MEAD (AP) - Four dozen rolls of special Nebraska buffalo grass sod will be greening up the ground around the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., later this month. Some 18,000 square feet of sod ...

The sod is scheduled to be installed at the memorial Oct. 16. The order calls for 18,000 square feet of buffalo grass sod, weighing a total of about 36 tons, company spokesman Nick Radford said.

There are several ways to establish a buffalo grass lawn: Seed, plugs and sod, all of which are commercially available. If you want male and female plants, you will have to start with seed ...

I was born in 1925 on a farm about halfway between Scranton and New England. Born in a house Dad had constructed from buffalo grass sod.

All the native grasses in the mix need sun, and none forms a tight sod. It could be useful grown as a groundcover in full sun, but I would be wary of claims that a mix dominated by buffalo grass ...

The sod may have been more dormant than he expected when it was planted in July, and initial watering was just 2,000 to 4,000 gallons a day versus the 20,000 gallons that were applied in August to ...

A foot of new soil and grass is poised to be laid on three harbor-area lots below the Skyway underpass, thanks to a donation from the Buffalo Sabres designed to improve the area's curb appeal.

Sod is another story. Freshly laid sod may look like a lush lawn from afar, but it's far too new to mow. New sod needs time adjusting and growing into its new home, your yard.

A sample plot of buffalo grass at Tulsa Grass and Sod Farms Inc. in Bixby looks especially attractive on a windy day. The grass, which requires little watering or mowing, is native to the prairie ...

Going green can take a little longer to get green. Much of the buffalo grass planted along Highway 30, or Second Street, through Grand Island's central core is brown and weedy. "It's not looking ...