Timing is everything: get your lawn off to a good start with proper seeding. As the first signs of spring arrive, homeowners are eager to get the garden and lawn in shape. For turf areas, this often ...

To grow a lush and healthy lawn, it's essential to plant your seeds at the appropriate times of the year. Planting in the summer heat makes it harder to keep tender young seedlings thriving, so spring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fall has the perfect combination of air temperature and soil temperature to grow grass. Daytime air temperatures hover between 60 ...

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Ok. Let’s get this out of the way. Every time I write about lawns, my inbox jams up with messages from the lawn haters. “Biological wasteland.” “Unconscionable assault on nature.” “Abomination upon ...

Those who tried to patch dead spots in the lawn or seed a new lawn at the traditional prime time just after Labor Day had little success this year. Grass seed needs consistently damp soil to sprout, ...

September is the best time to give cool-season grasses in Kansas a boost, but homeowners should take note of an important fact before choosing which variety to plant. Not all grass seed is created ...

Grass seed can fail for a variety of reasons. Here's a list of 10 issues (with solutions) that will help get that seed up and ...

Perennial ornamental grasses are wonderful to grow in any yard as a border, in a meadow, or in native and rock gardens. They ...

Lawn species belong to two main groups based on their active growth phases: cool-season grasses and warm-season grasses. In Southern landscapes, warm-season grasses dominate. These include ...