As an Extension Educator, I have been called upon from time to time to help homeowners understand what is causing their lawns to look sick. Sometimes, we can get to the root of the problem right away, ...

Winter lawns don’t go dormant without risk—learn how cold, snow mold, mites, and salt impact grass, plus expert tips to spot ...

The weather has been nearly perfect for work outdoors over the past few days with warm days and cooler nights. Below are a few gardening questions that may be of interest to other home gardeners.

If you’re seeing irregularly circular brown patches in your summer lawn, the problem may be a disease called brown patch. Brown patch is one of the most common diseases in home lawns (as well as golf ...

September is the best time for fescue lawn renovation. Turf-type fescue renovation should be initiated in the fall and early winter in order to become established and survive the summer heat. Below ...

Q: We are having a hard time with our fescue lawn. We use 12-4-8 fertilizer four times a year but no preemergent or postemergent weed control. We aim for 1 inch of water per week, watering about one ...

Cool-season grasses are usually overseeded in late summer or early fall, but sometimes winter damage will necessitate ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Tall thin fescue Q • My tall fescue lawn looks pretty beat up and thin. What can I do now to help it? A • While tall fescue is ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! What a stretch of rain rolling in the second week of August. I hope many of you took advantage of several days of dry, sunny weather before all the ...

As winter winds down and your lawn starts to poke through the snow, you may notice that things look, well, off. If the melting ice is revealing ugly, fuzzy patches on your lawn, you could be dealing ...

Cool season and warm season grasses are treated a bit differently this time of year. But nonetheless, both could benefit from some maintenance to ensure they grow lush next spring. The cooler weather ...

Creeping red fescue (Festuca rubra rubra) is the grass that performs where perennial ryegrass cannot. In shaded gardens, on ...