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If you want to maintain a healthy lawn, avoid exposing it to products that contain…
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Vigoro and Scotts are two of the major players in the lawn and garden sector.…
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You can save money and time by choosing the proper grass seed based on your…
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Bermuda grass can provide a durable, green lawn, especially if you live in a southern…
Last Updated: Sep 2, 2011 | Views: 4900
Maple Leaf Lawn Care of Madison, Wisconsin, offers full-service programs to manage lawns, yards, trees…
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All weed species choke off the available resources lawn grass needs to grow well. Weeds…
Last Updated: Feb 8, 2011 | Views: 6408
Many people mistakenly believe that the only way to obtain a beautiful lush lawn is…
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Weeds can destroy the appearance of a luxurious stretch of green lawn. In addition to…
Last Updated: Feb 7, 2011 | Views: 4957
Weeds and lawns are almost inextricable companions. If you live in the South where warm…
Last Updated: Feb 2, 2011 | Views: 11061
A rolling green lawn sets off the home landscape like nothing else. Keeping the lawn…
Last Updated: Feb 2, 2011 | Views: 3215
Maintaining a lawn is often the most extensive and time-consuming task in the entire landscape.…
Last Updated: Jan 29, 2011 | Views: 5454
Your yard provides visitors and neighbors with their first impression of your home. Some types…
Last Updated: Jan 28, 2011 | Views: 2736
Reel mowers provide a precise cut for low-growing grasses. Electric-powered reel mowers are available, but…
Last Updated: Jan 27, 2011 | Views: 4404
Scotts fertilizer is a lawn product that prevents invasive weeds and damaging insects from infiltrating…
Last Updated: Jan 18, 2011 | Views: 5044
The salinity of soil directly affects ryegrass' natural ability to absorb nutrients. Minimal amounts of…
Last Updated: Jan 16, 2011 | Views: 3349
If you're growing a lawn in northern Alabama, you will inevitably face weeds. Which weeds…
Last Updated: Jan 4, 2011 | Views: 4682
New lawns may have hard patches of dirt or may be fully covered in stone,…
Last Updated: Dec 24, 2010 | Views: 5154
Although all grass seeds may seem to appear the same, they have differences. Most grass…
Last Updated: Nov 19, 2010 | Views: 5111
Finding the perfect grass seed to create a lush and dense lawn is all about…
Last Updated: Nov 9, 2010 | Views: 4002
The seeds of ryegrass normally germinate within 7 to 14 days. By day 18, the…
Last Updated: Nov 4, 2010 | Views: 3047
Lush green grass relies on nutrients such as water and sunlight, as well as proper…
Last Updated: Oct 25, 2010 | Views: 4950
The hunt for methods and resources to kill weeds in lawns is ongoing for many…
Last Updated: Oct 15, 2010 | Views: 5611
Patch Perfect Grass is marketed on television as a "spread it 'n forget it" grass…
Last Updated: Oct 12, 2010 | Views: 4507
Sowing grass seed in snowy conditions won't cause it to germinate any more quickly and…
Last Updated: Oct 3, 2010 | Views: 5653
The typical lawn consists of many different plant species, some valued by the homeowner as…
Last Updated: Oct 2, 2010 | Views: 5571
Though your green spring zoysia grass usually thrives throughout the warm summer months, it is…
Last Updated: Sep 30, 2010 | Views: 3956
A company called Spring-Green Lawn Care Services aims to cater to the individual landscaping needs…
Last Updated: Sep 26, 2010 | Views: 2791
Salt occurs naturally in soil. Ordinarily, the forces of nature ensure that salt leaches at…
Last Updated: Sep 25, 2010 | Views: 4686
Bowie and Cody grasses are drought-hardy prairie grasses. Both are cultivars of buffalograss, which is…
Last Updated: Sep 28, 2010 | Views: 4369
Thatch patches and brown spots are two common ailments for the typical North American lawn.…
Last Updated: Sep 28, 2010 | Views: 3497
Winter is mainly a time to stop fertilizing a lawn. Because a lawn is not…
Last Updated: Sep 28, 2010 | Views: 6816
Proper fertilization is necessary to maintain a healthy, lush, disease and weed-free lawn. When deciding…
Last Updated: Sep 28, 2010 | Views: 3749
Evapotranspiration is the evaporation of water from plant leaves into the atmosphere. The United States…
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St. Augustine (Stenotaphrum secundatum) is a warm season perennial grass that thrives in southern parts…
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Black mold (Physarum sp. and Fuligo sp), commonly called slime mold, produces a grayish-black covering…
Last Updated: Sep 12, 2010 | Views: 7160
A non-native grass of the United States, crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis) belongs in the Poaceae family.…
Last Updated: Sep 11, 2010 | Views: 4917
The practice of having large turfgrass lawns began in Europe when areas around castles were…
Last Updated: Sep 9, 2010 | Views: 3654
Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) was once the reigning king of neighborhood lawns, and rightly so.…
Last Updated: Sep 9, 2010 | Views: 6364
Yes, you may use potting soil as lawn soil. However, not all potting soil is…
Last Updated: Sep 7, 2010 | Views: 6416
Commercial lawn fertilizers are labeled with three numbers that represent the ratio by weight of…
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A warm season grass, centipede grass (Eremochloa ophiuroides) produces a coarse, low-textured grass that tolerates…
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Spring grass rarely looks its best after a long, hard winter. It requires routine care…
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A sod-forming perennial, Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) grows throughout the Southern United States, Africa, India, South…
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The amount per acre is different for each type of grass seed and fertilizer. The…
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Bermuda grass, or bermudagrass, is a warm-season turf grass widely used where summers are warm,…
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Gray snow mold (Typhula blight) and pink snow mold (Microdochium nivale) occurs on grass in…
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Johnsongrass is a problematic weed for gardeners. If Johnsongrass spreads uncontrolled, it can quickly take…
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A lush, rich-green appearance is the sign of a truly healthy lawn. But an unhealthy…
Last Updated: Sep 2, 2010 | Views: 2625
Kentucky bluegrass is actually a native grass of Europe but has become one of the…
Last Updated: Sep 2, 2010 | Views: 3589
Biannual fertilizing is part of regular yard maintenance to increase the nutritional value in the…
Last Updated: Sep 2, 2010 | Views: 2883
Landscaping is the arrangement of plants and other outdoor features in a decorative or functional…
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Turfgrass is one of the most common ways that land is covered in the United…
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No matter how hard a gardener tries to develop or maintain a healthy, weed-free lawn,…
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You can plant St. Augustine and Centipede grasses together; however they do not coexist well.…
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Native to China and southeastern Asia, centipede grass (Eremochloa ophiuroides) has become a popular lawn…
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Gardeners often attempt to identify turfgrasses in order to determine its care. For example, a…
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Centipede sod is a coarse, bladed grass suitable for warm season growing. It is tolerant…
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Zeon, a bright green, fine-textured zoysia grass cultivar, gets high marks for producing none of…
Last Updated: Sep 2, 2010 | Views: 7555
Different varieties of grass reproduce through various means. Some form runners that spread over the…
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According to the University of Florida Extension, for established turfgrass, use a weed-and-feed product that…
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Measure the square footage of your yard by multiplying the length of your yard by…
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Centipede grass (Eremochloa ophiuroides) grows well throughout the southeastern United States. The grass requires very…
Last Updated: Aug 15, 2010 | Views: 4113
St. Augustine grass is a popular perennial grass that is well known for its ability…
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Grass plants thrive in a variety of locations and soil conditions. Areas of lowland, such…
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Once the grass begins actively growing in the spring, Scott's Miracle-Gro Pro-lawn Fertilizer, which is…
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Fescue grass grows naturally in many areas of the United States, most commonly in prairies…
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Lawns are established using two methods--seeding and sod. Seeding is less expensive and provides greater…
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Choosing the correct grass seed for your lawn is actually quite similar to selecting shrubs…
Last Updated: Aug 11, 2010 | Views: 3156
The amount of grass seed that is needed to cover 1,000 square feet depends on…
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Chinch bugs pose a significant threat to the health of your zoysia grass as their…
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Fescue lawns benefit from mulching. Cut the fescue to a height of 2 1/2 to…
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Lawn grasses provide a covering that protects against erosion and provides an attractive surface for…
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Proper care of a newly laid sod lawn ensures the grass remains healthy so you…
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Growing a lawn from seed has many advantages over sod. Grass seeds come in a…
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Common Bermuda Grass spreads vigorously, while hybrid Bermuda grasses grow slower and are smaller. In…
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Learn how to fertilize spring vegetable garden in this free gardening video from a horticulture…
In order to build a raised vegetable garden bed, an area of soil can be…
Learn about preparing the soil in this free gardening video about growing your perfect garden.
Compost a yard or garden by digging up the soil around plants or in open…
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