Question: Mr. Smarty Plants, My husband and I are in the Air Force and were recently moved to Cibolo. We built a home and hired a landscaper to finish the yard with an irrigation system in May 07. We ...

Are chinch bugs active now? Just recently, my St. Augustine lawn has developed several round brown areas. If it is chinch bugs, what is the best pesticide? Thanks. — Keith Chinch bugs are not active ...

A green lawn is steeped in the American ethos — a first impression of a home and the care given to it. It is fundamentally just turf, but there is a point of pride taken in its appearance. It is a ...

Your St. Augustine lawn is made up of millions of stolons or runners that criss-cross the surface of your lawn. The stolons have the grass leaf blade on top; and on the bottom side, roots go into the ...

Q: I’ve had robust St. Augustine for 40 years, but suddenly the past two summers it has plunged into deep decline. I was told it was chinch bugs or grub worms, and someone else suspected a fungus.

For some North Texans, the grass is, indeed, greener on the other side. Many residents with St. Augustine grass report bald spots on their lawns at a time when their grass should be turning very green ...

Take-all patch of St. Augustine grass is a destructive and discouraging lawn disease. The good news, however, is that it’s not yet widely distributed. Yellow spots begin appearing in affected lawns in ...

Q: I have attached a photo from my St. Augustine lawn from last year. I assume I have either a fungus or an armyworm problem. Can I treat the grass while it is dormant now? A: To my first reader, ...

Dear Neil: I spent a ton of money having my St. Augustine resodded two years ago. This winter it developed a bunch of brown circles. I used a product from one of the big box stores, but it didn’t ...

South Florida lawn care for St. Augustine grass means proper mowing and no over-watering Over-mowing St. Augustine grass can scalp your lawn and leave it vulnerable to weeds, pests and fungus.