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A Sustainable Yard and Landscape
A Sustainable Yard and Landscape
Bob starts the walkthrough of the finished Punta Gorda home in the yard, which is sustainable and certified as a Florida Yard ...
Backyard Pond
Backyard Pond
A pond or water garden will likely become the focal point for all your backyard conservation.
Backyard Wetland
Backyard Wetland
Wetlands filter excess pesticides and nutrients. Many plants and animals find a home in wetlands.
Bark Saver
Bark Saver
When doing tree pruning work, making an extra undercut with your pruning saw will help keep the bark below heavier branches ...
Beveled Fence Post
Beveled Fence Post
Here's how to dress up a fence post with a beveled cap. It's easy to do with a radial arm saw. Set the blade at a 45 degree ...
Beware Backflow
Beware Backflow
When water flows backward through the water supply system, it is called backsiphonage or backflow. When that water is ...
Beware of Birdseed!
Beware of Birdseed!
Birdseed carries the eggs of meal moths. In hot weather these varmints hatch, eat starch, then pupate and turn into small tan ...
Beware of Invasive Vines
Beware of Invasive Vines
If you have bare ground but don't want more lawn, evergreen ground covers are very good.
Blower Basics
Blower Basics
If you dread the tedious task of raking leaves each fall, you'll be amazed at the ease of using a leaf blower. These gasoline ...
Building a Brick Barbeque
Building a Brick Barbeque
Bob and a contractor rebuild the homeowner’s brick barbeque using common brick and mortar.
Building a Dry Stone Retaining Wall
Building a Dry Stone Retaining Wall
Building a dry stone retaining wall is a challenge. In addition to holding back the weight of the earth it is meant to retain, ...
Building a Gravel Drive and Planting Shrubs
Building a Gravel Drive and Planting Shrubs
Bob discusses the new gravel drive and shrub plantings with landscaper Susan Hoffer.
Building a Privacy Fence
Building a Privacy Fence
Bob reviews the progress the Western Red Cedar custom fence designed to block the carport from the neighbors view at his home ...
Building a Redwood Deck and a Redwood-Cedar Fence
Building a Redwood Deck and a Redwood-Cedar Fence
Bob helps Ryley build a redwood deck. Bob emphasizes the use of stainless steel nails when working with redwood due to the ...
Butterfly Gardening
Butterfly Gardening
We aren't the only ones attracted to beautiful flowers. Butterflies need the nectar that many flowers offer to survive.
Celebrating on the Completed Patio and Lanai
Celebrating on the Completed Patio and Lanai
Bob gives us a final tour of the new lanai and spa. The unique banana leaf shape of the patio posed several contruction ...
Choosing a Spreader
Choosing a Spreader
Cyclone or rotary spreaders work best with fertilizers. Drop spreaders work best with lime.
Choosing a Sprinkler System for Your Lawn
Choosing a Sprinkler System for Your Lawn
If you think you've had it with hauling hoses to cope with drought, maybe you think it's time to consider a sprinkler system.
Clean Cut
Clean Cut
Mowing when the grass is wet or with a dull blade can cause the tip of the grass to shred, giving the lawn a brown appearance ...
Compost Aeration
Compost Aeration
The microorganisms in the compost pile function best when the materials are as damp as a wrung-out sponge and have many air ...
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