As temperatures drop and lawns go dormant, many homeowners unknowingly set themselves up for trouble come spring.

Nitrate concentrations, exacerbated by a wet spring that followed years of dry conditions, reached near record highs in Iowa ...

A well-maintained lawn also better tolerates heat, cold, and drought, however too much fertilizer or applications made at the ...

The best fall fertilizer for cool-season grasses is a high-nitrogen fertilizer with the correct amounts of phosphorus and ...

Turfgrass specialist Kelly Kopp says fertilizing your lawn before winter hits can make grass plants look and grow better the next year.

Weeds love the moderate winter temperatures in the South. By controlling cool-season weeds in your lawn during the winter, you'll have healthier grass in the spring and summer. Learn why you should ...

The Alvin Sun is Brazoria County’s first and oldest newspaper and was established on August 8, 1890 as the Alvin News. In 1892, it became the Alvin Sun and was published weekly for many years.

Houses and historic sites are opening their wreath-bedecked doors to visitors in the mood for some holiday spirit. One of the ...

In Fielding Questions, readers also asked about whether wood ash helps soil and if apple trees should be sprayed annually ...

MacCubbin gives gardening advice for Central Florida on anthuriums, beets, amaryllis, Christmas cacti, ixora, composting and ...

If your trees or lawn start the season looking more lemon than lime, you may be seeing iron chlorosis—a common nutrient ...