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, ...

September is the best time for fescue lawn renovation. Turf-type fescue renovation should be initiated in the fall and early winter in order to become established and survive the summer heat. Below ...

As a turf-grass scientist at Virginia Tech, Mike Goatley has spent years looking at the various types of grass used for America’s archetypal landscape feature, the lawn. His preference comes down to ...

September is the best time to consider renovating your home lawn. Cool-season grasses such as fescue thrive best in the fall, winter and spring, so it only makes sense to establish your lawn in early ...

Fall is the best time of the year to seed cool-season fescue lawns. This narrow time frame promotes optimum root growth and development for this type of grass. Fescue is the predominant grass species ...

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 ...

Kathy Hadley maneuvers a combine over neat rows of tall fescue that was recently cut at her family’s farm near Rickreall, Ore., in the heart of the Willamette Valley, where farmers grow roughly ...