The most important step in preparing for a water feature in one’s yard is preparation. Therefore, I read this book and one other. This book was slightly more accessible, but definitely less authoritative, than the other one. Its chapter on waterfalls was helpful to orient me to the overall process required to build a small stream with a pump. It didn’t have a ton of obscure but invaluable “tricks of the trade” to help me,…
In my yard, I have the perfect area for a waterfall feature. It’s on a 5-foot downhill slope in a sunny area. It’s hard to get anything but weeds to grow there instead of fescue grass because of perpetual, late-summer sun. We have many gardens, but I’m concerned that the heat would do many plants in. So I want to install a waterfall feature to bring sounds alongside flair, but I’m unsure how to do…
Homer’s Odyssey requires no introduction for hard-core fans of literature, but reading this great work in its original translation can be daunting to older kids and young adults. Fortunately, Punter and Fiorin retold this classic in a graphic novel. They maintain the basic storyline and illustrate the action with imagination. Fans of Dog Man and other graphic novels will appreciate this form of one of the best stories ever told in human language. It’s action-packed…