What is best grass for midwest...

QuestionWhat is best grass for midwest states? AnswerGood afternoon Monkey Dod: Cool season grasses are what is grown north of a line through St. Lois Missouri. You did not give me a location so I will assume you a

yardman push lawnmower repair that went under in the flood from the hurricane

Questionour yardman push lawn mower was in the hurricane flood we changed the oil spark plug and gas and used carbuator cleaner on the carbuator it starts up but wont continue to run is there anything else we can do

Rye

QuestionMy yard is all Bermuda and I live in Arkansas. I have some shaded areas where grass doesnt grow well and I was told to throw out rye seed which i did. It looks horrible and I want to get rid of i

sod care

QuestionI would like to thank you for a GREAT response. I have printed your answer and will keep it handy for future reference. My question now deals soley with the time element for watering a newly soded lawn. How

Garden Lawn

QuestionWe have just contracted a firm to do our back garden. Measuring 30ft x 60ft, part of the spec is to lay new turf. To my wifes horror, the firm have used spare soil (dug from ther preperation of our patio whi

best care and feeding of lawn

QuestionI would like to obtain the best result and have a marvelleous lawn in my garden . I am planting the pasbalum or basbalum lawn; and it is planted in a garden situated in Cairo - Egypt ( for climate purpos

IVY is dying.

QuestionMY PROPERTY FENCE LINE ALONG THE ALLEY HAS IVY FOR PRIVACY. THIS IVY HAS BEEN ON THE FENCE FOR AT LEAST 40 YEARS PLUS. RECENTLY THE IVY HAS BEGUN TO SHOW SOME DRY/BURNT SPOTS AND WITHIN A SHORT THE ENTIRE AR

Type of grass and how to get rid of it

QuestionI live in Asheboro NC. I just baught the house I am living in and the yard has been negelacted for some time. I tried to bring it back up but there is some type of grass taking over. It vines out all through

Spongie and brown lawn

QuestionHello my name is George and I live in Southern CA 92571. I believe I have St Augustine grass. This past summer of 05 the front half of my lawn became spongie like while the more shaded are of the

Strange Lawn Patterns

QuestionHello Kenneth, I live in Wisconsin, and am already thinking about Spring! I had a severe problem with my lawn this past summer and am not sure what happened. My south-facing front yard started to develop

Removing Crab Grass

QuestionDear Floyd, I have just bought a house in Northern California with a large back yard completely covered in dense crab grass. I would like to remove it without spraying. Do you have any suggestions? There are

Spring lawn clean-up.

QuestionI live in north-central Massachusetts, and we got our first snow-pack before I had done my fall yard/leave clean-up. What can I expect in the Spring, and how can I clean up all the leaves efficiently t

Sad-looking lawn in Kansas City

QuestionHi Floyd - My husband and I have been trying to improve the state of our lawn the past couple of seasons - our lawn service put down seed just this past fall, and we were excited about the prospect of nicer

soggy new lawn

QuestionHi Floyd, We moved into a new home in September and had some extensive landscaping done which required moving in and moving around a lot of earth. This work was finished in late September and we waite

What should I be doing now?

QuestionKenneth, Thanks in advance for your response to this. I have a few concerns about my lawn. First, let me put it in context. I live in Stockton, CA so it gets hot here in the summer and rains in the winter.

Fungus in my lawn???

QuestionI live in the northern portion of Los Angeles and seem to have some sort of fungus growing in my lawn. The growth is in the soil and coming out of the soil about 1/4 to 1/2 inches, its kind of bulb-l

Baking soda/sugar on lawns/pastures for moss removal

QuestionI read a couple of your tips on moss removal by using baking soda and weed reducer using sugar. What effect does using them on your lawn or pasture have? Does the baking soda or sugar kill the gr

When is it the best time to make a lawn and how.

QuestionDear Sir /Madam Could you advice me what to do?Thank you for your time and help. My front lawn is bare and the soil is hard, and I wanted to grow grass what is the best thing to do, rent a cultivator and th

dogs and lawn problem

QuestionHi I dont know if there is anything you could advise but we have a springer spaniel dog and our small lawn is suffering due to the dog when she has a wee. There are patches of brown where the grass is

Weeds and poor grass & sugar

Question------------------------- Followup To Question - Thanks! Do you think its too early to use the sugar? The weeds are running out of control and I would like to start getting under control. Thank