Aeration helps your grass grow strong by letting air, water, and nutrients reach the roots.

When planting grass seed in spring, worry less about determining the exact month and more about outside temperatures. The ...

Good organic amendments for garden soils include wood byproducts such as sawdust and bark mulch, rotted manure, grass or ...

Counterintuitive as it seems, cool-season grass seed can sit dormant during the end of the winter months and get an early ...

"The snow, of course, melts slower into the soil, and it just takes a lot of moisture to grow a crop," Andersen said. "Which ...

As winter fades and spring approaches, many homeowners overlook the importance of clearing lawn debris. Yet this simple task can significantly impact the health and appearance of your grass in the ...

As the evenings get lighter many gardeners will be outside tending to their flowers, but you can get a headstart on your ...

If you can't "learn to live with them," Neil Sperry suggests a ground cover that makes mowing around them unnecessary ...

Pecan hulls make a lovely mulch in a perennial garden or shrub bed. They lay flat and, at least in my experiences, they ...

Brandon farmer Josh Hiemstra says cover crops not only improve his soil, they provide a diverse ration for his cows.

Winter grass seeding allows certain grass types to settle into the layer of soil before germinating in spring. Weather conditions play a big role, of course. Cold temperatures help keep seeds ...

But in cases where walking across your lawn is unavoidable, he urged: “Wait until the sun has begun to melt the frost and ...