Leave Me a Lawn: Lawn Care for Tired Gardeners

Easy-Growing Gardening Series, Volume 7

De: Melinda R. Cordell

Narrado por: Paige Jensen

How do I make my lawn look like a golf course without all those chemicals? How do I keep up with all the lawn care when I have a million things to do? Leave Me A Lawn is packed with clear, concise information on yard care that is written with a sense of humor and a lot of helpful information on lawn maintenance from a former horticulturist with a trick back. Discover time-saving secrets for better fertilizing, watering and mowing, and helpful hints for those of you who already have too much on your plate. This book also contains advice for those lawn maniacs out there who want that green, lush grass but want to cut back on chemicals and water. You can grow lean and mean grass that fights off insect pests and diseases, and take drought with aplomb.

©2017 Melinda R. Cordell (P)2017 Melinda R. Cordell

Weed killing left out.

Wanted to know how to kill weeds and the book wasn’t clear enough. Other than that it was very informative. Started the book leaving Manchester, CT and finished outside of Dingsman Ferry, PA.

A must for any homeowner

I bought this randomly not expecting much from it and was pleasantly surprised. The writing of the book lends itself very well to an audio book format. The narration was by far the best I've heard from an audio book and really showed the emotion of the author very well. I'm not a huge lawn guy, but I THOROUGHLY enjoyed this book and actually retained a lot of the knowledge from the book. In fact I went from not caring too much about my lawn to being excited about it. Highly recommended for any house owner.

Repetitive, poorly edited

The book starts off great by describing the species of grass and how and where they are best used, but it very quickly becomes repetitive and very casual in tone. Organized loosely around the times of year, the same factoids about grass clipping, thatch, and fertilizer are repeated frequently, sometimes word for word. Critically absent are any descriptions to help identify fungus types or lawn diseases and how to treat them (some loose preventive tips are included in an unfocused form). The author also mentions they do not remember anything from their turf management courses, which is a very odd detail for an author to include in their book on lawn care.