Learn to match seed starting with the natural peak growth phases of different grass species for a lush, healthy lawn.

In northern states, Kentucky bluegrass is king. Fine fescues, including creeping red, chewings, sheeps and hard fescues are also well adapted to northern winters. But don’t plant only one grass seed ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When it comes to successfully sowing grass seeds on top of soil, whether you are covering your entire lawn area or patching bare spots, there ...

Most Twin Cities lawns are made up of a mix of Kentucky bluegrass and perennial rye. These are attractive varieties because they tend to grow quickly and lushly. But they also use a lot of water and ...

If you have fescue in your lawn, now is the perfect time to reseed your fescue. There are two times of the year when you can reseed fescue. You can put fescue seed down in the spring before the warm ...

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 ...

Fescue is a good choice for areas of your landscape that get some shade. It thrives in spring and winter but struggles with our Oklahoma summers. As a result, most of us need to re-seed our fescue ...

Jenn Radtke is promoting a kind of super-turf that doesn’t need constant mowing, watering or fertilizing. No, it’s not AstroTurf. The alternative grass is a blend of fescue varieties that is creeping ...

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 ...

“It is going to show that there is a lot of different ways to condition a course for championship golf,” said Darin Bevard, the director of championship agronomy for the USGA. The thing about a ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. This story was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, a nonprofit news ...

Working in the early morning, turf crew member Richard Savas manicures the traps and fine fescue grasses around the fourth green. Dean J. Koepfler Staff photographer When golf course architect Robert ...