America’s biodiverse meadows of days gone by slowly gave way to French- and English-style turfgrass lawns. By the late 1800s, the neatly trimmed grass lawn had become a symbol of wealth. The invention ...

Planting perennials will save you time and money. Most important, these plots will keep deer coming back to your property year after year Food plots are becoming an annual ritual for the nation’s ...

Grass may seem like an obvious choice for a yard covering but it’s actually a modern-ish norm. The idea of a domestic manicured grass lawn was imported in the early 18th century from France and ...

Mike explains how to contain English ivy organically, what types of clover you can plant to attract deer, how to get rid of grubs in your soil and how to prune your fig tree. Plus: Mike speaks with ...

Swards were established using a perennial ryegrass mixture (14.4 kg/ha) combined with each of the following clover treatments: (1) 5.0 kg/ha of white clover (cv. Grasslands Huia), (2) 2.5 kg/ha white ...

After having to rid my lawn of five gophers this month it is time to patch things up. The mounds, combined with my awkward efforts to dig and trap the vermin, have made things quite messy. Fortunately ...

One of the current interests in cattle production research is the inclusion of a legume which might be expected to increase forage yields and reduce the need of N fertilization. The clover should ...

Wicklow farmers can glean insights into the benefits of grass/clover and multi-species swards after Teagasc published an external review of a research programme that shows how they can maintain ...

Having a lawn requires consistent maintenance for a healthy and beautiful-looking turf. Sometimes, a low-growing plant, clover, can crop up among the grass. If you don't like the idea of small whitish ...

Question: There is an outbreak of clover on my lawn and in my flower beds. It has been spreading for several years. I tried a pre-emergent weed killer, and it didn't help. What do you recommend to ...

Food plots are becoming an annual ritual for the nation’s whitetail hunters and land managers, and the yearly conundrum of “what should I plant?” can be vastly simplified if you devote at least a ...