wild violets everywhere

QuestionI have been reading about a sugar application. Do you use regular white sugar? Do you dilute it or put it on dry then water? Please help! Im nearly ready to pour concrete everywhere!!

Nitrogen use on bermuda lawns

QuestionI had nitrogen applied to the lawn 4 weeks ago. There are areas that have not greened as much as other areas. Will another application help this situation? Do I run any risk of injuring the

If you were me

QuestionHello, I appreciate your answer to previous question and I have an other one for you. If you were me..Lets say you live on 5.5 acres of land that is a mixture of grass and weeds and you want it all grass. I

Lawn care and crab grass control

QuestionHi, I live in NJ and my water is supplied by a well in the middle of my lawn. I am really limited on the amount of water I use so I dont really water my lawn to often. This summer has been extremly hot and m

Sugar on St. Augustine

QuestionYes, I would like to know more about organics and anything you can share would be appreciated. As for my lawn, I have a few more questions please. 1- Where do you live? 2- Are you applying sugar to St. Aug

lawn trouble

QuestionHi there, thanks for taking your time to listen. My lawn took such a beating last year that I killed it off, rototilled & replanted with perennial rye. It came up in about 10 days, although it ha

Lawn Leveling ingredients

QuestionI have been leveling my lawn the past 4 years with huge quantities of top soil (125 yards approx). Im at the point now where just small areas need to be adjusted. Varying opinions have been raised with using

Soil preparation

QuestionThanks for the suggestion. Do I need to dig up the yard to reseed or can simply distrubite the seed after a few weeks? Thanks ------------------------- Followup To Question - I live in Northeast, O

Coffee Grounds?

QuestionI read in one of your answers a suggestion of applying coffee grounds to the lawn to assist in attratcting earthworms...and eventually breaking up clay/compacted soil. Will the high level of acid hurth the

Covering new grass seed to preserve moisture

QuestionBought the Greenview product at Loews. Found it a bit tricky to figure out when I had applied 1/3 coverage. I figured I had about 300 sq ft and I weighed the bag tonight--20 lbs (supposedly 30 lb

planting around pine trees

QuestionIs it safe for the pine tree to make a planter on top of the ground around the base of a pine tree to plant a bed of hostas? AnswerHi Deb; As long as you leave enough room between the walls of the planter,

Leaves dropping on lawn

QuestionAre cedar leave droppings good mulch for the lawn, or should they be raked up? Answerhave you ever seen a larger cedar tree out in a lawn area??? like most evergreens the foliage is usually acidic(lower pH

grass in a shady yard

QuestionI live in Westminster, Co. I have a small back yard(aprox. 2100 sq. ft.) with 6 trees in it. Needless to say, it is very shady. The grass is very patchy. I want to get it to be dense

mosquito control

QuestionHello Charlotte, My front door has become a mosquito hangout. You have made a reference to using plants to control mosquitos. Which specific plants do you use and do these plants fare well in containers.

lawn fungus around a tree???

Questionwe had around the base of a tree a thick light yellowish growth spreading out around 5 inches totally surrounding the base of a camphor tree....this growth is also spreading under the grass in different area

spreading circles of dead grass

QuestionWe have a sod lawn which is only 3 years old. Last fall our lawn maintenance service recommended for it to be aerated, which we did do. This year however, we have a growing problem. Somethi

Browned out areas in St. Augustine Grass - in Fla.

QuestionWe had what we thought was cinch bugs in our grass, and although we are experiencing a dry hot season here in Ormond, Fl., the patch of dead grass is growing larger in area and spreading. It is rather irregu

New Sod: brown and dead

QuestionIn July my dad put down new sod in our front lawn. He tilled top soil which seemed fine enough to put sod on. Then he put fertilizer under the new sod, put the sod down, and rolled it. We watered the lawn li

Lava Rocks for Roses

QuestionDo certain lava rocks contain enough acid in them to help roses grow and keep the soil acidified enough to help them along. Using them as a mulch I would think would help with the soil acidity but ne

Compost application to established lawn

QuestionI live in south central PA and have a blue grass rye lawn started 5 years ago. The top soil is poor. Will applying 1/2 inch of compost present problems? I plan to plug aerate prior to application