
Posts Tagged: grass
Summer Lawn Care

Keep your lawn healthy during summer and throughout the year by learning more about proper mowing, watering, pest control, and maintenance. To do this, refer to the UC Guide to Healthy Lawns, an online publication specifically about lawn care. What's...
Monitoring for Lawn Insects
![Performing a drench test in a square of lawn. [J.K.Clark] Performing a drench test in a square of lawn. [J.K.Clark]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/35401small.jpg)
Spring is a good time to begin monitoring for any lawn insect pests. Pest examples include various root, crown and leaf-feeding caterpillars, grubs like masked chafers, billbugs and chinch bugs. Although insects can be serious pests of lawns, lawn...
Drought in the Landscape: Water Conservation Q & A

[From the August 2015 issue of the UC IPM Green Bulletin] Q. How much water do landscapes use in California? A. Landscape irrigation accounts for only about 9% of total statewide developed water use, but the percentage varies widely among...