Susan is also blogging at GardenRant.Lawns
The most frequently asked-about topic in all of gardening has got to be lawn care — ask any gardening expert. So here's what I recommend for healthy, low-care, eco-friendly lawns, plus ways to reduce its size or get rid of it altogether. People are desperate for better alternatives to traditional lawn care.
Lawn Care Articles on this Website
- How to Plant a New Lawn (or consider sod).
- How to Overseed Your Lawn
- How to Patch Bare Spots in your Lawn
- Earth-friendly Lawn Care around the Year explains out how and when to seed, how and when to feed — everything you need to know for a lawn that's safe and healthy for your family, pets, wildlife, and the local waterways.
- How to Keep Thirsty Lawns Happy by organic and sustainable gardening guru Ann Lovejoy.
- Grasscycling: Going Bagless is Good for you and the Environment by contributor Joe Lamp'l
- Is moss in your lawn proof that the soil is acidic? Don Engebretson says NO.
The Anti-Lawn Movement is Growing
Oh yeah, and I have a whole section about it on this site — with theory, practice, and TONS of examples of real-life lawn substitute gardens, with photos.
But lawns will always be with us, as I write in My Standard Disclaimer about Lawn Removal, which may shock some readers because it's a defense of turfgrass — if it's grown organically. While I'm happy to see people questioning the need for lawn, I fear that painting it as all bad will turn off potential converts to environmentally responsible lawn care.
More Great Lawn Care Info on Line
- Living Life in Clover might surprise you. Turns out it's not a weed after all.
- In Lawn as a Low-Maintenance Solution, organic gardening expert Mike McGrath is consulted for some wisdom.
- Here's a list of publications from the Univ. of Maryland — scroll down to lawn.
- Here's an article from Cornell about how to have a green lawn (and it's not from adding fertilizer).
- Here's some videos from Cornell about new lawns and maintenance of existing ones.
- Jeff Ball is the Yardener guy.
- I'm a big fan of Paul Tukey and the gang at SafeLawns.org for spreading the word about organic lawn care. There are videos and more on that link.
- Big Thumb's up for Safelawns.org covers the kick-off to a great cause.
- Tukey Says There's Still Time to Go Organic is fall advice for gardeners who want to go make the conversion to organic.
- The National Coalition for Pesticide-Free Lawns is a great cause.
And in Print
- Organic Lawn Care
by Paul Tukey, founder of the important SafeLawns campaign. - Down to Earth Natural Lawn Care
by Raymond
- Food not Lawn
- American Green, the Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn