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You may be looking at the brown spots on your lawn and thinking that they are the signs of drought damage. However, watering the grass may not help if you have a sod webworm infestation. Sod webworm larvae ruin the grass by feeding on it and leaving small specks of green more »
If you live in an area that is often humid, you may notice that your lawn has small brown spots on it about the size and shape of a silver dollar. These spots are caused by a fungal infection called dollar spot because of its round shape. The brown spots can more »
As the weather heats up, your lawn probably gets more use as a outdoor recreation location. Lawn furniture, games such as croquet or jarts and playing frisbee fetch with your dog can all take a toll on your lawn. Games and furniture may punch holes in the soil, while repeated more »
While insects, diseases and weeds can cause a great deal of damage to a lawn, there is another factor than can cause just as much damage — humans. We create and maintain lawns for several reasons. A healthy lawn contributes to the beauty and neatness of our homes. A well-seeded more »
Keeping your lawn healthy takes a lot of careful planning. Planning ahead for each season may help you get a jump on lawn diseases and pests. You may even be able to prevent them as long as you are paying attention to the changing conditions of your lawn. Spring brings more »
Bentgrass is a type of grass seed that was commonly put into grass seed mixtures before its properties were well understood. It needs to be closely mowed, much closer than other types of grass in which it commonly grows such as ryegrasses or bluegrasses. Leaving bentgrass to grow longer than more »
Your lawn can harbor grubs usually in the spring or the fall. Lawn grubs are usually the larvae of the June beetle or of the Japanese beetle. While up to six grubs per square foot of lawn should not harm your grass, more than that can cause bald patches in your more »
One of the reasons your lawn may be thinning and dying back is compacted soil. The soil becomes naturally compacted or pressed down over time and loses oxygen that is vital to growing grass. People and animals wearing down a path through the grass can kill your lawn, as can more »
Cool and moist weather is often a harbinger of spring or fall growing seasons. These seasons bring with them certain lawn hazards such as red thread. Red thread is a fungus which deposits pink/red threads on blades of grass. Grasses which are particularly susceptible to this fungus are rye and more »
When you think of a beehive, you probably think of a honeycomb attached to a tree or inside the wall of a house. However, not all bees form their living and working quarters this way. Yellow jackets form small holes by burrowing into your lawn. These holes may look similar more »
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