Better Homes and Gardens Home Landscaping: Plants, Projects, and Ideas for Your YardBetter Homes and Gardens Brimming with ideas, encouragement, and detailed how-to instructions, this treasury presents more than 40 popular home landscaping projects, provides complete information on planning and planting each landscape, and shows how to create spaces that effectively showcase features such as flower beds, borders, walls, and more. |
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... frost line and shovel a little gravel into the bot- tom of each . Set the posts in and tem- porarily brace them into position , checking for plumb in all directions . Starting with one post , mark a point 7 feet above the ground . Level ...
... frost line and shovel a little gravel into the bot- tom of each . Set the posts in and tem- porarily brace them into position , checking for plumb in all directions . Starting with one post , mark a point 7 feet above the ground . Level ...
Page 224
... frost line . Set 100 posts by first adding gravel to the hole , then plumbing and bracing the post in position . Pack gravel rather than soil around the post to inhibit rot , or set the posts in concrete . Use a line level , or a 2x4 ...
... frost line . Set 100 posts by first adding gravel to the hole , then plumbing and bracing the post in position . Pack gravel rather than soil around the post to inhibit rot , or set the posts in concrete . Use a line level , or a 2x4 ...
Page 272
... feet that extend beneath the frost line ( see Geometric Deck , page 242 ) . chalk line % " gap ( about the thickness of your little finger ) BRICK RAISED BED 5 Duplicate the lead on the other. 272 LANDSCAPING PROJECTS.
... feet that extend beneath the frost line ( see Geometric Deck , page 242 ) . chalk line % " gap ( about the thickness of your little finger ) BRICK RAISED BED 5 Duplicate the lead on the other. 272 LANDSCAPING PROJECTS.
Contents
The Side Yard | 30 |
The Back Yard | 46 |
PLANTING STRATEGIES | 70 |
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