Backyard Living
Practical guides by Bruce Goode
Backyard Living Guides
Useful guidance for your next project.
Practical guides for greenhouses, backyard ponds, and container water gardens. Start with the project that fits your space and the way you want to build.
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The Complete Greenhouse Kit Guide
How to Select, Build, and Optimize the Perfect Backyard Greenhouse Kit
By Bruce Goode
The Complete Pond Kit Guide
Choosing, Installing, and Caring for Your First Backyard Pond
Start with matched components, then work through site planning, kit comparisons, installation, plants, fish, and year-round care. Includes practical checklists, formulas, and shopping lists to help you plan the whole project.
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Your First Backyard Pond
A Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Small Pond from Scratch
Design a pond around your own yard using separately chosen parts. Follow one example project through sizing the liner, pump and filtration, building the pond and waterfall, adding an optional bog filter, and caring for the finished water garden.
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The Pond You Can Take With You
Container Water Gardens for Renters, Balconies, and Small Spaces
Create a water garden that can move when you do. Explore containers, aquatic plants, still-water and fountain projects, indoor options, seasonal care, and moving-day planning, with attention to permissions, filled weight, spills, and leaving the space as you found it.
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