Aerate The Lawn
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook gets started on his fall yard chores. If rainfall pools on the grass, it's time to aerate compressed soil so water and nutrients can reach the roots. A garden fork can do the job on a small yard, but ... [... more]
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Roger Cook's Ten Greatest Conmen: True Stories of the ...
 Author: Roger Cook Author: Tim Tate Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 364.1630922 EAN: 9781844546466 ISBN: 1844546462 Number Of Pages: 316 Publication Date: 2009-05-01 [... more]
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Living Through A Renovation
Cabinet installers at work in Chris's kitchen. TOH plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey and TOH landscape contractor Roger Cook check for roots clogging a sewer drain. TOH general contractor Tom Silva tapes wallboard in Chris's new ... [... more]
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Hand Pruners
Because my idea of pruning is to fire up a chain saw, I asked This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook for a lesson in the more precise technique of pruning by hand. Here are a few of his recommendations. Dull pruners make you work harder ... [... more]
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Choose a Live Christmas Tree
Take it from TOH's Roger Cook: It may require more muscle to cart a live tree into the house, but it will be fresher and more fragrant than a cut one—not to mention longer-lasting and more fragrant, once planted outside. One of Roger's top ... [... more]
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Fall Fertilizing
Roger Cook says a last dose of fertilizer before the winter can make all the difference next spring. Fall is here and it's time to fertilize. Why now? Taking the time to fertilize in the fall will strengthen your plants' and lawn's roots, giving ... [... more]
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Shrub Borders
Hand-pruning the tips of a fastigiate white pine will help rein in its overall size. Roger Cook uses a power trimmer to narrow the top of a V-shaped privet hedge. Prune hedges to be narrower at the top, and wider at the base. Leggy, woody, ... [... more]
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10 Uses For A Garden Hose
TOH landscape contractor Roger Cook slips hose scraps over wire he uses to stabilize young trees. No chafing. They hide where it's cramped and dark during the day, so University of California master gardener Sue McDavid leaves 6-inch hose ... [... more]
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The Western Maryland Railway: Fireballs and black diamonds
Comprehensive, well written history of the WM.: This is a well written history of the Western Maryland Railway, covering the time from birth to being absorbed by the Chessie System. Background history during major decisions of the railroad is excellent, [... more]
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The Western Maryland Railway: Fireballs and Black Diamonds
Comprehensive, well written history of the WM.: This is a well written history of the Western Maryland Railway, covering the time from birth to being absorbed by the Chessie System. Background history during major decisions of the railroad is excellent, [... more]
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Magnetic North: Canadian Steam in Twilight
CANADA , A LOOK BACK.: This book is a feast for the eyes, the text alone is well worth the purchase price. The addition of the authors and others photographs is a "time machine experience" for this reviewer, who grew up in Detroit, Michigan in [... more]
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Great Speeches for Criticism and Analysis, Fourth Edition
Best book on the market for quality speeches: As a speech professor, I have struggled to find a comprehensive edition of powerful speeches for my students' group projects. This is the edition to have. Although it's speeches are exclusive to the 20th [... more]
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