We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you've decided to invest in sod for your yard, you want to do everything you can to help it take root and thrive. The last thing you want ...

Mid- to late summer is a good time to lay new sod to establish or repair damage to an existing lawn. (TED JACKSON) Lawn maintenance hits its highest levels in summer. There's the constant mowing, the ...

The need for lawn maintenance hits a peak in summer. Besides the constant mowing, watering is needed in dry spells and pests like insects, diseases and weeds may need to be dealt with. Mid- to ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) -- One by one, the small rolls of grass and topsoil are unrolled across the dirt yard of the new house. What started out as a large, brown patch of earth in one of Sioux City's ...