Grass & Weed Killer-forever

QuestionWhat type of salt should be used for this? Table salt or rock salt? AnswerHi Louise; I dont use salt to do this. Actually I have never used anything to remove all vegetation forever. I am sure after a

Mushrooms in grass

QuestionHi, I have a large yard , I planted it 4 years ago and before it was my yard it was a farm field. Last year I noticed large dark green circles in the grass, and white mushrooms grow in or close by these circ

Slugs - Organic Please Help!

QuestionThis is my second year with a vegetable garden and there are slugs all over everything. I am going out of my mind keeping up with them and I am losing. They also get to my flowers. I have tried the beer in t

termites

QuestionAny way to fight termites outside so they dont come inside? Primarily looking for organic (non-insecticide) treatment(s). Geo. W. AnswerIf youre looking to do biological warfare with Termites, you can

aspens in lawns

QuestionWe live in Denver and recently had to have a very large aspen tree removed (including having stump ground) near our home due to storm damage. Since then aspen shoots have sprung up everywhere in our

Grass that will grow in total shade

QuestionHopefully you can answer my question even tho I do not live in your area of the country. I live in Shreveport, La., I have St Augustine GRass in my front lawn. A few years ago I planted a Fruitle

sand on grass

Question1. Please tell me the advantages of putting sand on turf? 2. Im a huge advocate of compost & soon a producer of compost. I want to sell compost/sand mix to golf courses, home owners, etc... What would be an

grass killed due to dog urine

QuestionHi There, I am in of some serious help. I have 3 young shih-tzus- needless to say that I also have hardly any grass where they go. I am looking at trying to re-grow grass in that portion of the yard and am

Florida Lawn

QuestionI live in central florida on the west coast and I have St. Augustine grass. I think I had Brown patch and put a fungicide on it and then after about a month I put cornmeal on it. It looks look th

lawn updates and crab grass killers

QuestionHello my friend LIG, remember me? you told me to make Chickweed pesto out of my annoying lawn weeds, and I did feed a little chickweed to the kids. Well, you helped me when I first started to go organic, and

brown blade

QuestionQUESTION: I had the lawn replaced with new sod about four months ago. now I notice thruout the lawn are these brown sticks of dead grass on the same root as the green blade. what are these and how do I

Nut Nut grass

QuestionIt seems that I have more nut grass than lawn this year. It would have to be cut every other day. How do I get rid of only the nut grass? AnswerPeter: Please check the answer given to Larry Rogers, la

old lawn

QuestionI bought a house in SW VA and the yard is very old and not well maintained. I have some type of large clover or ivy taking over the back yard as well as many old small and large stumps affecting mowing. Firs

Invasive plants

QuestionQUESTION: I know that you are not in my region, Pacific NW, but you may know something about getting rid of an invasive plant or 2. My problem is morning glory. Its everywhere. I know that pulling simply sti

Organics

QuestionHi! I want to switch to all organic fertilizers, weed control and bug control. Where do I start? We live in Charlotte NC and have Bermuda grass, knock out roses, crepe myrtles, Indian Hawthorn,

Dollarweeds driving me nuts

QuestionIm using a very good lawn service,my grass is getting,thick and rich looking but one problem.I have dollarweeds thanks to next door,they dont take care of ther lawn at all,Ive noticed that alot of dollarweed

Yellow dying spots in my lawn

QuestionI have a lawn that each year has an area that has the grass dying in light yellow patches and streaks. Always in the same places. The rest of the lawn is healthy and grows nicely. I have tr

dieing lawn areas

QuestionQUESTION: I have an area of lawn that seems to have every symptom of every ailment known. It seems to have begun with my application of turf builder with weed control to get rid of plantain. Everything but t

how to water

QuestionWe live in Louisville, Kentucky. Our irrigation system has 8 zones. All of which are set to run 4 times a week for 30 mins. How do I know if some areas are getting too much and others not enough?

when to fertilize

QuestionI live outside of Syracuse, NY and have a question on new grass. I planted some new seed approx 3 weeks ago in some good soil and it seems to be growing quite well. There are some weeds and crab