Easy to use and filled with unique tips and helpful ideas, the year ends in December with a list of creative gift suggestions you can buy for your lawn. After that, flip over the pages and your twelve-step guide to a healthy lawn and healthy environment is ready to use year after year. Provides guidance for minimal pesticide use. Helps beginners of all ages recognize symptoms of plant disease, identify causes, and learn to manage plant disease. Describes grasses as ground covers, uses near ponds and swimming pools, in perennial borders, or rock gardens.
Cultural information is included.
Suitable plant materials and design suggestions are included. Tells why, how, and when you should prune to obtain the desired configuration and maintain the health and vigor of trees and shrubs, including hedges and vines. Provides information on equipment needed. Provides comprehensive information on practical, proven deer damage management programs. Covers historical changes in numbers of white- tailed deer, their feeding habits, food requirements, and behavior and social organization.