The best fall fertilizer for cool-season grasses is a high-nitrogen fertilizer with the correct amounts of phosphorus and ...

Top-dressing a lawn is a fancy term for amending the soil without disturbing the sod. Golfers might be familiar with the practice because this technique was first performed on golf courses in Scotland ...

A well-maintained lawn also better tolerates heat, cold, and drought, however too much fertilizer or applications made at the ...

You may have heard the statement, “Fall is for Planting,” and that is definitely true for lawns. The easiest way to maintain an attractive lawn is to start with healthy turf. A thick, healthy stand of ...

Cool-season grasses — bluegrass, fescue and ryegrass — are best seeded in early September. Seeds germinate and grow rapidly in the warm soil, and fall-seeded lawns have an opportunity to establish, ...

Austin area soils are famous for their poor quality. Ask any avid local gardener and they will give you a list of their soil woes. Ultimately what it comes down to is we have very little soil, the ...

Bermuda grass, both the common and named-seed grown varieties, grows quickly and is the most reliable grass to establish from seeds. (Thom Scott) QUESTION: I have an area of my yard that slopes down ...

Seeing beetles flying around or finding white, C-shaped grubs in the soil is a clear warning sign. These pests feed on grass ...