A Backyard Makeover
As a designer and builder of gardens, I'm often challenged to transform a forlorn yard into a personal Eden. When I first met with my client, Tim O'Hearn, in his backyard in Portland, Oregon, this proved to be the case once again. He envisioned a ... [... more]
Fine Gardening |
Bluebird Backyard Carving
 Adventure Marketing - Bluebird Backyard Carving This life-size male bluebird is hand-carved out of wood and hand-painted to be life-like in appearance. The legs are adjustable to fit into the holes in the 6" branch base that he sits on. [... more]
$38.25 - $41.25
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Redesigning the Backyard
Throw open the back door, step outside, and survey your empire. What have you got? Let's say it's a boring sweep of turf with all the allure of an overgrown billiard table. Across that monotonous swath of green lies another monotonous swath of ... [... more]
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Transforming a Barren Backyard
When my sister and her husband asked our landscaping firm to design and build the garden for their new home in Vancouver, Washington, we were both flattered and challenged. The budget was more than adequate, but the property offered little ... [... more]
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In Your Own Backyard
I grew up in a house in a Boston suburb, with a yard that couldn't have amounted to more than a quarter of an acre. But through the eyes of a child, the backyard was pure wilderness, a wonderland that seemed to go on forever, with endless ... [... more]
Reader's Digest |
Swimming Pool Safety
From rd.com Two-thirds of childhood drownings occur May through August, making drowning the biggest summertime risk for kids. If you have a backyard pool -- or even a hot tub -- be sure to follow these tips: Install a 5-foot-high fence around the ... [... more]
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Design Your Own Container Garden
By Kelly Staikopoulos From Home Made Best Made Whether you live in an apartment, want to dress up your home's entry or have a space to fill in your backyard, container gardens are the way to go. Decorative pots, watering cans or buckets can make ... [... more]
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A Room with a View
The large window in my home office looks out onto a deep backyard, where weeping willows and majestic sequoias in adjacent properties extend the view so that my back garden looks much bigger than its actual size. This panorama, unfortunately, is ... [... more]
Fine Gardening |
Peterson Field Guides: Backyard Bird Song
An excellent starter: This CD lives up to the high quality standards of the Peterson Field Guide series and is a marvelous introduction to bird songs. I have taught ornithology courses for a number of years and this is the CD I recommend to my students. [... more]
$20.00
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Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone National Park
Whimsical Yellowstone: Lost in My Own Backyard enhanced my brief stay in Yellowstone. It informed without being heavy-handed and gave me an idea of some of the areas within the park that I know I'll never get to. The realities are expressed with humor, (& [... more]
$9.95
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Valley Splendor Backyard Buffet
Features: 8LB BACKYARD BUFFET SEED KW's: wildlife food squirrel feed wild bird sunflower peanut corn Binding: Misc. EAN: 0737539020086 MPN: 389 UPC: 737539020086 [... more]
$7.79
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It's Springtime in My Backyard
It's Springtime in My Backyard: It's Springtime in My Backyard tells the story of the author's young daughter Lauren's encounters with two Mallard ducks whom she calls Molly and Moe. This story combines real photographs of the ducks as they visit the [... more]
$16.95
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