"This Lawn Care and Maintenance Report was created to help homeowners with little to no lawn care knowledge learn the following: The difference between warm and cool season grasses, how to fertilize your lawn, how to set the height of your lawn mower, the importance of keeping your lawn mower blade sharp, how to properly water your lawn, and much more."--

Keeping a healthy and verdant lawn can be a real challenge. Collins Practical Gardener Lawns looks at all imaginable aspects of starting and maintaining a lawn. Whether your lawn is mainly for your family or intended as a showpiece, Lawns will provide all the know-how you need to design, prepare for, create and keep a lawn tailored to your needs. All the technical info is covered from ground roots up, including advice on sowing seeds, laying turf,...

"Front lawns, beware: The Germinatrix has you in her crosshairs! Ivette Soler is a welcome voice urging us to mow less and grow some food—in her uniquely fun, infectious yet informative way." —Garden Rant

People everywhere are turning patches of soil into bountiful vegetable gardens, and each spring a new crop of beginners pick up trowels and plant seeds for the first time. They're planting tomatoes in raised beds,...

Descubra planes de construcción fáciles de seguir para su invernadero y aprenda a cosechar verduras, frutas y flores frescas durante cualquier temporada.¿Se ha preguntado alguna vez por las numerosas ventajas que conlleva poner comida en su mesa directamente desde su propio patio trasero?¿Qué puede ser más satisfactorio que tener la libertad de cultivar y recoger verduras en la comodidad de su propia propiedad?¿Y qué decir de los arreglos...

Your lawn is a representative of you and your home it shows your neighbors and visitors how much time and effort you are willing to put into keeping your home looking good. Organic lawn care is becoming much more prevalent for many home owners, but knowing how to effectively plant and grow a lawn, keep weeds away and kill bugs without using chemicals and unnatural law products can be complicated and downright confusing in many cases. This book was...

Son of renowned horticulturist Don Hastings, Chris Hastings presents his readers with step-by-step instructions for year-round care of lawns from Virginia to Texas.

“Leave Me A Lawn” lays out the best ways to make a great lawn without having to buy hundreds of dollars’ worth of chemicals and supplies. I'll talk about how to add fertility to the soil, how to water to keep the grass growing up and the water bill down, and how to keep your lawn mower serviced and working. And we'll pick up a lot of other helpful tips along the way.

In the tenth book in the Guides for the Prairie Gardener series, lifelong gardeners Janet Melrose and Sheryl Normandeau take on the very prairie subject of grasses. Was ever there a prairie-er subject than grass? Important providers of habitat and food for numerous wildlife species, grasses also serve an integral role in erosion control. For the gardener they can open up a bounty of landscaping options, from the lawn to the pond. In the tenth installment...

"This complete handbook is the perfect guide for anyone who wants to buy or install a small-scale irrigation system for the lawn, garden, or backyard. Covers everything from sprinklers and soaker hoses to overhead irrigation and gravity distribution systems."--