"Popular Mechanics Garden Book" is a fantastic guide to making a variety of interesting things for your garden, ranging from benches and birdhouses to ponds and even swimming pools. With helpful illustrations and simple, step-by-step instructions, this is a volume not to be missed by gardening and DIY enthusiast alike. Contents include: "Outdoor Furniture", "Fences", "Trellises", "Fireplaces", "Pools", "Ornaments", "Things for Children", "Window Boxes", "Grass", "Growing Flowers", "Vegetables", "Keeping the Birds at Home in Your Garden", "Sundial Pedestals", "Concrete Gardener", "Swimming Pool for Youngsters", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.