The key to a healthy, low-maintenance lawn could be easier than you think. Lawn care can come with unique challenges. Sometimes, there are bare patches, or worse—bare patches where weeds have begun to ...

White clover is native to Europe and has been used as a forage since colonial time. Q. I am considering transitioning my small residential lot, which is more weeds than grass, to clover. Helpful ...

I've been reading about microclover as a component of lawns. Have you heard of anyone using it in our area? Supposedly, the microclover has small unobtrusive leaves, and does not form clumps, but ...

Add clover to the lawn? For more than 70 years, clover has been viewed primarily as a “lawn weed” that’s to be eradicated along with the dandelions, chickweed, and crabgrass in pursuit of the ideal ...

Ilana Strauss is a journalist who began writing for the Treehugger family in 2015. Her work has been featured in The Atlantic, The Cut, New York Magazine, and other publications. Amy Cox remembers the ...

Clovers are making a comeback in lawn seed mixes. Today many families want to attract more pollinators to their yards. They are searching for ecologically sound ways to grow grass, including adding ...

Boost the bee and pollinator appeal of your lawn by incorporating microclover, self-heal, creeping thyme, crocus, grape hyacinths and other bee-friendly flowering plants in your lawn. You’ll create ...

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 ...

Boost the bee and pollinator appeal of your lawn by incorporating microclover, self-heal, creeping thyme, crocus, grape hyacinths and other bee-friendly flowering plants in your lawn. You’ll create ...