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Lawns

Sites with information about planting and caring for home lawns.

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Clemson Extension fact sheet on aerating lawns to improve turf grass health and increase tolerance to drought.

Articles, advice, and tips on lawn care and maintenance. Website includes information on lawn watering, mowing, grass types, and weed control.

American Lawns

Professional tips and advice to help improve lawns.

Ask The Expert

University of Illinois service offering information on lawn care needs.

Cool-Season Grasses: Lawn Maintenance Calendar

Details what needs to be done around the yard at various times of the year, and provides other tips and tricks for lawn maintenance. From the University of Missouri Extension.

Eartheasy: Lawn Alternatives

Discusses the use of groundcovers, clover, ornamental grasses, and other plants as an alternative to planting and maintaining a lawn.

The Gardener's Network

Information on the care and of lawns, including problems, mowing, fertilizers, diseases, and watering.

Lawn and Landscape

Offers articles, an online trade show and a supplier directory.

Lawn Care

Information on planting, maintaining, and caring for a lawn.

Lawn Care Tips

Lawn care professional offers a series of short articles and snippets of information for homeowners on maintaining a healthy lawn.

Lawn Care Tips

Includes articles on establishing a lawn and maintaining it through fertilizing, watering, mowing and weed control.

Lawn Talk

Fact sheets detailing a range of topics when caring for lawns. From the University of Illinois.

NCSU TurfFiles

Information from North Carolina State University professionals, including weed identification guide, pest and disease information, seasonal tips, and access to many publications.

Non-Chemical Alternatives for the Home Lawn

Article and guide from Iowa State University providing best practices for lawncare in the Midwest, including grass selection, use of organic fertilizers, mowing, thatching, and dealing with diseases and insect pests. [PDF]

The Old Lawn Mower Club

A club for people with an interest in vintage lawn mowers.

Oscillating Lawn Sprinklers

Many close-up photos explain how an oscillating lawn sprinkler mechanism really works.

Spring Green

Provides lawn and tree care tips.

Swisher Mowers

Mower manufacturer in Warrensburg, Missouri.

Turf Tips

Turf and lawn maintenance tips for the current month, from Purdue (Indiana).

Turf-Tec

Manufactures diagnostic tools for golf courses superintendents, sports turf managers, and homeowners.