Popular Mechanics Home How-To: Outdoors & Gardens FROM THE PUBLISHER
Learn everything you need to know about outdoor and garden projects from the experts at Popular Mechanics. Enhance the value, look, and feel of your property with Outdoors & Gardens -- and save money on landscapers! With more than 500 color photographs and illustrations, this book covers dozens of projects around the yard, from planning a garden to resurfacing a driveway, building a patio or deck, replacing a fence or gate, installing outdoor wiring, or choosing, cleaning, laying and painting stone or brick. Whether you're beginner or an expert do-it-yourselfer, Outdoors & Gardens is the complete guide to "start to finish" home projects -- from plans and building permits to materials and the satisfying finished work.
SYNOPSIS
Help your house show its best face to the outside world. From decorative details to structural repairs, more than 500 illustrations, diagrams, and color photos will show you how to spruce everything up. Plan a garden; resurface a driveway; build a patio or deck; replace fences or gates; choose, buy, clean, lay, and paint stone or brick; pour concrete slabs; design a pond; install outdoor wiring; and lots more.