Live Oak/Centipede problems

QuestionI live in SC (zip 29501) and have two live oak trees planted in a centipede lawn. Beginning last year, I began noticing patches around the trees where teh centipede began dying out. I tried water

Dogs And The Lawn High Traffic Lawn

QuestionI live in Duluth, MN. and have Bought my first house. The Lawn Is Kind Of Ok Now But, I have two dogs and they have Really torn up the grass in the backyard over the winter At My Last Place. For The Last Two

WEEDS AND BURNT GRASS

QuestionHello, hopefully you can help me..We recently bought our home in late February...We have lots of tress and beautiful landscaping..we have about an acre of land..the problem is when spring was coming in I had

high phosphorus and potassium in soil

QuestionWe have been in our home for 11 years. We are constantly needing to seed our back yard. It looks really good for awhile and then it starts to die off. We put a sprinkler system in 2 years a

Amending existing lawn

QuestionHi, I live in San Diego and we do have clay. My lawn is dying. I understand that I need to add organic material to help the grass grow (the grass is Tall Fescue..I believe it is a cool season grass). There a

clay soil

Question I have been living in central NJ now for 10 years and always have a problem with my lawn hard areas to grow grass, grass overly wet after watering or rain. I have not seen many eartworm since I am here. I h

ants and ant eggs nesting in the garden

Questionhi. was wondering if you could help we have recently moved into a new property at first we had a really bad ant problem in the house and finally got that sorted but now we have over eight ant nests on our la

Lawn/ natural

QuestionWhere can I get my soil tested? I live in 32724 area. Is there a book on natural home remedies for awn care? Ants and weeds have taken over my Lawn. I had St Augustine, but it is almost gone. Have lots of su

DEAD ST.AUGUSTINE?

Question Our lawn We just bought a house in Mascotte,FL (Central Fl). The house sat for so long, the grass is dead. I believe it is St. Augustine grass by looking at the lawns in the neighborhood. Its Summer, should

Laying sod where flower beds were

QuestionQUESTION: I moved into a newly built home last July. Either out of laziness or lack of supplies, the landscapers made part of my front yard a really big flower bed. It looks like a desert, so I am going to d

lawn sanding

QuestionI didnt do my research and I put play sand on my lawn because the chemlawn guy told me I needed to sand my yard. I didnt realize until after reading several articles that I should have use a special ki

Used too much Weed and Feed

QuestionI broadcast spread a bag of Penningtons Signature Weed and Feed 28-0-4. It was supposed to cover 15000 square feet, but I overlapped to much and covered only ~8000. Is this going to kill my grass? If so is t

hair like worm waving above the lawn

QuestionHelp! I was sitting in my chair in my back yard and about 6 feet away I saw something white and hair like waving about an inch above the grass. It is about 2 inches long fully extended. Wha

web worms

QuestionIs there a home remedy for treating webworms in St. Augustine grass? We live in Gainesville, Fl...home of the Gators. Thank you. Answer An old saying runs Children and insects do not like soap. This is the

weed/feed applied along with bermuda/centipede seed at planting

Questionwe planted common bermuda and centipede seed. by mistake we applied weed and feed thinking it was the fertilizer we had purchased. what can we do to the lawn area, we desperately need some grass in the new r

spring weeds in Michigan

QuestionHello, Part of our lawn (in Michigan) is pretty free of weeds, partly because the previous owner of our home took better care of the weeds around the house, and partly because the area in the back of

tree remove

QuestionQUESTION: hi, i am going to be cutting down trees in my back yard. the last time we did this some of the tree grew back. what cheap remedy can we use to make sure they dont grow back. ANSWER: Use a gl

st. augustine too high???

QuestionI keep my st. aug (raleigh) cut at the highest level my mower will cut. I have been fighting gray leaf spot for several weeks. Firstly, is there a problem with the height of my grass in dealing w

brown spots/thaching in lawn

QuestionFirst and foremost just wanted to thank you for your time..I live in northern NJ and dont have a huge lawn bout 600 square feet of lawn...I have been using Agway sun and shade for the lawn this past spring a

Broadleaf grass growing 2 every 3 days!!

QuestionI just moved into my home. The previous owner payed someone to redo a portion of the yard. The grass in that portion is broadleaf and grows too fast (around 2 every 3 days). I live in Pittsburgh, PA. How can