Lawn care
Resources
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- UC Guide to Healthy Lawns is a comprehensive, interactive source for all lawn management information to grow a lawn using little or no pesticides.
- The UC ANR Catalog and UC IPM offer many free downloadable publications about lawns and lawn care including
- Managing Lawns on Heavy Soils (PDF) (ANR 7227)
- Managing Turfgrasses during Drought (PDF) (ANR 8395)
- Lawn Diseases: Prevention and Management (PDF) (PN 7497)
- Managing Lawns on Heavy Soils (PDF) (ANR 7227)
Search the catalog for "turf" or "lawn" to see all the available publications.
- Interested in learning about water-efficient turf grasses or lawn alternatives? Read about the Turf Demonstration Project conducted by Sacramento County Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Chuck Ingels.
- Lawn Removal Methods will help you go beyond lawn to a more water-efficient garden. (GN 161)
- Video: Maintaining a Weed-Free Lawn (3:15 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
ANR = free publication from the UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Catalog
PN = free publication from UC Integrated Pest Management
EHN = Environmental Horticulture Notes from the UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
GN = Garden Notes from the UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
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