If you've started to move from mowing just often enough to keep from feeling like Indiana Jones when crossing the yard, to trying to achieve the perfect lawn with all the necessary tools, then you may ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Checking outdoor tasks off your list before flakes start to fly? Regardless of climate, aeration might just be the best ...

Aeration is often touted as important, but it's often a task that's ignored, especially by homeowners with large lawns. In fact, our own group of friends questioned me to learn if it was truly ...

As warmer weather arrives, it’s tempting to do whatever it takes to kickstart your lawn following a brutal winter. But not every lawn care remedy is a good idea, especially in the spring when your ...

Spring aeration works absolute wonders for waking up a tired lawn. By poking holes or pulling small chunks from the soil, this process allows for vital water and nutrients to reach roots. If you're ...

Lawn aerating involves perforating your lawn with many small holes, breaking up heavily compacted soil so water, nutrients and oxygen can better reach the roots. This lawn care process improves ...

Dethatching is the process of removing thatch from the lawn. Thatch is a combination of organic and inorganic matter that builds up over the topmost layer of your grass. It generally consists of ...

This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, UT Extension Horticulture Specialist Celeste Scott discusses good varieties of cut flowers for the home gardener to grow. Also, retired UT ...

Do you have a lot of weeds in your lawn? Any areas of thin or dead grass? Does your yard just look stressed overall? These could all be symptoms of a common problem: soil compaction. “Soil compaction ...

Lawn aeration is a must-do for healthy lawns. When you aerate a lawn, you create thousands of small holes in your lawn's surface to reduce thatch (the layer of dead plant material that sits between ...

Checking outdoor tasks off your list before flakes start to fly? Regardless of climate, aeration might just be the best late-season task you can do to set it up for success. It's great for many ...