Lawn Projects
Discussion and instruction of lawn projects including cultivation, restoration and renovation. Principles of designing a yard. Creating and implementing an annual lawn care program.
Installing a Sprinkler System
Considerations before installing a sprinkler system.
5 Easy DIY Lawn Care Projects
Many lawn care projects can be done without hiring an expensive lawn care service. Do-it-yourself projects allow the homeowner to become more familiar with the lawn and it's requirements.
Starting over with sod
Laying sod is a great DIY lawn care project. Although a sod lawn can be expensive, the results are instant.
Landscaping Ideas for Downsizing the Lawn
Landscaping ideas for reducing the size of a lawn from patios and pools to wildflowers and trees.
How to Lay Sod
Laying sod is easy. Unfortunately, laying sod wrong is easy too.
How to Prepare Soil for Sod or Seed
When planning to seed or sod a lawn, soil preparation is the fundamental element in having a successful lawn.
How to Build a Backyard Ice Rink
How to build a backyard ice rink. Home-made ice rink construction. Conditions needed for building a backyard ice skating rink.
How to Care for New Sod
New sod what to do. Establishing new sod. Care of new sod.
How to Repair a Bare Patch on a Lawn
How to repair a bare patch on a lawn using seed, soil, compost and fertilizer.
How To Lay Sod to Start New Lawns
How to establish a lawn by laying sod by David Beaulieu, About.com's Guide to Landscaping.
How To Start New Lawns by Seeding
About.com's Guide to Landscaping, David Beaulieu explains how to grow a new lawn from seed.
Design Your Own Irrigation System
Think installing an irrigation system is too complicated? Read these steps for designing an irrigation system and learn that it's not as difficult as you may think. From the University of California-Agricultural and Natural Resources.
Installing a Turf Irrigation Sysytem
Instructions and insight on all aspects of irrigation installation. Beginning with digging trenches and connecting pipe to installing sprinkler heads and working the timer. From the University of California-Agriculture and Natural Resources.