Q.: I read your article in mid-May about growing grass in the shade and was confused by your comment that "Kentucky bluegrass (which is the only major type we grow that does well in shade...)" I have ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. If you have some extra room in the garden or a raised bed, seed turnips this fall. This vegetable is easy to grow and both the root and greens are edible.

After another season of answering landscape questions, two common issues asked about are trying to grow grass in tree shade and dealing with surface tree roots that interfere with mowing. In such ...

What grass blend do you recommend for shade? I live in the woods. Three of the fine fescues are the most shade-tolerant: creeping red, chewings and hard fescue. Fine fescue does not tolerate a lot of ...

Growing good-quality grass in shade is possible if its requirements are understood. Competition for water, nutrients and light is the main cause of grass failure in shade. This competition occurs ...

Q. We have a lawn area behind our house that slopes down to a small creek. The fescue grass did well initially, but over the last 15 years the canopy of oaks has spread, limiting the light available ...

Cattle rid their bodies of heat in three ways: radiation, convection and evaporation. “If your cattle can’t use all three methods, they’ll overheat fast,” says University of Missouri Extension state ...