A guide to lawn care provides tips, techniques, and advice for an attractive yard, covering such topics as mowing, weeding, fertilizing, and getting rid of pests.

Explains how to make a lawn safe and environmentally friendly using organic methods, and how to pick the best grass for each climate and sunlight situation.

Grow and maintain a lush lawn without sacrificing your weekends No matter where you live or what you do, you, too, can grow great turf. Discover timesaving and water-saving secrets for better planning, fertilizing, watering, and mowing. With easy-to-follow instructions, this friendly guide will help you grow a lawn that's the envy of the block. Open the book and find: Tips for mowing your lawn to the perfect height How and how much to water your lawn Which nutrients your lawn needs Easy and safe ways to fertilize your lawn

Included are chapters on mowing, watering, fertilizing, soil building, equipment selection, seeding, weed control, diseases and insects, ground covers, and mulches.

Learn How to Always have a Picture Perfect Lawn with Green Grass and No Weeds All Year Long... Do you want a lawn to make your neighbors jealous for? Do you simply want to get rid of those annoying weeds? Do you want a Picture Perfect Lawn? Lawns, yard, and grass: everyone has a name for that green space, but what it really is, is your own little piece of the earth. You own it, you take care of it, and you're responsible for it. It needs you! And, you need it. Your lawn can say volumes about your pride as a homeowner OR it can say volumes about your lack of pride as a homeowner. The truth is that if you live in a community that thrives on the way houses look then lawn care is important to you! Easy Lawn Care has been made with you in mind and takes you step by step through selecting the right seed, Fertilizing, Weed Control to Lawn Mower maintenance and care. All this to help you create a lawn to be proud of. Here are just a few of the topics covered: * Starting from Scratch * Grass Varieties * Seeds Sowing * Watering * Fertilizing * Weed Control * Patch Diseases * Choosing a Mower * Mowing the Lawn * Caring for Your Mower * Plus much MUCH More! Easy Lawn Care gives you the little known inside tips and tricks to give you the most lush and green lawn possible. Cultivating a great lawn and keeping it looking amazing isn't just for professionals anymore. Now You Can Have The Lawn You've Always Wanted!

Resource added for the Landscape Horticulture Technician program 100014.

A colorful guide covering the basics of replacing a traditional lawn with a wide variety of easy-care, no-mow, drought-tolerant, money-saving options that will appeal to today's busy, eco-conscious homeowner. Americans pour 300 million gallons of gas and 1 billion hours every year into mowing their lawns, not to mention 70 million pounds of pesticides and $40 billion for lawn upkeep. No Wonder the anti-lawn movement is thriving, as today's eco-conscious consumers realize that their traditional lawns are water-hogging, chemical-ridden, maintenance-intensive burdens. Lawn Gone!, from award-winning gardening blogger Pam Penick, is the first basic introduction to low-water, easy-care lawn alternatives for beginning gardeners, written in a friendly style with an approachable package. It covers all the available time-saving options: alternative grasses, ground cover plants, artificial turf, hardscaping, mulch, and more. In addition, it includes step-by-step lawn-removal methods, strategies for dealing with neighbors and homeowner associations, and how to minimize your lawn if you're not ready to go all the way.

How to Start a Landscaping Business By Keith Kalfas is a Classic Struggle to victory story on how to overcome fear and self-doubt. This book is for someone stuck in a dead-end job and looking to venture out into they're first small business.

In this jam-packed and revised edition, readers will learn how to recognize types of lawns, maintain excellent care, and diagnose and cure lawn troubles. The lawn care program and calendar continue to be reader favorites. Full-color illustrations.

Contains information on all aspects of lawn care including preparation of the ground for starting a new lawn, lawn fertilization, mowing, thatching, and chemical and natural weed control.