Book excerpt: Show your artistic abilities to the world--with your front lawn as the canvas!Lawnscapes contains 20 totally amazing designs that will transform the yard into a work of art. With easy-to-follow instructions, readers will learn the skills and techniques necessary to create patterns, pictures, holiday scenes, even words and phrases. All that's needed is string, a lawn mower and, of course, a lawn. Patterns are divided into Basic (checkerboard, bull's eye), Intermediate (flower, sunburst) and Advanced for writing words. Pictures include a glowing jack-o'-lantern and a Christmas tree with lights. With a cool Astroturf cover, Lawnscapes will have great appeal for house-proud suburbanites, as a Father's Day gift, or a gift for guys in general.