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Practical, non-salesy guides to help Sacramento homeowners understand landscaping problems, costs and next steps before they call a company.
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- Replacing Your Lawn in Sacramento: Rebates, Rules and Costs
How Sacramento-area lawn conversion rebates work, what they require, what to replace grass with, and what drives the cost of a lawn replacement project. - Tall Fescue, Bermuda or Less Lawn? Choosing Grass in Sacramento
Compare tall fescue, Bermuda, buffalograss and other grasses for Sacramento lawns, with sun, water, wear and maintenance trade-offs for local summers. - Sacramento Watering Rules: Setting a Sprinkler Schedule That Works
Sacramento-area watering days, hours and exemptions, how they differ by water provider, and how to program a sprinkler timer that keeps the yard healthy.
Sources and further reading
- Contractors State License Board: Choosing the Right Landscaper (Fast Facts)
- Contractors State License Board: AB 2622 minor work exemption increase
- City of Sacramento: Watering schedule
- City of Sacramento: Grass conversion rebate
- City of Sacramento: Urban forestry tree permits and ordinances
- Sacramento County Water Agency: Cash for Grass
- City of Roseville: Watering schedule
- City of Roseville: Cross-connection and backflow prevention
- City of Roseville: Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance
- Elk Grove Water District: Water restrictions
- Citrus Heights Water District: Water efficiency
- Be Water Smart (Sacramento-region water efficiency)
- California Department of Water Resources: Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance
- UC IPM: The UC Guide to Healthy Lawns, turf species
- California Department of Pesticide Regulation: Licensing
- California Invasive Plant Council: Plant inventory
- CAL FIRE Ready for Wildfire: Defensible space
- USA North 811
- EPA WaterSense