Whether you have a sprawling front yard or a small patch of grass, everyone wants their lawn to look lush come spring and summer. The secret to a beautiful landscape is knowing when to sow grass seed, ...

Timing is everything: get your lawn off to a good start with proper seeding. As the first signs of spring arrive, homeowners are eager to get the garden and lawn in shape. For turf areas, this often ...

The cutoff for planting cool-season grass is 6 weeks before the average first fall frost.

As cooler weather arrives and you prepare to put your mower in the garage for the winter, don’t turn your attention away from ...

For many home growers, gardeners, and farmers, spring is a busy time in the gardening year. In the period running up to and immediately after the last frost date in your area, you might be sowing a ...

Good thing is, fall is the perfect time to give the lawn a good shot in the arm.

Q. I am getting ready to replant my grass. Please recommend a pre-emergent herbicide, fertilizer and mixture of grass seed that would do well in my mostly shady yard. Mark Schultz, Ann Arbor A. Mark's ...

When is a good time to prune my fruit trees? Fall is absolutely the worst time for pruning fruit trees. The best time to prune fruit trees is when the trees are dormant, although under certain ...

Just because the winter days are cold and dreary doesn’t mean the work to improve wildlife habitat on your property has to stop. In fact, now is a perfect time for a wide range of habitat projects.