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Abrams
Description
Presents seventy-five projects for making garden structures and accessories using inexpensive, readily-available materials, including such items as rustic fencing, plant markers, painted terracotta pots, stakes, hypertufa planters, and sieves.
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LibraryThing member 2wonderY
Very good sections on hypertufa and mosaic projects. Good discussion, alternative methods, pointers and illustrations.
LibraryThing member murderbydeath
This one was on my Christmas list but by the time MT made it to the bookstore, they were out of stock and had to order it in. I picked it up yesterday and in the midst of cleaning the house for our NYE barbecue, I "took a quick break" ... you know, just to "flip through" my new book after bringing
Anyhoo... the book is full of DIY projects for the garden that not only look cool and fun but also really useful, which is exactly what I'd been hoping for. I'd definitely going to try a lot of them, although some may take longer than others to get to (I have to psyche myself up to start in on the concrete projects).
I stuck with 4 stars since I've not yet actually tried any of the projects yet.
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it home. A couple of hours oohing and ahhing and suddenly I'm greeting our dinner guests with wet hair. Oops. Ah well, it was all family and they were all vastly entertained by what my hair does when it's left to it's own devices (ch-ch-ch-chia!)Anyhoo... the book is full of DIY projects for the garden that not only look cool and fun but also really useful, which is exactly what I'd been hoping for. I'd definitely going to try a lot of them, although some may take longer than others to get to (I have to psyche myself up to start in on the concrete projects).
I stuck with 4 stars since I've not yet actually tried any of the projects yet.
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Original publication date
2014
DDC/MDS
| 712.609764 |
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