Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. compost-filled wheelbarrow on a lawn If you're looking to improve your turf, then it's worth considering the benefits of using ...

Top-dressing a lawn is a fancy term for amending the soil without disturbing the sod. Golfers might be familiar with the practice because this technique was first performed on golf courses in Scotland ...

Photo by Landscape for Life. Composting is a beautiful representation of the cycle of life. Looking at your produce at its purest form; have you ever thought about the process of it getting to your ...

A: This is called "top-dressing," and the idea is that it's a way to gradually add organic matter and build up the lawn soil without digging everything up and starting over. A big problem so many ...

Q: We built a house two years ago and are struggling to establish a new lawn. Our soil is mostly clay and highly compacted. I aerated the lawn last year and am planning to aerate again as well as ...

What should you be doing with your lawn right now? Well, not fertilizing, because it’s too early. Wait until approximately May 1 when our hot weather grasses have had time to put on top growth and ...

In our own climate we are not generally overwhelmed with leaves. They usually don’t pile up 6 to 8 inches deep, and if they pile up at all, they will decompose quickly. The decomposed leaves add ...

Austin area soils are famous for their poor quality. Ask any avid local gardener and they will give you a list of their soil woes. Ultimately what it comes down to is we have very little soil, the ...

As a young boy, I had to contend with my grandfather’s compost heap. It was a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste, a metre high and hidden behind a privet hedge. We had placed ...