Sick of battling a scorched lawn? These lawn alternatives don't only stay healthy in the heat, many are water-wise, and some ...

Gardening season is winding down, but the time for planting and growing is not nearly over. If you have a grass lawn, one of the main outdoor tasks on your current to-do list should be seeding ...

A healthy lawn can also act as a big sponge, soaking up water and possibly reducing runoff. Yes, in the right place grass can seem appealing. Let me repeat: “In the right place.” ...

Meet Mike in Warrenton, Virginia at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5 Fall is the best time for gardening. The soil is still toasty warm, but the weather is nice and cool, and many things only grow well in ...

Don’t plant any deeper, and don’t use so much seed that it’s touching. To overseed an existing lawn, first cut the grass short (to about 1 inch).

To avoid this common lawn care mistake, plant cool season grasses like Kentucky bluegrass and red fescue in northern states.

How to Plant Grass Seeds Before planting your grass seeds, among the most important steps is to have the soil tested, says The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.

For this, indeed, is one of the peculiar features of our imaginary lawn : that it uses deciduous plants, plants devoid of foliage, as freely as evergreens in the winter picture.

This rare tree is praised for its white blooms. However, there are reasons not to attempt growing it in your yard. Here's why ...

Be grateful! The plant lends your lawn a nice natural look, and provides as much natural nitrogen fertilizer as your grass needs. It happens every spring. People freak out over their lawns.

Gardening Planting time, lawn mushrooms, oak trouble: This Weekend in the Garden Updated: Sep. 16, 2016, 2:00 p.m. | Published: Sep. 16, 2016, 1:00 p.m.