Q: Can you help me figure out what’s causing damage to my lawn in the attached photo? My neighbor thinks the culprits are voles. If so, what is the treatment? — Enrique G. A: Your neighbor is right; ...

Timing is everything: get your lawn off to a good start with proper seeding. As the first signs of spring arrive, homeowners are eager to get the garden and lawn in shape. For turf areas, this often ...

Q: As you can see from the photo, these arborvitae are in a sad state from snowblower damage and probably need to be replaced. What shrubs can tolerate having large amounts of snow blown on them? We ...

This seeding method is the process of sewing grass in the winter when low air and soil temperatures prevent the grass from germinating. The grass remains dormant all winter. When the weather warms in ...

You get a better bang for the buck if you fertilize your lawn in the fall. That’s the message from Ricky Kemery, local gardening expert and Purdue Horticulture Extension Educator, retired, who says ...

A swath of the slow-spreading evergreen groundcover pachysandra can be seen at left. Low-growing groundcovers such as pachysandra can be used to replace lawn in places where grass struggles. Fred ...