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Author: Sinziana Spiridon
Sinziana Spiridon is an outdoorsy writer with a soft spot for organic gardening and over four years' experience covering lawn care. When not writing about weeds, pests, soil, and plant care, she's tending to her veggie garden, her greenhouse tomatoes, and the lovely turf strip in her front yard.
What’s the Difference Between Fall Fertilizer and Winter Fertilizer
Fall fertilizer vs. winter fertilizer: see how timing, nitrogen type, and benefits differ, plus when to feed your cool-season lawn and which to use.
When Should You Apply Winter Fertilizer?
Learn when to apply winter fertilizer: mid to late fall, near your last mow but before the first frost. Timing tips for cool-season and warm-season lawns.
Benefits of a Winter Fertilizer
Improved cold hardiness and disease resistance, stronger roots, earlier spring green up, and denser shoots are the main benefits of winter fertilizers.
What is Winter Fertilizer?
Winter fertilizer is a late-fall, low-nitrogen, high-potassium feeding. Learn the best NPK by grass type and exactly when to apply it for a greener spring.
What to Know About Outdoor Watering Restrictions
Watering restrictions limit lawn irrigation to one to three days a week, morning and evening hours. Learn more about triggers, duration and fines.
10 Benefits of Overseeding
The benefits of overseeding include a thicker lawn, natural weed control, better drought tolerance, less soil erosion, and more.
How to Tell Purslane and Spurge Apart
Break a stem. If it releases a drop of white, milky sap, it’s spurge; if the cut shines a clear, watery sap, it’s purslane.
What Is Spurge? Identification and How to Kill It
Spurge is a drought-tolerant weed that invades lawns and gardens in the summer and is toxic to people and animals.
What to Plant Above Buried Utility Lines in Your Yard
Turfgrass, moss, and wildflowers are good choices, but not the only ones. Learn what to plant above utility lines in your yard for a beautiful and safe design.