General Home Lawn Care

Environmental Benefits of a Healthy, Sustainable Lawn   Grass Plant Growth and its Relationship to a Sustainable Lawn   Lawn Care Glossary   Lawn Clipping Management   Upper Midwest Home Lawn Care Calendar for Cool Season Grasses

Starting a New Lawn

		Cool Season Grass Selection
		Establishing a New Lawn to Achieve Sustainability
		Modifying Soil pH
		Seeding and Sodding Home Lawns

Repairing or Renovating an Existing Lawn

		Lawn Renovation
		Lawn Repair in Spring
		Renovating an Existing Lawn to Achieve Sustainability
		Repairing Flooded Lawns

Mowing Lawns

		Lawn Clipping Management
		Mowing Practices
		Options for Disposing of Leaves

Watering Lawns

		Watering Lawns and Other Turf
		Watering Practices

Fertilizers and Fertilizing Lawns

		Preventing Pollution Problems from Lawn and Garden Fertilizers
		Fertilizing Laws
		Selecting Lawn Fertilizers and Understanding their Labels

Lawn Pests: Weeds, Diseases, and Insects

		Weed Control in Lawns and Other Turf
		Weed Management

		Fairy Rings
		Leaf Spot and Melting Out in Turf
		Managing Diseases and Insects
		Necrotic Ring Spot of Turf
		Powdery Mildew in the Home Lawn
		Pythium Blight of Turf
		Slime Molds
		Snow Molds in Lawns
		Stinkhorns
		Turf Patch Diseases

		Voles in the Landscape
		Japanese Beetle Management in Minnesota
		Managing Diseases and Insects
		Managing Lawn and Turf Insects
		Nightcrawlers

Special Situations

		Planting Under Trees (slide set)
		Thatch Control in Lawns and Turf
		Trees and Turf: Are they Compatible?

Lawn Alternatives

		Ground Covers for the Midwest
		Ground Covers for Rough Sites
		Ornamental Grasses for Cold Climates
		Ornamental Grasses for Minnesota