Know your grass type before you cut. For cool-season grasses, trim off no more than two-thirds of the stems to avoid stressing these plants. In contrast, warm-season grasses need to be cut back to the ...

I find lawn mowing just a necessary evil and prefer to turn my attention to other parts of the garden. So, if you pass my home on a cool October day, you may see my happy dance as I mow my lawn for ...

Planting grass seed is a great way to start or overseed a lawn to revitalize it or cover bare patches. You don't want to mow too soon or you'll ruin the grass. But if you wait too long, the lawn ...

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 ...

Cooling temperatures mean a lot of things to gardeners. One of those things is that it doesn’t feel like the weather is trying to kill us anymore, and it’s also time to re-seed those fescue lawns or ...

Fall is the best time of the year to reseed thin and bare areas in fescue lawns. The seeding rates depend on your lawn’s condition; completely bare areas need up to 7 pounds per 1,000 square feet and ...

October may not be the ideal month for grass germination, but it's not too late to usually get new grass seed up and growing before winter.