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Organic Lawn Care: A Guide to Organic Lawn Maintenance and Pest Management for North Carolina

By: Grady Miller, James P. Kerns, Terri Billeisen

This guide to lawn maintenance for North Carolina contains information on establishing a new lawn, maintaining it, and controlling lawn pests using organic methods. It also provides information on renovating an existing lawn.

Establishing a New Lawn

By: Grady Miller, James P. Kerns, Terri Billeisen

This section of the Organic Lawn Care Guide for North Carolina covers Turfgrass species and cultivars, planting, site preparation, establishment, and pest management for new lawns.

Maintaining an Established Lawn

By: Grady Miller, James P. Kerns, Terri Billeisen

This section of the Organic Lawn Care Guide for North Carolina provides guidance for maintaining an existing lawn, including watering, mowing, fertilizing, aerifying, and dethatching.

Organic Lawn Care: Appendixes

By: Grady Miller, James P. Kerns, Terri Billeisen

The appendices of the Organic Lawn Care Guide for North Carolina include supplemental information on composting, spreader operation, calibration, and maintenance, as well as a summary of the publication and acknowledgments.

Integrated Pest Management and Organic Lawn Care

By: Grady Miller, James P. Kerns, Terri Billeisen

This section of the Organic Lawn Care Guide for North Carolina provides guidance for Integrated pest management in organic lawns, including control strategies for disease, weeds, and insects.

Renovating an Established Lawn

By: Grady Miller, James P. Kerns, Terri Billeisen

This section of the Organic Lawn Care Guide for North Carolina discusses renovating an established lawn, including soil preparation, timing, replanting, care after planting, and overseeding warm-season turfgrasses.