Here's how to know if your lawn is ready for its first cut of the season.

Mowing our cool-season lawns is now one of our regular outdoor maintenance tasks. Warm spring weather is promoting rapid growth of cool season fescue. Many lawns still look a little ragged with winter ...

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 ...

Most of us with cool season grasses have cut or had our lawns cut at least a couple of times this spring. So now is a good time to review good lawn maintenance procedures, especially considering the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Just as a quality haircut can elevate your whole look, a well-kept lawn can take a home from mediocre to ...

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Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

By mid-summer, many yards that looked neat in May have turned into brittle, patchy carpets of straw. If your lawn is thin, ...

A well-kept lawn does what a good haircut does for your whole look. Everything feels sharper and more welcoming, and you didn't need a brand-new routine to get there. The real difference is timing: ...