Native grasses can be used in a landscape either as specimen plants or for a bluegrass lawn alternative or to create a native prairie landscape. While a native grass lawn or prairie landscape is not ...

Frost seeding is a great way to establish native grasses and forbs for soil and water conservation and to create habitat for various wildlife and pollinators. You can use multiple tools for frost ...

Seeding rates for native warm-season grass and forb mixtures (NWSG) have changed drastically over time. In the past, native grasses were planted without forbs at rates exceeding 10 lbs/ac. This may be ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Editor’s note: Betty Cahill wrote about preparing your lawn for replacement here last week. Here is Part II. You’ve decided to remove your cool-season lawn ...

2:53 p.m. Feb. 5, 2024: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of Jim Baird’s name. Tearing out your lawn can be a tough decision, especially if you have children or dogs who love to ...

Quick results are basically guaranteed with these speedy growers.

‘Tis the season for tending green grasses. As the year marches on, our minds turn to our yards, and we we crank up the lawn mowers and prepare our watering and fertilizing schedules. This year, some ...

When Kath Raulings set out to write a book about native grasses, she quickly discovered it was difficult to source good photographs. So she planted a patch of native grassland in her suburban ...