I have a confession to make about my lawn. It has done well all summer, but the last few weeks, it looks terrible. With all the crazy weather, I can no longer differentiate grassy weeds from ...

It’s hard to believe I had to mow my lawn this week. Unusually warm weather has cool season fescue starting to grow. Unfortunately, it’s also instigating winter weed growth at a rapid rate. Now is the ...

Fall is the time to take a look at your lawn and decide if some attention is needed. September is ideal but October works fine also. August is the time to make a plan. It is much better to seed, ...

Perennial grassy weeds are considered to be the most difficult weed problems to deal with in lawns. Control options are limited because the weed species are very similar to the lawn species. In fact, ...

If a lawn is dense and mowed as high as practical, herbicides may not be necessary. Simply control the few crabgrass plants that emerge in thinner areas or along pavement by hand-weeding. Research has ...

As Easter arrives this year late into April, we are still having temperatures that are mostly below average. On this day, we can only hope that the weather is conducive for our traditional Easter egg ...

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 ...

Ever noticed bare soil or patchy grass failing to grow around the trunks of your trees? This is a common issue that occurs for multiple reasons. Trees typically have shallow, extensive root systems, ...

Weed control is the No. 1 pest problem for farmers. Pests include insects, diseases and weeds, not just insects. More money is spent by farmers on controlling weeds than controlling or preventing ...

Most of us have fallen into the habit of thinking of spring as the season for planting seeds, but in fact, grass seed does much better if planted at summer’s end into early fall. The cooler, commonly ...