Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! What a stretch of rain rolling in the second week of August. I hope many of you took advantage of several days of dry, sunny weather before all the ...

Homeowners are seeking lawns that are considered more sustainable than conventional. I often get questions regarding eco-lawns or no-mow lawns, which are great options for certain situations. However, ...

If you’re having trouble getting grass to grow in a shady area of your yard, your best option may be a cool-season grass called tall fescue. However, tall fescue must receive at least three to four ...

Turf type tall fescue also has some resistance to a bit of shade, though it prefers to have a minimum of four hours of direct sunlight each day. While this grass seed is generally simple to plant and ...

We've seen dichondra and different types of clovers online and are wondering how those would do in our high desert area? If those would not do well in Grand Junction, what would you suggest for a nice ...

As a young homeowner, now a seasoned homeowner, Kentucky 31 was the go-to tall-turf fescue grass seed to plant. I still believe in its sturdy, strong stands of grass for difficult areas. I’ve tried ...

Bag of Scotts Turf Builder Grass Seed Sun & Shade Mix on a white background If you live in the Northeast region of the United States, planting the right grass seed is the first step to a luscious lawn ...

Clumps of a dark green, wide-bladed grass in lawns is likely a forage-type tall fescue called Kentucky 31 or KY31. As I mentioned in a previous article, the only control of forage tall fescue in a ...

We have a question about lawn ground covers that might grow in our local soil and hardiness zone. We've seen dichondra repens and different types of clovers online and wonder how those would do in our ...

Treated V.S. Coated Seed: Simply put, a coating adds weight to the seed as well as taking up room in the bag. So the seed bag may claim to weigh 50lbs. and probably does. But the question the ...

Most of us have fallen into the habit of thinking of spring as the season for planting seeds, but in fact, grass seed does much better if planted at summer’s end into early fall. The cooler, commonly ...