How many plants are in your yard? If you have a lawn, the answer is: Too many to count. The average quarter-acre lawn contains millions of grass plants. Fortunately, these plants start easily from ...

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 ...

It’s the time of year to get gardening. Today let’s work on our biggest garden - our lawns. If you have sparse grass in parts of your lawn, spring is a great time to plant additional grass seed.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to your lawn, you likely want it to look thick and luxurious rather than dry and uneven. It can take time, hard work ...

Why talk about lawns in late March? I mean the magnolias are flowering, the forsythia is in bloom and there’s a crowded lineup of others standing in the wings to add to the show. Seems lawns are the ...

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 ...

In northern states, Kentucky bluegrass is king. Fine fescues, including creeping red, chewings, sheeps and hard fescues are also well adapted to northern winters. But don’t plant only one grass seed ...

Spring planting is a race to get your grass seed germinated and into adulthood before they face off with summer heat and weeds. That means the earlier you can get grass seed in the ground, the better.

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 ...