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This excerpt is about a book called "Lawn Care for Dummies." The book is written by Lance Walheim and the gardening experts at the National Gardening Association. It covers all the basics of lawn care, from designing a low-maintenance or high-maintenance lawn to evaluating the pros and cons of planting a lawn from seed or starting one from sod to discovering how often you need to water your lawn without under-watering it or waterlogging it to choosing a mower that's right for your grass type to dealing effectively with wicked weeds and pesky insects to creating alternative lawns, such as ground cover plants, decks, and patios. The book also features a beautiful color insert with photos illustrating the various types of lawns found in yards across the world. The book concludes with a list of 10 lawn games.
Only one thing is standing between you and a fabulous lawn: It's called
Lawn Care For Dummies. If you want a spiffy and well-coifed lawn (and not the overgrown, unruly one that people comment on when they pass by your house), you'll find everything you need to know to help you make your lawn the most dazzling spectacle on the block.Let authors Lance Walheim and the gardening experts at the National Gardening Association treat you and your yard to a megadose of lawn care information. In
Lawn Care For Dummies, Walheim and the NGA give you the dirt on all the essentials, including how to
- Design a low-maintenance or a high-maintenance lawn
- Evaluate the pros and cons of planting a lawn from seed or starting one from sod
- Discover how often you need to water your lawn without under-watering it or waterlogging it
- Choose a mower that's right for your grass type
- Deal effectively with wicked weeds and pesky insects
- Create alternative lawns, such as ground cover plants, decks, and patios
Lawn Care For Dummies also features a beautiful color insert with photos illustrating the various types of lawns found in yards across the world.
If your neighbors' lawn always resembles a beautiful green carpet while yours looks like something that would cost Tiger Woods several shots, you could use some practical help. Trust the Dummies folks--you really
can have a great lawn without breaking your back every weekend, spending a fortune on sod, or poisoning your pets.
Lawn Care for Dummies takes you through all the steps: choosing the right grass, planting the seed or laying the sod, installing an irrigation system, fertilizing, aerating, watering, and mowing. It also helps you avoid (or conquer) the Big Three: weeds, pests, and disease. Finally, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow--you get to enjoy your lawn! In the spirit of all Dummies books, there's a list of 10 lawn games at the end. Bocce, anyone?
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