Everything has to start somewhere, and if you're looking to start building an attractive sodded lawn, the North Carolina Sod Producers Association (NCSPA) is here to coach you through the process.

As they drip with sweat, contractors and landscapers often lay sod in the summer because rain helps the grass grow. But you don’t necessarily have to bear the brunt of beastly heat to lay sod, says a ...

QUESTION: We are preparing to sod our lawn and have been offered sod grown on either a sand- or muck-type soil. Does it really make a difference which we buy? ANSWER: Researchers with the Institute of ...

Cool-season grasses — bluegrass, fescue and ryegrass — are best seeded in early September. Seeds germinate and grow rapidly in the warm soil, and fall-seeded lawns have an opportunity to establish, ...