Description
Contents: Home Maintenance And Improvement – 9-Way Geodesic Dome For Almost Any Use You Want (Start with a kit and assemble a redwood dome with hammer and wrench. Uses include guest house, greenhouse, jungle gym, sauna and storage); A Sewing Storage Wall Hides Behind Window Shades (Build the sewing storage wall shown on the cover and hide machine and supplies in minutes when area is not in use); Venting Your Laundry Dryer (Avoid serious damage to your home by venting your dryer properly. Given are instructions for installing a vent kit or a standard flue pipe); How To Cure A Sick Roof (Here you’ll find advice on making minor roof repairs to cure such ailments as loose shingles, holes, and split shingles – plus a list of roofing jobs best left to a professional roofer); What You Should Know About Chisels (Many household jobs call for use of a chisel and here you’ll learn about electricians, prying and ripping, and masonry chisels – plus sharpening tips) Yards And Garden – The Best Of The Little-Flowered Bulbs Of Springtime (It’s not too soon to begin planting such early-flowering little bulbs as crocus, winter aconite, snowdrop, scikka and graph-hyacinth. A handy planting chart will guide you on the proper depth to plant); Now Is The Time To Get Your Lawn Into Shape (Whether you have a patching job or total replacement, the time to do it is now. Here is the information you need on soil preparation, fertilizing and seed selection plus some up-to-date equipment to make the job easier) Special Feature – Answers To Most Asked Garden Questions (Here are eight pages of questions and answers on fruits, annuals, perennials, vegetables, trees, shrubs, lawns and house plants. You’ll learn what house plants can be grown in water, a substitute for a Christmas tree indoors, how to store tuberous begonias, a good hybrid currant to plant, modern way to protect fruit trees from animals, control dor white fly, onion harvesting tips, storing winter squash, choice low hedge, saving seeds); House Plants; Annuals; Perennials; Summer Bulbs; Vegetables; Fruits; Trees and Shrubs Departments – New Products For Old Problems; News & Events; Editors’ Tests; Booklets You Should Know About; Ask Handyman; What It’s Called And Where To Buy It; Repair Index
Issue: September 1973
Condition: Very Good