Better Lawns
This is the first department on lawns that will appear every month in Flower Grower, The Home Garden Magazine. Each month will be devoted to some phase of lawn care—including
Lawn Care
Fall: The Secret to Healthy Lawns
Grass fertilized in fall instead of spring is less affected by the disease. This has been demonstrated in tests at the United States Department of Agriculture Experiment Station, Beltsville, Maryland,
Maintaining A Lawn
Here’s what you need to consider when maintaining a lawn: 1. Fertilizer and Limestone. Add a complete turf fertilizer in the fall and again in the early spring. Since grass
How To Have A Better Lawn
Nothing sets a house off and emphasizes its good points so much as a good lawn. Still, it is surprising how few homes have a really good lawn. Perhaps, the
Here’s How To Build A New Lawn
Lawn-making involves more than doing the right thing. It is doing the right thing at the right time that counts. Autumn is the right time to build a lawn in
Right Start For A New Lawn
After the soil for a new lawn has been properly prepared, the next step is to consider the most desirable kinds of grass seed. Although many new gardeners start off
Watering, Mowers And Crabgrass
Lawn watering, we all agree, is necessary. But the question arises about how much water and how often it should be applied. There are several theories on the subject—each well
Is August The Ideal Time To Sow Grass Seed?
For some strange reason, spring planting of lawn seed has become a custom, yet in nature, not a single species of grass used for this purpose ripens seed during that
A Lawn Grass That Can Take It
For an Inlander such as me, the bold productivity of the sea is a treat and a novelty. The twice-daily deposit of seaweed tangles and other flotsam, the wealth of
Dream Lawn And Roses
When members of the American Rose Society met at Columbus, Ohio, in September 1953, one of the rose gardens they visited on a tour was that of Mr. and Mrs.