Lawns & Mowers

Are you new to the world of gardening? Are you dreaming of a healthy and beautifully manicured lawn in your back garden? This hands-on and attractively illustrated guide on lawns and gardening equipment is an invaluable companion for novice and amateur gardeners. Explore what type of garden machinery is best for your needs, discover how to establish a new lawn or learn how to refurbish an existing one. The author provides handy tips on how to create legendary stripes, how to deal with grass clippings, bare patches and how to achieve the ideal length and thickness to make your lawn look great. He even explains how to create a natural lawn if you favour a wildlife-friendly garden. The book is designed to guide you through maintaining your lawn and provide you with general guidance on how to go about gardening tasks including mowing, aerating, edging, fertilising or scarifying. It is divided into seven chapters. The first chapter tells you what kind of garden equipment and machinery you will need, the second discusses how to develop a lawn from scratch, while the third walks you through the steps of how to refurbish an existing lawn. In the following three chapters you will read about the weekly, monthly and annual tasks. In the last chapter the author provides handy tips on garden maintenance.