Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Aerate Your Lawn
Photo: arteagaser (Shutterstock) As you’re working your way through your fall gardening checklist, you may have questions about what to do to your lawn before winter sets in—like whether aerating…
Now Is the Best Time to Seed Your Lawn
Gardening season is winding down, but the time for planting and growing is not nearly over. If you have a grass lawn, one of the main outdoor tasks on your…
Two Easy Ways to Drain a Waterlogged Lawn
Standing water that remains on your lawn well after a rainstorm not only limits how you use your yard; it also creates a breeding ground for insects, mold, and algae,…
14 Things You Should Never Do to Your Lawn
Photo: Ikebana Art-studio (Shutterstock) Lawns have grown increasingly controversial as people have continued to question the environmental impact of maintaining a largely decorative, resource-hungry field of grass for aesthetic reasons.…
Grow a Clover Lawn That You Barely Have to Mow
Photo: Francesco Scatena (Shutterstock) If you have a grass lawn on your property, you already know how much they suck. Grass is fragile, fickle, and expensive to maintain. Lawns suck…
Four Alternatives to Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers (That Aren’t a Rake)
Photo: Elena Efimova (Shutterstock) Everyone hates leaf blowers, and it’s not hard to see why. For most people, the noise is reason enough; if your neighborhood has lawns, the chainsaw-level…
How to Plant a Tapestry Lawn (and Why You Should)
Photo: ThomBal (Shutterstock) After decades of the assumption that a proper lawn must be made up of a single type of uniformly green—and freshly mown—grass, people are realizing that there…
Everything You Should Do to Keep Your Lawnmower Running All Summer
Photo: Tretyakov Viktor (Shutterstock) Keeping your yard in good shape during the summer and fall can be enough of a battle against weather and weeds—you don’t also need problems with…
When You Should Use Sugar on Your Lawn (and When You Shouldn’t)
Photo: Sashko (Shutterstock) Those who opt to plant and maintain traditional lawns may like the look of the lush, green grass surrounding their home, but don’t necessarily want to use…
How to Kill Your Lawn (and Why You Might Want To)
Photo: CapturePB (Shutterstock) The lawn occupies a fascinating niche of American culture. The most-grown crop in the country, that patch of grass in your front yard offers nothing of practical…