridgewater show you how to add ponds, pools, cascades, waterspouts, and more to your garden or yard. With step-by-step instructions for 16 easy projects that include a classic wall-mounted fountain spout, a Japanese-style bamboo water pump, and even a container bog garden, you’ll soon be building a stylish water feature that’s perfectly suited to your landscape.