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, ...

One good thing about this time of year is that we always have something to talk about. If we can’t think of anything else to say, we can always fall back to describing the personal misery and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The weather has been nearly perfect for work outdoors over the past few days with warm days and cooler nights. Below are a few gardening questions that may be of interest to other home gardeners.

In Delaware, turfgrass diseases are caused by pathogenic fungi and microbes that infect the leaves, stems, and roots of turf type grass plants. With infection, grasses may show symptoms such as leaf ...

So far May has brought the warmest and driest weather we have seen this year. The warmer temperatures have given some of the early planted warm season garden and landscape plants a more suitable ...

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 ...

While the best time of year to reseed fescue lawns is in the fall, the second-best time is now. So, if your best intentions to get that seed down last fall went unfulfilled, it’s time to get after it.