When shoveling snow from driveways and sidewalks, it might be tempting to clear your lawn as well. Here's when you want to ...

Cool-season and warm-season grasses have different needs, but both require basic care when the weather turns cold.

A garden trowel filled with old potting soil sitting in a bag. - Kate La Carte/Shutterstock Got divots, holes, or bare spots in your lawn, and some old potting soil lying around? Problem, meet ...

When winter rolls around, you might breathe a sigh of relief from the break in lawn maintenance you expect to have. After all ...

Austin area soils are famous for their poor quality. Ask any avid local gardener and they will give you a list of their soil woes. Ultimately what it comes down to is we have very little soil, the ...

Lawn leveling is a necessary part of maintaining a beautiful, even surface in your yard. Avoid these 12 common mistakes to ...

Combine Heterorhabditis nematodes (sold in paste-like form) with water and apply to the soil in the spring or fall. Wait a couple of days and reseed or replant any damaged areas. However, chemical ...

If the leaves aren’t coming off your trees today, they will be in the next few days. Here’s a way to fight the leaf fall and use those leaves, rather than using your energy and wasting the large yard ...

Cool-season grasses — bluegrass, fescue and ryegrass — are best seeded in early September. Seeds germinate and grow rapidly in the warm soil, and fall-seeded lawns have an opportunity to establish, ...

Growing a beautiful, lush lawn is nearly impossible if your yard has heavy, clay-like soil that’s easily compacted. The solution is to invest in a lawn aerator. Aeration is the process of perforating ...

As a writer for Forbes Home since 2021, Emily specializes in writing about home warranties, solar installations, car transportation and moving companies. With a background in journalism and experience ...