Practical advice for St. Charles County homeowners. Written with local Missouri lawns in mind.
Red thread shows up as pink or bleached patches on Missouri fescue lawns in cool, wet weather. It looks alarming but rarely kills grass. Here is how to identify it, treat it, and keep it from coming back.
Gray snow mold looks bad but rarely kills fescue. Here is how to tell it from pink snow mold, help your St. Charles County lawn recover, and prevent it next winter.
Pythium blight — grease spot — can kill fescue fast in August heat. Here is how St. Charles County homeowners can spot it, stop it, and prevent it.
A lawn roller fixes frost-heaved grass and presses seed into soil — but on St. Charles County clay, it can compact your lawn and make bumps worse. Here is when rolling helps, when it hurts, and what to do instead.
A thin layer of compost is one of the best things you can do for a St. Charles County lawn — if you can spread it evenly. Here is how to set up a compost spreader, what rate to use, and when to skip the machine entirely.
That orange powder on your fescue blades is lawn rust — a common late-summer fungus. Here is how to identify it, treat it, and keep it from coming back in St. Charles County.
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