“Synthetic turf also significantly reduces water usage compared to natural grass,” notes Melanie Taylor, president and CEO of the Synthetic Turf Council—an important benefit in drought-prone areas.

BEACHWOOD -- Beachwood officials have tried nearly everything to reopen the borough beach to swimming.

Grubs are the larvae of scarab beetles, and can damage grasses and lawns by feeing on stems and leaves.Dry, patchy grass with ...

The most common causes of bacteria contamination along beaches are wildlife droppings, leaky sewer systems, or stormwater runoff contaminated with lawn fertilizer or pet droppings. In Beachwood ...

Gardening columnist Jeff Lowenfels says flies mean worms are likely in the ground, which is great for soil composition.

CANANDAIGUA — Lynn Klotz makes a point of cleaning out the storm drains in front of her house, and she has not used fertilizer on the lawn at her ... free of harmful bacteria and other contaminants.

Full of water, nutrients, minerals, rocks, and crawling with earthworms, ants, moles, centipedes and millipedes, bacteria ... may blow good topsoil away. Fertilizers and compost are important ...

Although synthetic lawn fertilizers are cheaper and work faster than organic types, they contain chemicals. This type of fertilizer can pollute water sources and harm beneficial organisms in soil such ...

In McKean County, spring weather is always a rollercoaster. Sunshine and 70 degrees one day and 30 degrees and snow squalls ...

Get your yard ready with these best fertilizers for grass. Choose from granular or liquid as well as all-season or month ...