Laying new grass seed in the fall is one of the best ways to achieve a thick, green lawn, and come spring, you'll be glad you did it. Cooler temperatures, increased rainfall, and less competition from ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The beginning of fall is the ideal time to start laying down your grass seed and prepping your lawn for spring. “Cooler days, cooling evening, humid dewy nights make grass seed ...

As cooler weather arrives and you prepare to put your mower in the garage for the winter, don’t turn your attention away from your lawn just yet. Whether you’re overseeding your lawn, filling in bare ...

Plant warm-season grasses in spring and cool-season grasses in fall if possible. Spring is an option for cool-season grasses but conditions are less favorable. The cutoff for planting cool-season ...

You probably know that the best time to plant trees and shrubs is in the early fall, after the growing season is largely over. This lets the plant establish roots before the stresses of spring and ...

Ah, lawns. The favorite punching bag of today's garden glitterati. In order to be allowed admission into the Socially Responsible Garden Club, we’re supposed to eschew the cultivated lawn in favor of ...

There are several reasons why fall is the most favorable time of the year to seed cool season lawns. The soils are warm so that seed, if supplied with sufficient moisture, jumps out of the ground. The ...

Dormant seeding is a technique that takes advantage of winter temperatures to plant grass so that by spring you're growing a ...

The grass isn't always greener, especially if homeowners don't take the steps at the end of summer to keep their grass healthy through the fall and winter. As we've reported, this summer has been a ...

Courtesy Southern Botanical A scorching North Texas summer isn’t quite conducive to a thriving, green yard. And by the time fall rolls around, you might think there’s no reason to start taking care of ...