Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance, and Restoration
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The bible of pond-making in a fully redesigned 30th-anniversary edition.
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| ISBN |
9781581571479 |
| Barcode |
9781581571479 |
| Published |
4 June 2012 by WW Norton & Co |
| Format |
Trade Paperback/Paperback, Third Edition |
| Author(s) |
By Matson, Tim |
| Availability |
Indent title (internationally sourced), usually ships 4-6 weeks |
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| ISBN-13 |
9781581571479 |
| ISBN-10 |
158157147X |
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| Stock |
Available |
| Status |
Indent title (internationally sourced), usually ships 4-6 weeks |
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| Publisher |
WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint |
Countryman Press Inc. |
| Publication Date |
4 June 2012
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| Publication Country |
 United States |
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| Format |
Trade Paperback/Paperback, Third Edition
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| Edition |
Third Edition |
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| Author(s) |
By Matson, Tim |
| Category |
Landscape Gardening
Water Gardens, Pools
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| Number of Pages |
152 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 257mm
Height: 203mm
Spine: 13mm |
| Weight |
370g |
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| Interest Age |
General Audience |
| Reading Age |
General Audience |
| Library of Congress |
Water-supply, Rural, Ponds - Design and construction |
| NBS Text |
Gardening |
| ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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| Dewey Code |
714 |
| Catalogue Code |
266248 |
Description of this Book
There is nothing like a pond. What else can simultaneously increase your aesthetic pleasure, offer recreational opportunities, help the environment, and increase the value of your property? Earth Ponds is the standard resource for building and maintaining these important and lovely landscape features.For thirty years now Earth Ponds, with some 100,000 copies in print, has guided an entire generation of pond makers on everything from site planning to soil sampling to drainage and wildlife management. It s a complete overview of the country pond.Illustrations guide the pond builder through every step of the process; chapters carefully describe the issues and decisions in a wonderfully personal way. It s the condensed wisdom of a man who has spent a lifetime building, restoring, and maintaining ponds.
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Author's Bio
Tim Matson, a writer and aquaculture consultant, has been advising people how to build and maintain ponds and wetlands for more than 25 years through Earth Ponds, his pond design and restoration consulting firm. His writing has appeared in Yankee, Harrowsmith Country Life, Country Journal, and Vermont Life. He lives in Thetford Center, Vermont.
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