If you want your lawn to be lush, dense, weed-free, and deep green in color throughout the summer months, this goal can only be achieved if certain lawn maintenance tasks are completed during early ...

Spring is here, and your lawn is waking up from its winter dormancy. To keep it healthy and vibrant throughout the season, now is the perfect time to apply a balanced fertilizer. This will provide the ...

With spring in the air, it’s time to get working on your game. And your lawn. John Petrovsky can’t help you with the former. But as manager of education for the USGA Green Section, he’s filled with ...

Weeds in the lawn may start innocently enough as a stray patch of dandelions or clover. Before long, they erupt, and you have more weeds than lawn. Applying weed killer keeps weeds in check or stops ...

Spring brings renewed life to our gardens and lawns, but alongside the desirable greenery comes the inevitable invasion of weeds. These opportunistic plants can quickly overtake a well-maintained lawn ...

Now that spring has officially sprung, many of us are trying to beat back, cut down and keep up with our growing grasses, plants and, yes, weeds. Consumer Reports’ lawn and garden experts share tips ...

In early spring, everything comes awake in the garden. Perennials are just starting to send out new buds and shoots, lawns are starting to green, and the weeds—the bane of every gardener's ...

"Weed" is a word that immediately attracts a negative response. It's easy to understand why since a weed is defined as an "unwanted plant." But one person’s weed is another person's flower. This is ...

Here’s a little known fact: the purple-blooming weeds like henbit and deadnettle that are so easily spotted in the spring are actually growing in your lawn right now. As gardeners, we typically ...

Don’t let these stubborn weeds take over your lawn this season. In autumn, cooler temperatures and more regular rainfall do wonders to revive a tired summer lawn. At the same time, these favorable ...