Smart Guide: Ponds & Fountains leads readers through each step of selecting, designing, installing, and maintaining a pond or fountain. All the essential information a homeowner needs to successfully handle each task is packed into this concise construction manual. Detailed drawings clearly illustrate the step-by-step instructions, which are written with the do-it-yourselfer in mind. With the help of this Smart Guide, readers can add value to their homes while enjoying the greatest possible savings in time, effort, and money.
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"The Smart Guide series of books by Creative Homeowner are step-by-step projects that are easy to understand, completely illustrated, and provide handy guides to the tools you'll need and HOW to use them, if you've never tried before."
-Bill Ervolino, Sunday Record
Hackensack, NJ
December 15, 2002
-Bill Ervolino, Sunday Record
Hackensack, NJ
December 15, 2002
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A water garden-pond and fountain-is today's sought-after companion to almost any backyard landscaping project. Whether readers are deciding on the type of pond that best suits their wants and needs or trying to decide whether a stream or a waterfall fits better into their landscape, Smart Guide: Ponds and Fountains has it all. Packed with detailed full-color illustrations, this guide will help homeowners plan, build, and maintain their pond or fountain with step-by-step do-it-yourself sequences and easy-to-understand directions. Chapters cover everything from plant and fish selection to tips on choosing a spray or statuary fountain, how to install pond shells, digging out a watercourse, and even adding accents such as bridges and stepping-stones to your backyard. For homeowners who can't wait to get started in the spring and want to show off their creativity, Smart Guide: Ponds and Fountains will not only help their project take off but will instill confidence to the finish.
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This paperback gives you the basics, step by step, for constructing a water feature. It doesn't overwhelm you with projects that you can't possibly complete. Good entry level book.
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This is a very helpful book when it comes to building a new pond. I found a lot of helpful information on constructing the walls, placing the pump and landscaping the pond.
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It wasn't as detailed as I had hoped - reminded me of one of H.Depot's instructional books that are a waste of $. The pictures are confusing, only sketches and the read is boring. The pond section doesn't really offer realistic photos that I can apply at home. I've downloaded easier how-to videos.
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Even if you've already chosen what you think is the perfect spot for your pond, consider one or two alternate sites. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hours minimum sun, oxygenating grasses, waterfall lip, pond shell, pond perimeter, pond rim, pond surface area, informal ponds, main pond, hardy lilies, flexible liners, pond with water, other water plants, edging stones, sifted soil, prolific bloomer, raised pond, marginal plants, edging materials, pond liners, check local codes, shade screen, bog area, submerged plants, biological balance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Even if you've already chosen what you think is the perfect spot for your pond, consider one or two alternate sites. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hours minimum sun, oxygenating grasses, waterfall lip, pond shell, pond perimeter, pond rim, pond surface area, informal ponds, main pond, hardy lilies, flexible liners, pond with water, other water plants, edging stones, sifted soil, prolific bloomer, raised pond, marginal plants, edging materials, pond liners, check local codes, shade screen, bog area, submerged plants, biological balance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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