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Ortho's All About Lawns (Ortho's All About Gardening)

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I just bought my house and have a 2 acre lawn. This book taught me everything I needed to know to get started on building a great looking lawn. All aspects of lawn care from seed selection, fertilizers, insecticides and pest eradication to mower blade hights and turf types. Lots of pictures. A must have reference book for anyone looking to take better care of their lawns, establish a new lawn, or repair problem lawns. I take this book with me to nurserys and Home Depot when I need to select fertilizers, seeds and insecticides. After reading this book I can hold conversations with my Brother-In Law who is a professional landscaper. He's amazed at the amount of information I have.

I origonally checked this book out from our local library, and after reading it, decided that I must have a copy for myself. All aspects of lawn care for old and new lawns are covered along with very good color pictures and illustrations. Definitely a book to have and follow if your serious about having a lawn to be proud of.

Just bought a house in the winter and now its almost Summer and my lawn has been invaded by weeds and bald spots. Being a previous apartment dweller I had no idea about lawns. I searched high and low for books that would help and didn't find any that deals with the subject as simply and straight forward as this book does. Thanks to this book I now have the knowledge to replace my entire lawn, purchase the right kind of seeds and, most importantly avoid weeds.

In the past I have always hired services to care for my lawn. This past year I decided, for a number of reasons, to do it myself. I bought a nice mower, a fertilizer spreader, and this book. The information contained in this book was extremely helpful to a novice like me. I also followed the program set forth by the fertilizer manufacturer I chose and mowed and watered according to the advice set forth in this book.

Frankly, I was shocked by how quickly my lawn improved. You have to understand that my lawn was basically dead and full of weeds. It seemed like it was mostly weeds. But getting the lawn mowed properly, with some good fertilizer and weed control and sufficient water creates amazing results.

This book helped me understand different grass types, weed varieties and how to treat them, how to select fertilizers and how much to apply based upon grass type, how much work you want to put into your lawn, and soil types. Your lawn can take as much work as you want to put into it, but the minimum amount can be pretty low. I probably picked a medium amount because of all the recovery I had to accomplish. My neighbors routinely complimented the lawn and by the end of the season it wasn't much work at all.

This book is concise, well illustrated, and very informative. It sure helped me and I believe that if you are a beginner like me, it can be of great help to you.

You would think grass was the easiest thing in the world to grow. That is until you actually own your own house and you realize that this whole grass growing thing
is not exactly a picnic in the sun.

Not only can overwatering kill your grass, you can end up with all sorts of problems if you fertilize too much. We are talking about burning grass, planting the wrong grass seeds and living to see your grass take on Amazon like proportions.

I've done it all. I?ve planted the wrong grass seeds, repaired patches (successfully after purchasing this book) and learned other lessons in how to maintain a lawn.

Contents:

What Makes a Great Lawn
Lawn Care
Building A Better Lawn
Problem Solving - weeds, insects and disease.

The next time you drive by a home with a perfect lawn, you might wonder if they own this book. It sure has all the secrets for how to mow, repair and fertilize your lawn.

One thing this book taught me was to read the back of the bags of grass seed. 't grow in certain areas, or not as well. I had this whole lovely patch of Annual Bluegrass that did fine until the summer when it died out and left bare patches in the lawn. Don't even ask me about crabgrass.

Are you interested in knowing why your yard has developed fairy rings or necrotic ring spot, this book gives you hints and tips on the types of grasses that are susceptible and how you can control the problem with chemicals or by planting a different type of grass.

Before you plant a new lawn or move into a house that has one, get this book fast!

It sure helped me while I was living in my beautiful big house with the large kitchen.

Ok, so I'm not missing it too much. The yard was a lot of work. Now I relax on my deck and read books while the lawn-care guys zip along in their riding mowers. Ahh, bliss.

Make your life easier with this book. I promise you, you don't want to live without this book for two years like I did.

Essential Lawn-care book! The Best I've seen.

~The Rebecca Review

This book provided a good overview of lawns. There were many clear color pictures included, and the text was simple to read. I would have preferred a little more detail for the techniques described in the book. For instance, aerating was given only a paragraph or two and didn't have details on tools, spacing, or depth. This book, however, detailed information on how to read a grass seed or fertilizer label. This book is good for a novice, but if you want to get serious about your lawn, find a book with more details and that is more up to date.

The best, most comprehensive lawn book I've found. Very helpful illustrations and descriptions of various grasses, weeds and pests. Discusses lawnmower types and maintenance, compares types of sprinklers and recommends when to weed and feed. Covers everything you'll need to know.

I care for lawns and landscaping. My lawn is dead from the drought so I heard about this book from The Home Depot and so I took a look at it. I liked it so I bought it. When I read the whole book, I fixed up my lawn. With alot of information, I know how to really take care of it