Establish and Manage Your Home Lawn

The home lawn and turf areas surrounding churches, parks, and office buildings do more than just serve as pleasant green backdrops. The grass plants that make up the lawns serve as miniature air-conditioners and pollution-abatement centers.

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Publication 1322 (POD-01-26)

Reviewed by Jay McCurdy, PhD, Professor, Plant and Soil Sciences. Revised by Wayne Wells, PhD, Extension Professor/Turfgrass Specialist (retired), with pesticide updates by Blake Layton, PhD, Extension Entomologist (retired); Alan Henn, PhD, Extension Professor; and James Taylor, former Weed Science Research Associate. Originally prepared by David Nagel, PhD, Extension Professor (retired), Plant and Soil Sciences; Mukund V. Patel, former Extension Plant Pathologist; and John D. Byrd Jr., PhD, Extension/Research Professor, Plant and Soil Sciences. This publication is a revision of previous editions. The contributions of James H. Perry, Hiram Palmertree, and Donald J. Blasingame are acknowledged.