Download or read book The Humane Gardener written by Nancy Lawson and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.

Download or read book Forage Fertilization written by David A. Mays and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Importance of Forages to Agriculture -- Fertility Needs of the Warm-Season Grasses -- Satisfying the Nutritional Requirements of Established Legumes -- Present and Potential Use of Fertilizer for Forage Production in Temperate Zones -- Satisfying the Nutritional Requirements of Grass-Legume Mixtures -- Fertilization of Summer Annual Grasses and Silage Crops -- Fertilizer Responses of Irrigated Grasslands -- Fertilization of Mid-Continent Range Plants -- Fertilization of Annual Grasslands of California and Oregon -- Fertilization of Humid Tropical Grasslands -- Lime Needs of Forage Crops -- Nutrient Recycling in Pastures -- Nutrient Losses from Grasslands through Leaching and Runoff -- Relationship of Nitrogen Fertilization and Chemical Composition of Forage to Animal Health and Performance -- Potential for Fertilizer Use on Tropical Forages -- Effects of Elements Other than Nitrogen on the Nutritive Value of Forage -- Effect of Fertilization on Winterhardiness of Forages -- Fertilizer Effects on Photosynthesis Organic Reserves and Regrowth Mechanisms of Forages -- The Effect of Fertilization on Disease and Insect Resistance -- Economic Returns from Forage Fertilization in the Southwest -- An Economic Approach to Forage Yield Measurement and Valuation -- Economic Returns from Forage Fertilization -- Use of Anhydrous Ammonia and Fluid Fertilizers on Grass -- Coated and Other Slow-Release Fertilizers for Forages -- What the Future Holds for Forages -- Glossary -- Subject Index -- Fertilizing Forage for Establishment -- Fertilization of Cool-Season Grasses -- Front Matter.

Download or read book Rodale s Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening written by Fern Marshall Bradley and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening has been the go-to resource for gardeners for more than 50 years, and the best tool novices can buy to start applying organic methods to their fruit and vegetable crops, herbs, trees and shrubs, perennials, annuals, and lawns. This thoroughly revised and updated version highlights new organic pest controls, new fertilizer products, improved gardening techniques, the latest organic soil practices, and new trends in garden design. In this indispensable work you will find: • Comprehensive coverage for the entire garden and landscape along with related entries such as Community Gardening, Edible Landscaping, Horticultural Therapy, Stonescaping, and more • The most in-depth information from the trusted Rodale Organic Gardening brand • A completely new section on earth-friendly techniques for gardening in a changing climate, covering wise water management, creating backyard habitats, managing invasive plants and insects, reducing energy use and recycling, and understanding biotechnology • Entries all written by American gardeners for American gardeners, with answers for all the challenges presented by various conditions, from the humid Deep South and the mild maritime coasts to the cold far North and the dry Southwest Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening has everything you need to create gorgeous, non-toxic gardens in any part of the country.

Download or read book Lawn Gone written by Pam Penick and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colorful guide covering the basics of replacing a traditional lawn with a wide variety of easy-care, no-mow, drought-tolerant, money-saving options that will appeal to today's busy, eco-conscious homeowner. Americans pour 300 million gallons of gas and 1 billion hours every year into mowing their lawns, not to mention 70 million pounds of pesticides and $40 billion for lawn upkeep. No Wonder the anti-lawn movement is thriving, as today's eco-conscious consumers realize that their traditional lawns are water-hogging, chemical-ridden, maintenance-intensive burdens. Lawn Gone!, from award-winning gardening blogger Pam Penick, is the first basic introduction to low-water, easy-care lawn alternatives for beginning gardeners, written in a friendly style with an approachable package. It covers all the available time-saving options: alternative grasses, ground cover plants, artificial turf, hardscaping, mulch, and more. In addition, it includes step-by-step lawn-removal methods, strategies for dealing with neighbors and homeowner associations, and how to minimize your lawn if you're not ready to go all the way.

Download or read book Square Foot Gardening written by Mel Bartholomew and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2005-04-02 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of the classic gardening handbook details a simple yet highly effective gardening system, based on a grid of one-foot by one-foot squares, that produces big yields with less space and with less work than with conventional row gardens. Reissue. 30,000 first printing.

Download or read book Texas Gardener s Handbook written by Dale Groom and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-24 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas Gardener’s Handbook is filled with need-to-know information from popular Texas gardening experts. Each includes his or her collective wisdom in a complete guide for Texas gardeners. In addition to hundreds of proven plants, this resource has monthly to-do calendars for each of more than ten plant categories, from annuals to vines. Full-color photos and expert advice assist gardeners with the proper care and timing for everything from planting to watering. Information on gardening with less water addresses the challenges of gardening in Texas.

Download or read book Turfgrasses written by Richard L. Duble and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to creating and maintaining turf for athletic fields, golf courses, parks, cemeteries, and commercial and residential landscapes. The author describes the biology of turfgrasses and provides extensive information about each of the species that predominate in the southern zone. Chapters include detailed information about soil types, terrain, and climate; establishing new turf; controlling weeds, diseases, and insects; and cultural practices. Ample bandw and color photographs. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book The Mathematics of Turfgrass Maintenance written by Nick E. Christians and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-01-09 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loaded with helpful hints and easy-to-understand examples -- and now with 20 percent more content -- this book covers the type of mathematical problems that golf course superintendents face every day. You'll learn how to handle budgeting estimates and figure how much fertilizer or pesticide you should buy. You'll also find guidance on the ordering of topdressing, irrigation volume and coverage, area and volume calculations, and many other aspects of golf course operation that require a thorough understanding of basic mathematical principles. Whatever the management calculation may be, this book has the solution you need! Example problems and answers help you get the job done right.

Download or read book From Drought to Deluge the Resilient Central Texas Garden written by Sheryl Williams and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resilience is Key. Resilience is the ability to recover quickly from adversity. Central Texas presents plenty of challenging conditions, from thin limestone and dense clay soils to wide temperature swings and nearly unpredictable variations in rainfall. This book will help you build a garden tough enough to withstand these forces - one that can be both beautiful and practical with the effective use of plants and efficient use of water. The result will be a more sustainable, environmentally friendly garden without resorting to swaths of gravel, desert cacti and sun-withered succulents. The Travis County Master Gardeners Association has harvested a bounty of facts, advice, lists, and tips for surviving and thriving in Central Texas' periods of extended droughts and bursts of heavy downpours. Among the many things you'll learn are:- The difference between xeriscaping and "zero-scaping"- How to determine the type of soil you have and how to get the most out of it- Proven principles of landscape design that apply to residential gardens- Smart plant selection and placement based on your specific situation- More efficient irrigation strategies that save both water and money- How to practically maintain and manage your garden year round

Download or read book Managing Cover Crops Profitably 3rd Ed written by Andy Clark and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover crops slow erosion, improve soil, smother weeds, enhance nutrient and moisture availability, help control many pests and bring a host of other benefits to your farm. At the same time, they can reduce costs, increase profits and even create new sources of income. You¿ll reap dividends on your cover crop investments for years, since their benefits accumulate over the long term. This book will help you find which ones are right for you. Captures farmer and other research results from the past ten years. The authors verified the info. from the 2nd ed., added new results and updated farmer profiles and research data, and added 2 chap. Includes maps and charts, detailed narratives about individual cover crop species, and chap. about aspects of cover cropping.

Download or read book Organic Lawn Care written by Howard Garrett and published by Univ of TX + ORM. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A renowned landscape gardener’s guide to less expensive, less water-intensive lawns, whether it’s a front yard or a fairway. A lush green lawn is one of the great pleasures of the natural world, whether it’s outside your front door or on a majestic fairway at a legendary golf course. But anyone who’s tried to grow the perfect lawn the conventional way knows it requires an endless cycle of watering and applying synthetic fertilizers and toxic chemical pesticides that costs a lot of money and kills all the life in the soil, on the surface, and on the grass. Fortunately, there’s a better way. Organic lawn care is not only healthier for the environment, it’s actually cheaper and less water-intensive, whether you’re managing a small yard or acres of turf. In this book, Howard Garrett, the renowned “Dirt Doctor,” takes you step-by-step through creating and maintaining turf organically. He begins with the soil, showing you how to establish a healthy habitat for grass. Then he discusses a variety of turfgrasses, including Bermudagrass, bluegrass, buffalo grass, fescue, ryegrass, St. Augustine, and zoysia. He explains in detail planting, mowing, watering, fertilizing, composting, and managing weeds and pests. And he offers alternatives to lawn grasses and turf, describing the situations in which they might be your best choice.

Download or read book Destructive Turfgrass Insects written by Daniel A. Potter and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1998-05-16 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...the most useful, practical book I have seen on the management of turfgrass insect pests...mandatory reading for turfgrass managers in golf, lawns, and sports..." --Dr. James B. Beard, International Sports Turf Institute, Inc. Written in clear, everyday language, Destructive Turfgrass Insects covers the biology, diagnosis, and control of virtually all the insects and mites that attack warm- and cool-season turfgrasses. No other source gives you as many practical and comprehensive management guidelines for use on golf courses, lawns, and sports fields.

Download or read book American Green The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn written by Ted Steinberg and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2006-03-17 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Ted Steinberg proves once again that he is a master storyteller as well as our foremost environmental historian.”—Mike Davis The rise of the perfect lawn represents one of the most profound transformations in the history of the American landscape. American Green, Ted Steinberg's witty exposé of this bizarre phenomenon, traces the history of the lawn from its explosion in the postwar suburban community of Levittown to the present love affair with turf colorants, leaf blowers, and riding mowers.

Download or read book The Texanist written by David Courtney and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Courtney's columns from the Texas Monthly, curing the curious, exorcizing bedevilment, and orienting the disoriented, advising "on such things as: Is it wrong to wear your football team's jersey to church? When out at a dancehall, do you need to stick with the one that brung ya? Is it real Tex-Mex if it's served with a side of black beans? Can one have too many Texas-themed tattoos?"--Amazon.com.

Download or read book Texas Gardening the Natural Way written by Howard Garrett and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-07-05 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compost your old "complete" gardening guide. There's a new way of gardening in Texas that's healthier for people and the environment, more effective at growing vigorous plants and reducing pests, cheaper to maintain, and just more fun. It's Howard Garrett's "The Natural Way" organic gardening program, and it's all here in Texas Gardening the Natural Way. This book is the first complete, state-of-the-art organic gardening handbook for Texas. Using Howard Garrett's new mainstream gardening techniques, Texas Gardening the Natural Way presents a total gardening program: How to plan, plant, and maintain beautiful landscapes without using chemical fertilizers and toxic pesticides. Gardening fundamentals: soils, landscape design, planting techniques, and maintenance practices. Includes more native and adaptable varieties of garden and landscape plants than any other guide on the market. Trees: 134 species of evergreens, berry- and fruit-bearing, flowering, yellow fall color, orange fall color, and red fall color. Shrubs and specialty plants: 85 species for sun, shade, spring flowering, summer flowering, and treeform shrubs. Ground covers and vines: 51 species for sun and shade. Annuals and perennials: 136 species for fall color, winter color, summer color in shade and sun, and spring color. Also seeding rates for wildflowers. Lawn grasses: 10 species for sun and shade, with additional information on 16 native grasses, seeding rates for 32 grasses, and suggested mowing heights. Fruits, nuts, and vegetables: 58 species, with a vegetable planting chart and information on organic pecan and fruit tree growing, fruit varieties for Texas, grape and pecan varieties, and gardening by the moon. Common green manure crops: 29 crops that help enrich the soil. Herbs: 66 species for culinary and medicinal uses. Bugs: 73 types of helpful and harmful bugs, with organic remedies for pests, lists of beneficial bugs and plants that attract them, a beneficial bug release schedule, and sources for beneficial bugs. Plant diseases: organic treatments for 55 common problems. Organic methods for repelling mice, rabbits, armadillos, beavers, cats, squirrels, and deer. Organic management practices: watering, fertilizing, controlling weeds, releasing beneficial insects, biological controls (including bats and purple martins), and recipes for Garrett Juice, fire ant control drench, vinegar herbicide, Sick Tree Treatment, and Tree Trunk Goop. Average first and last freeze dates for locations around the state. Organic fertilizers and soil amendments: 61 varieties, including full instructions for making compost. Organic pest control products: 30 varieties. Common house plants and poisonous plants. Instructions for climbing vegetable structures and bat houses. 833 gorgeous full-color photographs.

Download or read book Redesigning the American Lawn written by F. Herbert Bormann and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition, which is being reissued in a more artistic format and with many additional illustrations, updates the original text and adds a chapter showing what progress has been made in the ecological management of landscapes over the past decade."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Management of Turfgrass Diseases written by Joseph M. Vargas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-19 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Second Edition of Management of Turfgrass Diseases has been completely revised and updated to provide the latest information on maintaining a healthy turf and identifying turf diseases. Written by a leading international lecturer on turf grasses, the book covers cultural, genetic, biological, and chemical approaches to turf management and provides practical solutions to everyday problems. Fungal, bacterial, and viral diseases; black layer disease; and diseases caused by nematodes are addressed for all major grasses. You'll learn about cool and warm season grasses, growing conditions, new diseases, symptoms, and identification and management techniques. Valuable tips on irrigation, fertilization, and grass culture as well as 72 full-color photographs and more than 100 figures ensure this book will be dog-eared from use. It's almost like having your own private turfgrass consultant sitting right on your bookshelf. What's New in the Second Edition? This second edition features new grasses, new diseases, and the latest research findings and practices. You'll have the most up-to-date information available on these major grasses: