A Man's Turf: The Perfect Lawn

By Warren Schultz

Book Overview

Look across the country on any summer Saturday and what do you see? From coast to coast you see millions of men mowing. There also may be some women tending to the turf these days, but the obsession with the lawn is truly a male phenomenon. How green is it? How thick is it? How well-mown and weed-free is it? These are the questions that try men's souls. InA Man's Turf: The Perfect Lawn, author Warren Schultz delves into history, psychology, and botany to explain the irresistible appeal of the riding mower and freshly cut grass. But as a leading expert on lawn and garden care, he also offers a wealth of practical, hands-on information for growing, mowing, weeding, and watering a better lawn. Schultz explores how the lawn grew up in America and visits some of the great historical lawns. He examines the machines involved--reel and rotary lawn mowers, weed whackers and water sprinklers--that shape the lawn, and gets down on his knees to look at some amazing grass, highlighting the pros and cons of the many new varieties. Schultz interviews the great turf gurus of golf courses and ballparks and reveals their insiders' tips on lawn care.A Man's Turfalso provides a unique guide to lawn-related products, events, and pilgrimages--from a bicycle-powered mower to the finish line of the lawn mower races to a mower museum. InA Man's Turf: The Perfect Lawn, garden expert Warren Schultz examines the pleasures and pitfalls that await the lawn-obsessed everywhere. He explains how to grow, mow, weed, and water a thicker, greener, healthier lawn, offering insight and a wealth of practical information, along with more than 200 full-color photographs.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609600680
• ISBN13: 9780609600689
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.2" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

Explains why some men have deep passions for mowing

I agree that this book is not for tech. ref. but is more of a commentary on why men are so obsessed about lawns and mowing and having the "Perfect Lawn." Many people have asked me why I love lawns and grass and mowing. I could not answer that. He(Mr. Scultz) answered that question for me perfectly and eloquently. He draws a story in your mind and this is one book you won't put down until you are finished with it. I loved it and I read it all day long, And I am a landscaper!

Well done!

*A Man's Turf* is well put together and masterfully edited. I appreciate a book that not only looks good--most books published today do--but that is also well crafted. After all, it's the words that count, and all the words are there and in the proper sequence in this book. Thank you, Mr. Schultz, and thank you Clarkson Potter!

I hope that it is the beginning of many more in the series.

Wow! Every thing you wanted to know about your lawn and then some. Warren Schultz has made it easy for the man who only has the weekend and then thenmaybe an hour or two to get rid of mold, fungus and unsightly weeds. It is loaded with information for the casual grassologist, but it is written in a user friendly, humorous fashion. Everyone should find a place for this book on their must read list.