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Black and Decker the Complete Guide to a Better Lawn : How to Plant, Maintain and Improve Your Yard and Lawn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peterson, Chris.
- Series:
- Black and Decker Complete Guide
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lawns.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (701 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Quarto Publishing Group USA, 2011.
- Summary:
- "An up-to-date, environmentally responsible approach to lawn care with mainstream appeal. An ideal reference for busy homeowners who want better grass quickly and easily"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Gallery of Beautiful Lawns
- Evaluating Your Lawn
- Understanding Your Soil
- Lawn Soil Types
- Soil Nutrients
- Testing Your Soil
- How to Test Your Soil
- Knowing Your Lawn
- Turf Grass Propagation
- Geography, Climate &
- Grass Choice
- Cool-Season Grasses
- Warm-Season Grasses
- Inspecting Your Lawn
- How to Evaluate Your Lawn
- Your Lawn-Care Plan
- Scheduling Lawn Care
- Renewing an Older Lawn
- Renew or Replace?
- Dealing With Thatch
- Dethatching Your Lawn
- How to Use a Vertical Mower
- Aerating Your Lawn
- How to Use a Power Core Aerator
- Leveling the Lawn Surface
- How to Level High and Low Spots
- Repairing Bare Spots
- How to Patch a Bare Spot With Sod
- How to Patch a Bare Spot With Seed/Fertilizer Mix
- How to Patch a Dead Spot With Seed
- Overseeding
- Planting a New Lawn
- New Lawn Options
- Selecting Sod
- Selecting Grass Seed
- Selecting Lawn Plugs
- Removing an Old Lawn
- How to Remove a Worn-Out Lawn
- Options for Tilling Organic Material Into the Soil
- Preparing Your Soil
- How to Prepare Soil for a New Lawn
- Adding Topsoil
- Amending Soil With Compost
- Natural Soil Amendments
- Maintaining Proper Soil pH
- Grading for Proper Drainage
- How to Grade a Lawn
- Laying Sod
- How to Lay Sod
- How to Plant a New Lawn from Plugs
- Planting a Lawn From Seed
- How to Seed a New Lawn
- Maintaining Your Lawn
- Feeding Your Lawn
- Nitrogen, Phosphorous &
- Potassium
- Secondary Lawn Nutrients
- Synthetic Fertilizers
- Natural Fertilizers
- Applying Fertilizer
- Choosing Your Spreader
- Checking Spreader Accuracy
- Calibrating a Drop Spreader
- Calibrating a Broadcast Spreader
- How to Spread Fertilizer
- Topdressing your Lawn
- How to Topdress the Lawn
- Mowing Fundamentals
- Before you Mow.
- Types of Lawnmowers
- Troubleshooting your Lawnmower
- LAWNMOWER MAINTENANCE
- Caring for Mower Blades
- How to Sharpen a Mower Blade
- Mowing the Lawn
- How to Mow the Right way
- Mowing Patterns in the Lawn
- How to Mow a Pattern
- Trimming &
- Edging
- Choosing Trimming Tools
- Choosing an Edger
- Trimming your Lawn
- Using a String Trimmer
- Edging your Lawn
- How to Edge a Lawn
- How to Replace a String Trimmer Spool
- How to Replace a Power Edger Blade
- Water &
- Your Lawn
- Conserving water
- Alternative Sources for Lawn water
- Lawn water Quality
- Lawn watering Technology
- Lawn Sprinklers
- Choosing a Sprinkler
- In-Ground Sprinkler Systems
- How to Install an in-Ground Sprinkler System
- Adjusting in-ground Sprinklers
- Winterizing the Lawn
- Using a Leaf Blower/Vacuum
- Disposing of Fall Leaves
- THE LAWN PROBLEM-SOLVER GUIDE
- Solving Lawn Problems
- Fighting Weeds
- Identifying Common Weeds
- Narrow-Leaf Weeds
- Broadleaf Weeds
- Fighting Weeds Naturally
- Synthetic Weed Killers
- Defeating Harmful Insects &
- Pests
- Natural Pest Controls
- Beneficial Insects
- Common Problem Insects
- Getting Rid of skunks and raccoons
- Dealing with tunneling rodents
- The Underground Trio
- Dealing With Lawn Diseases
- Treating Lawn Diseases
- Lawn Disease Identification &
- Treatment
- Improving Site Conditions
- Dealing With Shaded Areas
- How to Prune a Shade Tree
- Removing a Shade Tree
- How to Fell a Tree
- Correcting Lawn Drainage Problems
- Installing a French Drain
- How to Install a French Drain
- Creating a Drainage Swale
- Swale Options
- How to Create a Drainage Swale
- Option: Compact Skidloader
- Adding a Mowing Strip
- How to Install a Mowing Strip
- Artificial Lawns
- How to Install an Artificial Lawn
- APPENDIX: Lawncare Equipment user's Guide.
- Resources
- Conversions
- Converting Temperatures
- Photo Credits
- Index
- Creative Publishing International
- Copyright Page.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781610601894
- 1610601890
- OCLC:
- 1293248528
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