Cheikh Diouf and his father had just delivered a load of manure to the family's fields near their village in January when Diouf, returning home for a second load, got an urg ...

Both cool-season and warm-season lawns require ongoing maintenance during the winter months. Learn the proper winter mowing, fertilization, irrigation, and weed management strategies to keep your lawn ...

I let five robot lawn mowers roam my yard day and night. The best can handle tricky terrain, slopes, and obstacles while ...

Winter is fast approaching with the countdown on for gardeners to get their final jobs of the year done. One of the most important tasks is the final lawn cut of 2025 - but when is the best time to do ...

Cut your lawn properly in fall to avoid mold and fungal problems. Mowing correctly in fall entails knowing when to make the final cut and how high the grass should be left to stand for winter. Combine ...

“It might be tempting to give lawns a close ‘crew cut’ before winter, but it’s important not to mow too low. If lawns are scalped, it exposes the grass crowns, which are the growing points near the ...

Mow your lawn through fall but stop once the grass goes dormant. Cool season grasses should be around 2.5 to 3 inches tall during the fall. Allowing grass to stay too tall before a frost can lead to ...

When I was a child, I had a print of Winslow Homer’s 1865 painting “The Veteran in a New Field” tacked to the floral-papered wall of my bedroom in the colonial farmhouse where I grew up. In the ...

MOUNT CARMEL, Pa. — Tackling weeds of different sizes is anything but new for Chris Webb. Born and raised in Mount Carmel, he's trimmed the yards of countless customers in Northumberland County, but ...

Jack Kenyon for The New York TimesCredit... Supported by By Ken Ilgunas Mr. Ilgunas is from New York State and lives in Scotland. He wrote from Drayton, England. When I moved from the United States to ...

(NEWS10) — Kids spend summer break riding bikes, launching cannonballs, and running through sprinklers. But 16-year-old Ryan Autrey spent his soaked in sweat. “This summer, I think I’ve cut around 60 ...