Lawn Maintenance

Having a beautiful, green lawn is important to many people. Keeping up the lawn can be quite tedious: mowing, watering, fertilizing, herbicide, raking leaves and pulling weeds can take up lots of...

Yards are the gateway to our homes and can make or break the way people view our house. Lawns are the first thing that people notice when they come for a visit. Curb appeal is an important part of...

Crabgrass is the bane of gardeners everywhere. Each crabgrass plant can produce up to 150,000 seeds per season. These seeds blow in the wind to other areas of the yard and to neighboring yards. ...

Pine tree removal leaves a large damaged area in a lawn. Most removal services will destroy the stump of the tree, filling the hole with the remaining wood chips as they carve and haul away the...

Experiencing a burnt spot in the lawn puts a dent in any homeowner's or landscaper's style. Perhaps someone sprinkled too much fertilizer or the soil packed too tightly together. The exhaust from...

If your yard suffers from areas of low to little lawn growth, consider applying topsoil to stimulate growth and increase lawn coverage. Topsoil can be applied by a professional---many local lawn...

Crabgrass is the bane of any lawn owner's gardening experience. According to Charles Walters, author of Weeds: Control Without Poisons, crabgrass "reproduces by stems rooting at the nodes and...

Backyard bird-watching is a popular hobby and outdoor bird feeders are abundant. A well-stocked bird feeder will attract numerous species of birds to gather where families can enjoy watching them....

Most people enjoy a beautiful lawn, but the standard Kentucky Blue grass found growing on many lawns is not the only option. Some gardeners are seeking a more ecological solution and clover lawns...

Maintaining a lawn is challenging enough without having to deal with crabgrass. While there is no way to keep crabgrass seeds from invading your lawn, you can prevent them from sprouting with...

Crabgrass or Digitaria species is considered a weed because of its almost ubiquitous and often unwanted presence in lawns and gardens across the country. Crabgrass germinates in late spring and...

Spring is a time when lawns start their growing season, but it also marks the return of crabgrass, a common weed that spreads quickly and can take over a lawn. There's no way to keep the...

Want to give your lawn that smooth, even look? Then a lawn roller is for you. These unusual tools look like small-sale steamrollers and can be pushed manually or attached to a small lawn tractor.

Centipede lawns grow well in warm climates and are popular in southern Georgia. As with many grasses, centipede lawns can be invaded by the troublesome crabgrass, which is a prolific weed. With...

To reseed bare patches in a lawn, rake the area free of debris, get the soil loose, add compost to the area, and spread the grass seed with a fertilizer spreader. Lightly pack the seeds into the...

Caring for a warm-season lawn can be done by starting the seeds in the fall, letting them settle through the winter and spreading more seed every year for annual grass types. Care for a...

Made of steel or polyethylene, lawn mowers place hundreds of pounds of pressure on lawn soil to flatten the area before mowing. The lawn roller is filled with water or sand before use, and becomes...

Landscaping a new lawn assists in property value, overall home improvement as well as a sense of accomplishment. Maintaining your new lawn may be a bit challenging. Once you have it seeded and it...

The most appealing aspect that people see to your home is your lawn. Here are some tips to keep your lawn looking its best.

Well-maintained grass can make or break a lawn. Unfortunately, building a lawn out of sod can be quite expensive, and even lack the root system that will give a lawn a long life. Growing grass...

Anybody who has ever cared for a lawn knows about crabgrass. It's that weed that keeps popping up and never seems to go away. It is ugly; it is bad for your lawn; and we all hate it. The question...