Grass Help in Shady Area

QuestionKen -- We just moved into a house in Virginia and need some help revitalizing our lawn. The yard is an acre with several mature trees that provide shade. The lawn is very thin and has bare spots.

lawns -- fairy rings

QuestionIve decided this spring to hire a lawn care business to do my spring clean-up(power raking and aerating). Im, although, concerned about the spread of fairy rings to my lawn---I dont have any right now and I

lime green then dead grass

QuestionCharlotte I live in North East Texas my St Augistine started turning lime green in areas all over the yard then died last year.This year the grass that lived is comming back but there are spot with the lime

HIgh Traffic Area Field Turf

QuestionAs a member of a Perochial School Athletic board in Cincinnati Ohio, we offer many sports for the kids at the school. Football, baseball, softball, all are played and practice upon the same field area.

Help with a patchy and lumpy lawn.

QuestionHello Charlotte. I hope you can help me. We purchased our home in July 03 and have struggled to establish a decent lawn. Last year we had a lawn service and they actually helped to give us some

Dethatcher

Question------------------------- Followup To Question - Ken, Thanks for the previous advice (reseeding Southern Illinois). You had mentioned using a dethatcher to prepare the ground prior to reseeding. What sett

Seeding with Bermuda Grass

QuestionHi Charlotte: I bought a house 3 years ago and it had been sodded with Bermuda. 70% of the yard is fine, but in the back yard, half of it was sodded with a different batch of Bermuda and its been spar

How long does dormancy last???

QuestionHi -- Im worried. Im a bit of a lawn-Nazi and I seem to recall that each yar by Easter, I have the greenest looking lawn on the block. ChemLawn maintains my lawn, I live in Montclair (northern)

Grass next to Maple Tree

QuestionHello; I have a Maple tree in the middle of the front lawn. The problem is that the person who planted it, didnt put supporters on each side, so the roots are visible. Because the roots are so h

Lawn needs help?

QuestionI have a area of lawn that is doing very poorly. It is full of thistles and moss. (I did spot applications of round up on the thistles recently)The soil is very heavy with clay. It is on the top

overdose of grubex

QuestionI had used grubex on my bluegrass and apparently overdid it in a 20x20 area. The grass never quite comes up right, almost barren. What can I do to revitalize that area? AnswerHi mike; I dont know what grube

Some areas recover from dormancy faster than others.

QuestionHi, I just layed sod in my yard last May, so 1 year ago. I live in region 6, Norhtern Utah. the sod farm was local and has some proprietary blend of seed for the intermountain west. so they claim. What I

Watering of lawns

QuestionHello Charlotte, I just started reading your articles and I must say they are very informative, I am about to start the organic fertilization of my lawn. My question is in regards to watering lawns. You sa

Any help for gopher problems?

QuestionI garden organically and dont want to use poison or traps but the little devils are eating all my plants. Started using gopher cages but they are tearing up my yard. my Jack russell terrier tried to catch th

fescue vs. centipede

QuestionI have a small back lawn that is centipede and tall fescue. Its half and half, literally. I would like to have the whole yard fescue and want to know if I overseed which will win. Ive been

Starting a new lawn

QuestionMy husband and I have a new construction home and we are in the process of starting a new lawn. The site is presently covered entirely with crab grass and weeds. We are bringing in 2 inches of to

What are the natural repellants

QuestionWe also live in Texas and have brown spots really bad in our St augustine grass, someone told us that it was grub worm damage. We have tried everything but it looks so sickly. Can you help? Answ

The big brown spot

Question------------------------- Followup To Question - Hi, It is warm here in Michigan (Zone 5) and we have been cleaning our yard. With this we have found a big patchs of brown grass with lots of holes in and

New lawn drying

QuestionI live in Indianapolis and built a new home in October 2005. Grass only cam up in patches. Within the past 2 weeks I used a tiller to break up the ground about 4-6 deep where there was no grass. I then put d

lawn care or replacement

Questioni have an established lawn that is pitiful. I am contimplating tilling it under and amending the soil (mostly clay and rock), and either reseeding or sodding. I am fortunate that there are a multitude of fam