Lawns are interesting things. Not commonplace until the middle part of the 20th century — at least not in the way we know them today — what seems from a distance as a pretty mundane and uniform thing ...

The grass could always be greener — or less weedy or patchy, depending. Read on for the top 10 grass problems, as identified ...

Just when you thought you were a lawn care pro, blemishes on your green grass appear. A common culprit to these brown spots or dead grass is a fungal lawn disease. Turf diseases tend to happen during ...

So far May has brought the warmest and driest weather we have seen this year. The warmer temperatures have given some of the early planted warm season garden and landscape plants a more suitable ...

As an Extension Educator, I have been called upon from time to time to help homeowners understand what is causing their lawns to look sick. Sometimes, we can get to the root of the problem right away, ...

Q. There is a fungus running rapid in my lawn after all the rain that appears to be killing a well-established lawn. Any advice you can give to deal with this fungus? Will it die when it stops raining ...

This was the summer of scorched Earth. The U.S. was hit with brutal heat waves that shattered records, practically melted us all and certainly did a number on our lawns. No matter how carefully you ...

First, get out your disease guides. The ‘Turfgrass Disease Compendium’ by the American Phytopathology Society (APS) is a great guide that describes the biology of the pathogens along with pictures.

One good thing about this time of year is that we always have something to talk about. If we can’t think of anything else to say, we can always fall back to describing the personal misery and ...