Having a yard full of lush, green grass is a satisfying feeling for homeowners. For others, they envision their lawns being filled with clovers -- a symbol of St. Patrick’s Day -- all year. Growing ...

America’s biodiverse meadows of days gone by slowly gave way to French- and English-style turfgrass lawns. By the late 1800s, the neatly trimmed grass lawn had become a symbol of wealth. The invention ...

Dreaming of a lush, green lawn without the hassle of constant maintenance? Look no further than clover lawns. These eco-friendly alternatives to traditional grass lawns are gaining popularity for ...

October 13, 2022 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If you have a grass lawn on your property, you already know how much they suck. Grass is fragile, fickle, and ...

Grass may seem like an obvious choice for a yard covering but it’s actually a modern-ish norm. The idea of a domestic manicured grass lawn was imported in the early 18th century from France and ...

Q: My wife wants to sow Dutch white clover to help the pollinators at our cabin. Can you give guidance on how to prepare a lot for growing such?John miller, Decatur A: Before World War II, clover was ...

Ah, the perfect lawn: a thick, lush, uniform carpet of even height, absent any diversity — or bare spots — and green as far as the eye can see. Until some pesky clover makes an appearance, mucking ...

How the COVID pandemic helped boost Michigan’s honey bee population Do you want to help save the bees? There are things you can do to your lawn to make it better for pollinators. Turfgrasses don’t ...

It happens every spring. People freak out over their lawns. Frankly, I can’t figure out why lawns are on so many of our minds, other than that they have been missing from our lives all winter. Seems ...