dying new lawn

QuestionHello, I planted a new lawn 18 days ago. It was coming in great until 5 days ago I noticed 2-5 dead spots. I think the neighbors dog or cat are using it for their restroom. Would it be safe

Planting a Florida lawn

QuestionHi, we recently purchased a Florida home that has all dead grass and lots of weeds. We were hoping you knew what steps we would need to take to get a healthy green lawn. Do we have to pull up all the dead gr

Ready to Seed....

QuestionQUESTION: Hey Tom, have a question about weed control while I am waiting to seed here next month: Our house was just built and finished at the end of last year. I am in NE Ohio (zip code 44030). This spring,

How to re-do lawn

QuestionQUESTION: Hey, I bought a house in Canton, NC, old house and completely renovated it (complete gut). Now I am living here and made beds,flowers blooming, etc, but the grass was driving me crazy. I would pull

Hay taking over lawn

QuestionI have a lawn we seeded but used regular hay as a cover. This was a few years ago. Now the entire lawn seems to be mainly hay with grass in between. It grows very thick and high and is hard to cut. Not to me

Reseeding Lawn

QuestionI live in Cleveland Ohio and during this summer I have lost almost all of my grass under my big oak trees. This has never happened in previous years. We had a period of drought although not bad. When should

New sod st agustein

QuestionInstalled new sod march 2007.Three weeks later grass was being cut 2 to 3 ,weed wach.and edge.After alot of watering there seems to be big burned patches in my new sod.Is this called scalping and burned from

Lawn turning brown/dying

QuestionI live in Suwanee, GA. I am having an issue with my Bermuda grass dying around where the condensation drainage spills into my lawn. The grass is only dying in this spot but seems to be spreading outward. We

maple trees

Questioni would like to plant a maple tree, i have one of the old fashioned maples like we had in our yard, when i was a child over 55 years ago, i have a small area in the front of my house that needs shade and I w

horrible lawn

QuestionWeve lived for 25 years with a lawn that to begin with was not great and over the years has severely deteriorated. This year it has become basically a weed field of both annual weeds like crabgrass and

name of

QuestionWhat is brone or broan grass? Is it another name for crabgrass? How do I control or get rid of? I live in northwest Iowa. Thank You AnswerMark: I assume that you have a winter grass

SW FL Lawn

QuestionHello, I live in SW Fl and I have a natural lawn, meaning its mostly weeds. I would like to put down real grass, the kind you buy in sheets, but Im not sure what to do with the existing lawn. My husband thin

Arizona Lawn and a Pine tree

QuestionI have a pine tree in my back yard that I will be removing because the grass does not grow because of the acidity in the pine needles. What do I need to do to to prepare the ground for grass and to red

Fescue lawn care

QuestionWhat, pray tell, is the life cycle of nimble will? How is it propagated? AnswerBob: Nimble Will is a perennial grass which resembles crabgrass. It begins to grow at Memorial Day and stops around Lab

lawn levelling

QuestionHi , I am not much familier with the terminology , I have a problem with our backyard . Our neighbours backyard is kind of raised and ours is at lower level and if it rains heavily the water flows dow

Alternative to grass for backyard

QuestionHi, I am also on Long Island and we have had alot of problems maintaining an attractive lawn. We have alot of thatch, areas that are always bare and yellow spots (we have a dog who goes out in the bac

English ivey

QuestionQUESTION: Tom, I live in Charlotte and my front yard (roughly 15,000 sqft) is covered in english ivy. I want to get rid of the ivy and grow grass this fall instead. Front yard was very shady but Ive re

clover as alternative to grass for backyard lawn

QuestionHi, I received a response to my question but want to follow up about clover. Unfortunately, Bob is overquestioned and unavailable now. I am in New York (Long Island) and have thatch problems, bare sp

patches

Questioni have just put up a fence in my backyard and due to the by-laws for my community they will no longer cut my lawn. i had to wait a week until i got a lawn mower. the grass was extremely long. after we cut it

Liriope (monkey grass)

QuestionIm in the Dallas, TX area and I have several places in my lawn where I utilize Liriope for ground cover, borders, etc. I absolutely love it, but for some reason this year I seem to have more weeds in