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Install a new lawn If your lawn suffers from acute soil compaction, rampant weed problems, heavy thatch or organic matter deficiencies, you may want to remove the existing weeds and grass and start anew.   |
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Green Pastures Not all lawns that are in bad shape need to be replaced. A well-executed restoration plan can bring all but the worst turf back to life. |
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Grass to Go Want a fantastic lawn? Sod it. Here's what you need to know to get the job done right. |
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April 2010
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6 Weeks To a Perfect Lawn Once it's started on improved soil, grass needs very little care to look crisp, green, cool and inviting. |
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All About Lawns Readers want to know how to grow a dense, healthy carpet of grass. Here, experts help you choose the right turf and the best way get the greenest lawn in the neighborhood. |
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Lawns 101 Much has been said about whether or not Americans should rethink their passion for the home lawn. If you determine that a grass lawn makes sense for your yard, planting the right variety of grass at the right time of year will go a long way in making yours a healthy, easy-care lawn. |
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Get Ready for Fall Now's the best time to spruce up your yard |
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Green Acres How to break your lawn's addition to synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides. |
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7 Fall Lawn Care Tips to Do Right Now Take note of these things your turf needs before the onset of winter. |
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5 Tips for a Greener, Healthier Lawn You can learn more details about fertilizers, watering, and testing your soil. |
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Tools for Planting Using the right tools and the proper techniques will not only make planting less of a chore, but also a greater success. |
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Lawn Care Techniques Keeping your lawn looking good isn't as hard as you may think. |
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Fall Groundwork "This is prime time to prep your yard for the next growing season," says our landscape contractor. |
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Simple Lawn Care Routine Streamline your lawn-care routine for better turf with less work |
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Tools for Preparing the Garden Before a single plant even touches the ground in your garden, it would be wise to spend time preparing the soil. You'll have fewer weeds and diseases and better plant growth, flowering, and fruiting later. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2008
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Your Best Lawn Ever: PM's Guide to the Perfect Backyard Think of your lawn as a crop that's harvested once a week. It takes a lot of nutrition, water and care to keep it growing. Here's the action plan. |
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Mulching Trees and Shrubs Why mulch? Because it helps minimize weeds, conserve moisture, moderate soil temperature, and make your yard look good. |
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April 2001
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Turf Wars How to win the battle against lawn disease... |
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Establishing a Wildflower Meadow A how-to guide for planting a wildflower meadow. |
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How to Get Rid of Weeds How to identify common weeds in your lawn and professional removal tips to get rid of them. |
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June 5, 2008 |
5 Steps to Grow & Build a Perfect Lawn -- With Free Time to Spare Each spring, millions of homeowners spend too much of their cherished weekends trying to maintain a lush, green lawn. But sun and rain also bring lawn-choking weeds and voracious bugs. Here are five tips to keep you lawn healthy. |
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Plugging and Sprigging a Lawn A how-to guide for planting warm-season grasses. |
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11 Ways to Save Water, Time, and Money on Your Landscape Advice for conserving water, time, and money on your yard and garden. |
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Perfect Paths Stone, brick, gravel and even sawdust can turn a muddy trail into an inviting walkway. |
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Robert Sparkes |
Gone to (hydro) Seed The author gives you the low down on the newest way to grow grass. |
| National Gardening |
Planting Groundcover Use low-growing perennial plants and shrubs as groundcovers to cover slopes and rough ground or to replace high-maintenance lawns. Choose plants that thrive in your particular soil and climate. |
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Lance Walheim |
What's Bugging Your Lawn? Even if your lawn is almost weed-free, it can suffer from problems that affect both its appearance and its health. From grubs to dogs, here's what to do about them. |
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Robert Kourik |
Gardening Fact or Fallacy? Though plants, soils and weather conditions are always evolving, it seems as if some gardening practices become embedded like fossils. |
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Troubleshoot Your Turf Surefire solutions that'll turn a thin, patchy, or weedy lawn into a barefoot-worthy expanse of green. |
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Cutting Down on Lawn Care New grasses and techniques make a good-looking lawn easy to establish... |
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Back to Nature The greenest approach to landscaping returns a yard to its roots. |
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John Kelsey |
Rain Makers Choosing and using lawn and garden sprinklers. |
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Lynn Ocone |
The War on Weeds How to identify and get rid of the most common weeds in your lawn. |
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Cultivating the Garden A little work now will save you tons of time and trouble later in the season. |
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Building Great Soil Soil is the most important factor in successful gardening. Here are tips on evaluating and improving your soil. |
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Turn Leaves into Gold These golden leaves can be turned into "black gold" for the garden. They make great soil-enriching compost or a protective mulch. |
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Roger Cook |
Fall Fertilizing Why autumn is the right time of year to nourish your yard. |
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Reining in Water Use Ground rules for creating a lush yard that doesn't squander the available supply of H2O. |
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Soil Fertility 101 Just as a good foundation is necessary to support a building, good soil is necessary to build a successful garden. All soil is not alike. It differs in texture, fertility, and balance. |
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Green Acres One-bag-fits-all seed mixes won't always yield a perfect lawn. Here are the best turf types for your yard. |
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Fruit Tree Site Selection Of primary importance when choosing a planting site for you fruit tree is that it receives as much sun as possible. |
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Roger Cook |
Smart Sprinkling When the skies are cloudless and the days are hot and long, you can help your lawn and garden survive by watering wisely |
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Building Soil 101 A steady program of soil building is like a steady program of physical conditioning. You'll get great results in the long run if you stick with it and don't go overboard right away. |
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Say Good-bye to Weeds Think it's an overstatement to call it the war against weeds? Here's what you're up against... |
Popular Mechanics
September 5, 2008
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9 Steps to Planting a Tree (and Saving a Buck) There's never been a better time to grab a shovel and get planting. Here's what to do if you're transplanting a sapling tree from a nursery, as opposed to starting with seeds, in nine easy steps. |
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Buffalo Grasses from Seed Ideal low maintenance lawn... |
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Putting Down Roots How to add a tree to your yard---the right way. |
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How Green Is Your Lawn? Natural lawn care used to be a novelty. Now, it includes effective techniques for any gardener's arsenal of tricks. |
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Lawn-Care Timeline When to fertilize, water, mow, and deal with weeds and pests depends on where you live. |
