A: Go for navigator creeping red fescue or another locally available cultivar of creeping red fescue. It is very shade tolerant. If the grass doesn't grow, then opt for some other type of ground cover ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q: In May 2004 I had a soft maple cut down in my front yard. The stump and roots were ground up. I waited a month before smoothing out the ground and planting grass seed (creeping red fescue) and ...

Most lawn seed mixes are unclear on what's acutally in them Credit: Photo: ALAMY Ever since Which? Gardening tested different brands of lawn seed a while ago and discovered that some were much better ...

Fescue anyone? That’s what they probably have said to each other at St. Andrews before offering up the challenge of a round of golf. Worldwide, there are many applicable uses for the six types of fine ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Why Does My Type of Lawn Grass Matter? Every spring, we are bombarded with advertisements encouraging us to get outside and make our lawn the lushest, greenest lawn on the ...

Dear Carol: Can you tell me about planting fine fescue grass and where to get it? -- R.S., Chittenango. Dear R.S.: Readers have been interested in the "no-mow" lawns that are being discussed in the ...