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Title: Picture Perfect : Mowing Techniques for Lawns, Landscapes, and Sports by David R. Mellor ISBN: 1-57504-151-0 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 12 July, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Awesome!
Comment: Just bought this book about 2 hours ago, and put it down only to write this review. This guy is one heck of an artist.
Picasso of the putting greens!
Rating: 5
Summary: Taking Your Grass Care a Cut Above Where It Is Today!
Comment: Summary: Picture Perfect is the ultimate resource for those who want to add even more beauty and interest to their grass by growing and maintaining healthier turf and cutting it in original and beautiful patterns.
Review: Mr. Mellor is the Director of Grounds for the Boston Red Sox and is thoroughly knowledgeable about grass. His advice is sound, thorough, and easy-to-follow. He has you begin by testing your soil to see what it is missing, establishing your turf properly, fertilizing appropriately, fighting off weeds and disease, mowing properly with the right equipment, and solving problems.
Once that grass is in place, he moves on to explain the art of adding patterns to the grass by using rollers with the mower to push the grass down. The color plates show many examples of this art form, which will intrigue you. If you are like me, you expected to see only geometric shapes using straight lines. Instead, you find gentle waves and delicate crossing patterns of all kinds.
Having worked in my father's gardening business when I was a youngster, I wish I had known about establishing these patterns. It certainly would have helped to relieve the boredom of cutting the same yards in one of three patterns time after time.
The directions are very helpful for how to deal with special problems, like temporary damage, making a mistake in the pattern, and repeating a pattern (you are encouraged to photograph your work to learn from what you have done).
Picture Perfect also has a long list of resources you can access, especially from the Internet.
Although the quality of the design and the printing are not as high as the contents deserve, the material is strong enough to carry the result to five star level. One does hope, however, that a future printing will create a version more like an art book to better feature the examples.
After you finish becoming an expert on turf design, I suggest that you think about where else you can exercise your creativity in your yard. Have you considered sculpting shrubs like they do in the Disney theme parks? How about designing a sculpture garden? Do you have a Zen garden area yet?
Create a better balance between the views in your yard and the thoughts in your mind. Let the reverbrations of inspiration take you to new heights of thought and harmony!
Rating: 4
Summary: WHAT AN AMAZING BOOK!
Comment: One of the first things I notice about people's homes is the way the lawn is cut. Some might say, "get a life," but to me the landscape design and lawn say a lot. From a psychological point of view, it says something about the people who live there, too! We have all seen lawns cut straight and perfect, every blade of grass precise, row after row - not much creativity there. We have also seen lawns cut haphazardly in every conceivable direction and length, a clump here and a clump there, as if the ride-on mower and its near-sighted rider short-circuited, jumped the fence and rode off into the sunset!
If you know anyone who fits that description, buy them this astonishing book. It is amazing what can be created with a little patience, know-how and practice. Some designs are quite simple, others a little more complex, but they are very eye-catching. The book would be ideal for any yard or community with large greenspace. The larger the area, the more dramatic the design becomes. If you are zipping around on your trusty mower at home, just make sure you move the dog....before he has the most stylish haircut of the year!
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Title: The Lawn Bible: How to Keep It Green, Groomed, and Growing Every Season of the Year by David R. Mellor ISBN: 0786888423 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 16 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Lawn Aeration: Turn Hard Soil into Cold Cash by Robin M. Pedrotti ISBN: 0962992852 Publisher: Prego Press Pub. Date: July, 1992 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Scotts Lawns: Your Guide to a Beautiful Yard by Nick Christians, Ashton Ritchie ISBN: 0696212706 Publisher: Scott's Pub. Date: 15 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: How to Make Big Money Mowing Small Lawns by Robert A. Welcome ISBN: 1568570805 Publisher: Noble Pub Assoc/Noble Books Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Everything Lawn Care Book: From Seed to Soil, Mowing to Fertilizinf-Hundreds of Tips for Growing a Beautiful Lawn (Everything Series) by Douglas C. Green ISBN: 1580624871 Publisher: Adams Media Corporation Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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