Lawn Care For Dummies

Lawn Care For Dummies - A Book Review

If you are an absolute zero in lawn care, but it does not prevent you from taking trouble over your miserably looking lawn, 'Lawn Care for Dummies' by Lance Walheim is for you.

You will find out how to buy all the necessary things at a reasonable price, how to avoid backache after working hard, how to chose only harmless but useful fertilizers and pesticides, and of course how to beautify your lawn area.

Following the author's instructions, you will be able to create a green and healthy carpet of grass – it's high time to stop envying your neighbors! You'll be able to go through all the stages of a lawn care process: testing the soil, selecting the right sort of grass, planting the seeds, aerating, fertilizing, mowing, edging, watering and so on. Also, you will learn how to avoid the most common diseases, unwanted insects and plants.

A Brief About The Book

'Lawn care for dummies' is based on experience of the gardening professionals of the National Gardening Association, so you will have a chance to find out about different options like designing a high maintenance or law maintenance lawn, starting your lawn from a sod or planting the seeds of the grass and many others.

A great deal of the book is dedicated to the questions of watering. You will find out how often your lawn has to be watered and how to avoid standing water. Mowing is one of the essential parts of the lawn care, and there are lots of mowing tips in the book: you will have a chance to learn what sort of mower is right for a certain grass type.

If you prefer something radical, you can go for one of the alternative lawns described in the book: 'Lawn care for dummies' will tell you about decks, patios and ground cover plants. It also has the color insert with pictures of the most beautiful, original and well maintained lawns found around the world, so you can find some inspiration in them as well.

Some readers would prefer the pictures of the grass types, insects, weeds and lawn care products instead, but in any case they are quite recognizable as Walheim provides some very detailed descriptions instead.

The brightness of your green grass will certainly bring you a lot of joy, and perhaps it will be a favorite game spot for your children: you can find the description of some lawn games in the end of the book that will help you share their excitement.

Plenty of readers have already appreciated a humorous spirit f this book – even if you are hopelessly intimidated with a huge project like lawn care, 'Lawn care for dummies' will turn it into lots of fun.

This book is extremely useful for somebody who is going to start their lawn from scratch. But if you are not a beginner and want to find out some more information about improving your lawn, perhaps this book is not for you.