Description: In Living with Wildfire (first published as The Wildfire Survival Guide), gardening expert Maureen Gilmer shares proven ways to save homes, properties, and lives with wildfire-resistant landscaping and fire-prevention techniques. Readers will discover how to create bands of protection by choosing fire-resistant plants, manage native vegetation, and prevent erosion and mudslides. Included is updated information on insuring property, selecting a home site, packing an emergency kit, and getting public and private assistance. With easy-to-follow diagrams, instructional photographs, and landscaping plans, this is the essential resource for homeowners to get through fire season.
Review Quotes: "An accessible contribution to the growing literature on how to live wisely in houses amid fire-prone countrysides. I found it particularly noteworthy for its discussion of landscaping plants."
--Stephen J. Pyne, one of the world's foremost experts on the history and management of fire, and author of Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire