A friend of mine asked me what to do to his lawn in this crazy summer heat. His lawn, as well as mine, looks like a typical summer fescue lawn — large areas that are straw brown. Fescue is a ...

Researchers have discovered that inserting a specific gene from a bacterial virus into tall fescue grass makes the grass resistant to two of its biggest enemies. Researchers at North Carolina State ...

As an Extension Educator, I have been called upon from time to time to help homeowners understand what is causing their lawns to look sick. Sometimes, we can get to the root of the problem right away, ...

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 ...

If you’re seeing irregularly circular brown patches in your summer lawn, the problem may be a disease called brown patch. Brown patch is one of the most common diseases in home lawns (as well as golf ...

Q: I have a lawn that did not do well this last summer. It browned and had a few patches that had some sort of infection and die-off. We added compost in early fall, and the lawn perked up quite a bit ...

Q: We are having a hard time with our fescue lawn. We use 12-4-8 fertilizer four times a year but no preemergent or postemergent weed control. We aim for 1 inch of water per week, watering about one ...

It’s possible that once the heat of summer lets up, your lawn will green up again on its own. Johnson County Extension Many people believe overseeding the lawn is an annual practice. The goal of a ...

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 ...