Weed and feed products can be very useful in lawn care, but it's important to know the perfect time to apply them. Otherwise, your lawn won't receive the full benefit from either the weeding or the ...

It's important to understand the proper timing for this herbicide to work correctly. Pre-emergent herbicides are truly the unsung heroes of weed prevention because they form an invisible barrier in ...

If you have ever taken a leaf blower to pea gravel, lava rocks, bark mulch, or similar garden materials, you'll understand why mulch glue is so popular for keeping them in place. Most of these ...

Ask any knowledgeable horticulturist how effective weed barrier fabric is in controlling weeds and you’ll likely hear that any advantages are outweighed by the shortcomings. However, most will ...

You may know Bishop’s Weed, Aegopodium podagraria, a member of the carrot family, as goutweed, ground elder and snow-on-the-mountain. Native to Europe and northern Asia, it was brought to North ...

Q: We want to put down weed barrier in our landscape, but we just heard it is not the best idea. Can you explain why and tell us what does work? A: The great debate! I’ll just say it up front, I am ...

Weeds in the lawn may start innocently enough as a stray patch of dandelions or clover. Before long, they erupt, and you have more weeds than lawn. Applying weed killer keeps weeds in check or stops ...

QUESTION: When do we apply weed and feed to our lawns? I read in your column that we apply lawn fertilizer at the end of March. But should I apply weed and feed before that or after that? If I apply a ...

Many homeowners use landscape fabric (also called weed barrier) throughout their landscapes to minimize weeds. Landscape fabric restricts the light required for weed germination (since weeds seeds are ...

Q. Should a weed barrier be used beneath cocoa bean shell mulch? A. Avoid using weed barrier under cocoa bean, wood chips and any other organic mulch. As these mulches decompose they form compost, ...

Pre-emergent herbicides are truly the unsung heroes of weed prevention because they form an invisible barrier in the soil that stops weed seeds from sprouting. Gardeners and landscapers alike use them ...