During the heat of summer, when the rain stops coming down and the ground is dry, it's a good idea to keep your lawn longer --around 4 inches. As the season changes to cooler temperatures and more ...

It may seem as if you can hang up your lawn care equipment once fall brings cool weather. In fact, depending on your grass ...

Q • I want to apply grass seed to fill in the dead areas of my lawn, but there are so many types of grass seed out there.

•Continue to water the lawn. A cool-season grass will continue to require water into the fall. Though the lawn won’t need to ...

Spring is the season most often associated with lawn care, and for good reason. Grass starts growing in spring, and the ...

When to fertilize, when to water, how short to cut the grass. You've surely heard one or more of these lawn care myths, but is there some truth to them? Read on to find out. While there’s no shortage ...

If your lawn is dried out or dormant, it is best just to keep it mowed to control the weeds and postpone any fertilization ...

Just when yard work is winding down, give your lawn one last feeding. An application of fall fertilizer helps produce healthy ...

Don't skip these essential steps for winterizing your lawn before the first frost hits—your yard will thank you later.

If you have a warm-season lawn, your grass is getting ready to go dormant for winter. This is why you should never fertilize ...

A fall fertilizer application helps the grass recover from summer’s stress and can prolong the green through most of the ...

At Cooperative Extension we recommend that if you only fertilize your lawn once per year, do it in the fall. Our cool season ...