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Chemical repellents fall into two main categories, odor and taste. The former work better in the warm season and the latter, which ward off an animal only after it eats, in the cold season. (For example, the smell of the lawn fertilizer Milorganite is claimed to make it an effective repellent.) Such repellents mimic natural substances that ...
5 Tips For Getting Rid Of Lawn Burweed To Keep Your Grass Free Of Painful Burs. Arricca Elin SanSone. February 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM. Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood ...
Citronella grass: repels insects, may deter cats [5] Clovers: repel aphids and wireworms [3] Common lantana: repels mosquitoes [1] Coriander: repels aphids, Colorado potato beetle, and spider mites [3] Cosmos: repel the corn earworm: Crown imperial: repel rabbits, mice, moles, voles and ground squirrels [6] Dahlias: repel nematodes [2] Dill
Staying off the lawn entirely isn't always feasible, but it's helpful to vary the areas you play, work, or walk across to avoid bare patches come Spring. Keep an Eye on Snow and Ice
Wean your lawn off of water so the roots dry out. An in-ground lawn irrigation system simplifies the process of watering your grass. (Photo: Lowe's) (Lowes)
The idea of using chemicals to control a lawn is even newer. Around the 1930s, the use of chemicals to maintain a lawn was advised against. The most common way to control a yard during this time was to either hand pull the weeds or keep chickens. Chemical use became popular in the post-WWII era and has grown significantly since then.
In order to keep North American native grasses from potentially going extinct from invasive grasses, it is important to control or better yet prevent such invasions in the first place. There are many ways to go about this such as controlling species mechanically or physically. This includes hand removal of grasses or by machine.
Another pole bean that is fun to grow are the yard-long bean varieties. The long dangling beans are fun to see. Crops that are great companions to beans are kale, cabbage, squash, dill, and cucumbers.