This practical, hands-on guide gives simple, achievable strategies for those who want to reduce their garden’s fire hazard, while promoting its long-term health and function. This book describes what types of properties and landscapes are higher-risk, how to make a home more accessible to fire-fighters, and what to do to minimize the chances that a home will be damaged or destroyed by a wildfire. It covers fire-safe fencing and roofing materials, has tips on using water efficiently, gives best methods of effective vegetation removal, and provides versatile and comprehensive plant lists and maintenance calendars useful for those living in California’s diverse climate zones. Endorsed by AAA Homeowners Insurance.
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Landscapes lie at the intersection of air and fire, land and water - elements that gives us our life and diversity, disruption and change.
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Douglas Kent has been chasing these elements since childhood. 30 years field experience, four books, over 50 published articles, and landscapes scattered throughout California, Kent's hands are rarely clean. For the last 15 years he has run a horticultural services business that specializes in the measurable improvement of our landscapes and communities. He also teaches at Cal Poly Pomona and Saddleback College. When not in a garden Kent can be found goofing around with his family, or at sea, or both. His work can be viewed at www.anfractus.com.
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Douglas Kent has been chasing these elements since childhood. 30 years field experience, four books, over 50 published articles, and landscapes scattered throughout California, Kent's hands are rarely clean. For the last 15 years he has run a horticultural services business that specializes in the measurable improvement of our landscapes and communities. He also teaches at Cal Poly Pomona and Saddleback College. When not in a garden Kent can be found goofing around with his family, or at sea, or both. His work can be viewed at www.anfractus.com.
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A must publication for anyone planning on protecting his/her property from wildfires. Informative and inclusive, chock full with many helpful suggestions.
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This book is a lifesaver! I had little to spend and needed immediate assistance on how to move forward with protecting my hills home and still keep it beautiful. This is a MUST HAVE or as I rather consider it fire resistance for dummies! Thanks so much, looking forward to your next edition!
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Doesn't matter where you live, everyone should read this and all would benifit. There is some wonderful information in this book and I highly recommend it to all. When will we start living in harmony with nature instead of living against it?! This book will help every community. Get it!
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understory landscapes, flammable plants, dislikes extremes, prolonged freeze, burned landscape, flammable vegetation, sunny coast, topsoil loss, fuel break, plant fuels, pronounced winter, garden zone, deer resistant, coyote brush, recommended plants, flying embers, foehn winds, supplemental water, prescribed burns, zone theory, defensible space, less flammable, domestic landscape, deep watering, native landscape Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Emergency Preparedness, Berkeley Tunnel, Forest Service, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles Times, Mendocino County, Primary Goal, Secondary Goals, Central Valley, Channel Islands, Culp Valley, Protecting Residences, United States New!
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As the residents slowly discovered the fate of their homes, I saw astonishment, disbelief, and pain. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
understory landscapes, flammable plants, dislikes extremes, prolonged freeze, burned landscape, flammable vegetation, sunny coast, topsoil loss, fuel break, plant fuels, pronounced winter, garden zone, deer resistant, coyote brush, recommended plants, flying embers, foehn winds, supplemental water, prescribed burns, zone theory, defensible space, less flammable, domestic landscape, deep watering, native landscape Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Emergency Preparedness, Berkeley Tunnel, Forest Service, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles Times, Mendocino County, Primary Goal, Secondary Goals, Central Valley, Channel Islands, Culp Valley, Protecting Residences, United States New!
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- San Gabriel Valley by Automobile Club of Southern California on page 66
- A New Era of Gardening by Douglas Kent in Back Matter
- The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California by James C. Hickman in Back Matter
- Pruning Made Easy: A Gardener's Visual Guide to When and How to Prune Everything, from Flowers to Trees (Storey's Gardening Skills Illustrated Series) by Lewis Hill in Back Matter
- San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History by John Haskell Kemble in Back Matter
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