Most lawn experts say taller grass stays healthier, but when winter nears, many wonder if that final mow should be shorter or ...

Send a cool-season lawn into winter at the low end of the healthy mowing range. Kentucky bluegrass or fescue is best maintained at a height of 2 to 4 inches. At the final mowing of the season, cut it ...

Cutting grass in hot weather is a chancy business and runs the risk of causing long term lawn damage. While it may seem tempting to mow when the weather is dry, experts say it can lead to unsightly ...

Lawns need year-round attention to keep them healthy. Learn how to winterize you lawn before the first freeze.

Spring lawn care is crucial for a healthy lawn during the summer. Improving soil, managing watering, fertilizing correctly, and mowing high are key to lawn care. Using a mulching mower and managing ...

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Natural rainfall often declines in fall, and lawns can dry out quickly. Supplement with watering until the ground freezes.

If you look around most suburban neighborhoods on any given day during the summer, you'll find well-manicured lawns of varying heights. Some are extremely short and edged like a buzz-cut on a Marine, ...

Is it OK to just mow leaves on the lawn throughout the fall season? I am trying to save some time this fall. — Janel Fitzpatrick, Buffalo Grove Leaves have begun falling and will quickly increase in ...

Short grass is a bad idea most of the growing season, but cutting it lower has one main advantage as the season ends.

'No Mow May' is well-intended — to provide flowers for early season pollinators — but after that month of growth, mowing more than one third of the plant’s tissue can harm the lawn. The idea of not ...

Spring thus far has been a roller coaster of highs and lows. Late spring freezes and record-tying highs, all within a matter of weeks. As summer approaches will this ride continue? Will it be hot and ...