brede

Provides strategies for maintaining a lawn, park, sports field, or golf course with less water, fertilizer, mowing, pesticide, and effort. Brede, who is research director at Simplot Turf & Horticulture, first examines the performance of the traditional turf species under reduced maintenance, grasses that demand less maintenance and unconventional grasses and grass-like plants, and recommends the best grasses for different locations. The next chapters walk through the process of installing turfgrasses, modifying the turf soil, and reducing fertilizer, water and mowing. The last chapter confronts pest control, highlighting how and when cultural changes can be substituted for chemicals. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)