2:53 p.m. Feb. 5, 2024: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of Jim Baird’s name. Tearing out your lawn can be a tough decision, especially if you have children or dogs who love to ...

Long before irrigation pivots and improved turf varieties, native grasses were quietly doing the hard work.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The most irrigated crop in the US isn’t a particularly tasty one ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- You may have heard about home buyouts when the county buys properties that repeatedly flood. But what happens afterwards? After the district buys a property, it's completely ...

This will be the first in a series of articles on our native prairie grasses that can be used to enhance your yard. But first we need to know a bit more about prairies. Prairies are our heritage and ...

A resilient warm-season perennial, side oats grama is good for lawns and large spaces. It mixes well with flowering perennials and gets its name from its flowering spikelets and seed heads, which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pink hairgrass or pink muhly grass grows in a variety of habitats, mostly on the dry side, throughout all the Southeastern states.

Budget reductions at Rivermont Golf Club placed a strain on the golf course maintenance operation. Superintendent Mark Hoban recognized that they could not afford the same amount of highly maintained ...

The idea of restoring native ecosystems attracted Marc Pastorek’s interest in the 1990s, when he learned of the work of Drs. Charles Allen and Malcolm Vidrine. The two professors at Louisiana State ...

Pollinators such as birds and moths do best when they have flowers and grasses that evolved to grow here. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star In the United States, manicured lawns have become almost ...