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 ...
Homeowners are seeking lawns that are considered more sustainable than conventional. I often get questions regarding eco-lawns or no-mow lawns, which are great options for certain situations. However, ...
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 ...
September is the best time to consider renovating your home lawn. Cool-season grasses such as fescue thrive best in the fall, winter and spring, so it only makes sense to establish your lawn in early ...
It’s undeniable that so-called Kentucky bluegrass can provide a very handsome turf, if you are willing to put in the work. I say “so-called” because Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis, as it is known ...
Q: These wasps are back by the thousands again this year, flying and hovering over an area of my lawn, occasionally dipping down into the grass. They seem to be congregating in one spot. Are they a ...
As a turf-grass scientist at Virginia Tech, Mike Goatley has spent years looking at the various types of grass used for America’s archetypal landscape feature, the lawn. His preference comes down to ...
Lawns come in many forms, the bentgrass putting green, the old-school Kentucky bluegrass and the short green zoysia yard. Bentgrass requires professional expertise (and chemicals) to sustain, ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Why Does My Type of Lawn Grass Matter? Every spring, we are bombarded with advertisements encouraging us to get outside and make our lawn the lushest, greenest lawn on the ...
Kathy Hadley maneuvers a combine over neat rows of tall fescue that was recently cut at her family’s farm near Rickreall, Ore., in the heart of the Willamette Valley, where farmers grow roughly ...