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Sustainable Landscaping For Dummies

Autor OE Dell
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 feb 2009
Create a beautiful, sustainable landscape that's easy on your pocketbook

Want to go green outside your home? This practical, hands-on guide shows you how to design, create, and live with sustainable lawn and garden spaces. You'll see how to eliminate the use of chemicals, reduce energy use, and conserve natural resources, all while you craft an attractive and functional outdoor environment that increases the value and improves the appearance of your home.

  • Get sustainable savvy -- understand what it means, why it matters, and what materials and resources to use

  • Work with water -- evaluate and maintain irrigation systems, explore water harvesting, and manage watering for maximum conservation

  • Make the most of hardscaping -- from patios and walls to fences, steps, and lighting systems, construct and maintain sustainable elements

  • Add the true green stuff -- select, establish, and care for gorgeous climate-appropriate plants that need few resources

Open the book and find:

  • The essentials of sustainable garden care

  • Ways to minimize your lawn's impact and keep it healthy

  • A step-by-step tutorial on designing a great landscape plan

  • How to grade, plant, and irrigate the sustainable way

  • Tips for fitting food into your landscape

  • Cheap (or free) planet-friendly projects

  • Nonsustainable gardening mistakes to avoid

  • When and why to call in the pros

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780470411490
ISBN-10: 047041149X
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 187 x 235 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States

Public țintă

Sustainable Landscaping For Dummies appeals to the environmentally conscious reader who is looking for ways that he or she can further lessen their environmental impact while increasing both the value and appearance of their home.

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Descriere

Sustainable Landscaping For Dummies provides hands-on, how-to instruction for realizing the benefits of a sustainable landscape, from selecting sutainable hardscape materials to installing a rain-water catchment system to choosing native plants.