Backyard Building Projects: Complete Plans for More Than 40 Useful or Decoratve Objects to Make for Your Garden (Taylor's Weekend Gardening Guides (Houghton Mifflin)) [Paperback]

David Tenenbaum (Author)

Book Description

Series: Taylor's Weekend Gardening Guides (Houghton Mifflin) | Publication Date: October 24, 1997

From a practical compost bin to whimsical outdoor sculptures, this Weekend gardening guide offers do-it-yourselfers more than 40 projects to enhance their yards and gardens. Among them: Raised beds, a window box, trellises, a cold frame, and 9 different planters; Houses for birds, bats, and butterflies, plus feeders and a bird bath; Paths, retaining walls, benches, a doormat, a trash-can house, and a sandbox.

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About the Author

David Tenenbaum, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Trouble-free Home Repair and other books, is the feature writer at "The Why Files," an award-winning Web site form the University of Wisconsin covering science behind the news. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (October 24, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395838126
• ISBN-13: 978-0395838129
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,457,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars LOTS OF FUN, June 14, 2000

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This review is from: Backyard Building Projects: Complete Plans for More Than 40 Useful or Decoratve Objects to Make for Your Garden (Taylor's Weekend Gardening Guides (Houghton Mifflin)) (Paperback)

My family found a number of fun projects in this book. We'd been thinking about ways to accent our flower beds and found useful project in this book. We created some different birdhouses as well as a few paths throughout the garden. We very pleased with the results.