A friend of mine asked me what to do to his lawn in this crazy summer heat. His lawn, as well as mine, looks like a typical summer fescue lawn — large areas that are straw brown. Fescue is a ...

When springtime arrives, it's normal to start dreaming about perfect barbecues in your backyard, hanging out around the fire pit with friends and family, and feeling your bare feet in the grass. If ...

If you’re seeing irregularly circular brown patches in your summer lawn, the problem may be a disease called brown patch. Brown patch is one of the most common diseases in home lawns (as well as golf ...

As winter winds down and your lawn starts to poke through the snow, you may notice that things look, well, off. If the ...

As an Extension Educator, I have been called upon from time to time to help homeowners understand what is causing their lawns to look sick. Sometimes, we can get to the root of the problem right away, ...

Fall is the best time to renovate or plant cool season fescue or fescue blend lawns. It’s a narrow window to work on lawns especially with unseasonable wet weather experienced this fall. Granted there ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Tall thin fescue Q • My tall fescue lawn looks pretty beat up and thin. What can I do now to help it? A • While tall fescue is ...

Q: We are having a hard time with our fescue lawn. We use 12-4-8 fertilizer four times a year but no preemergent or postemergent weed control. We aim for 1 inch of water per week, watering about one ...

It’s possible that once the heat of summer lets up, your lawn will green up again on its own. Johnson County Extension Many people believe overseeding the lawn is an annual practice. The goal of a ...