Includes both building and landscaping projects, along with complete tool and material lists for each project; expert advice on walkways, patios, decks, sheds, fences, and stone walls; tips on growing healthy lawns and gardens and on improving garden design; and a glossary and index. Original. 25,000 first printing. There are many ways a homeowner can improve the usefulness, value, and design of their outdoor living spaces, and the Ultimate Guide to Outdoor Projects brings the most popular of those projects together in one complete book. Created to both inspire homeowners by showing the possibilities as well as providing the instruction to build the project, the Ultimate Guide to Outdoor Projects covers everything from building fences to planting a lush, green lawn. Projects include the tools and materials readers will need, as well as photographs or illustrations to show them how to do the job right. Projects include patios and walkways, stone walls, garden sheds, pools and spas, raised planters, trellises and arbors, perennial borders, lawns, and much more. The Ultimate Guide to Outdoor Projects shows readers how to build the most popular yard and garden structures and landscape projects.