Lawns: Your Guide to a Beautiful Yard

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Comprehensive guide on lawn-care activities published by the world's leading lawn authority.

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Overview

Comprehensive guide on lawn-care activities published by the world's leading lawn authority.

Explains better ways to mow, weed, fertilize, troubleshoot, and treat for pests.

Includes information on buying or renting lawn-care equipment and other products.

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A lawn book carrying the imprimatur of Scotts has instant authority: Scotts Company is, after all, the world's leading producer and marketer of products for do-it-yourself lawn care and gardening. This illustrated guide teaches readers how to care for their lawns year-round; how to control weeds; how to troubleshoot for problems; what products to use and when best to use them; and optimal methods for mowing, watering, and maintaining your cherished plot of green.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780696212703
  • Publisher: Meredith Books
  • Publication date: 2/15/2002
  • Edition description: 1 ED
  • Pages: 192
  • Product dimensions: 8.10 (w) x 10.80 (h) x 0.50 (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Your dream lawn
Benefits of a lawn
How grass grows

Chapter 2: Fertilizing
Fertilizing digest
Fertilizing fundamentals
Fertilizer
Spreaders
Spreading how-to
The nutrients plants need
Turf topics: Annual lawn programs

Chapter 3: Watering
Watering digest
Lawn watering basics
Sprinklers & irrigation systems
Conserving water

Chapter 4: Mowing
Mowing digest
Making the cut
Lawn mowers
Finishing touches

Chapter 5: Managing thatch
Managing thatch digest
Dethatching
Aerating
Turf topics: Lawns in shade

Chapter 6: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting digest
Dealing with pests
Using pest controls
Lawn detective
All about weeds
Controlling weeds
Weed profiles
All about insects
Controlling insects
Insect profiles
All about diseases
Disease profiles
Other problems

Chapter 7: Reviving your lawn
Reviving your lawn digest
Patching vs. renovating
Patching
Renovating

Chapter 8: Brand new lawn
Brand new lawn digest
The basics of a new lawn
Buying seed and sod
Evaluate the soil
Soil testing
Improving soil
Soil prep & seeding
Finishing the job
Sodding
Selecting the right grass
Grass profiles
Other turf grasses
Turf topics: What's good for the lawn is good for the environment

Resources
Index
Credits
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