Identify and Control Weeds in Lawns and Gardens

Winter annual weeds like henbit, chickweed and speedwell germinate in fall. Stop them with one pre-emergent window or a late-fall spray.

Fall weed control works because perennial weeds send food reserves to their roots in fall, carrying herbicide with them. Timing, products and mistakes.

Lime for lawns only pays off when a soil test shows pH below about 6.0. Here's when to apply it, how much to spread per 1,000 sq ft, which lime to buy and how to avoid over-liming.

Dormant seeding lets you sow cool-season grass seed into cold soil in late fall or winter so it sprouts on its own in spring. Here's when to do it, which grasses and seed rates to use, and the spring...

The last mow of the season should come when the grass stops growing, at your grass type's normal height or a notch lower. Here's how to time it, set the deck, and handle clippings and leaves.

Leaving leaves on the lawn over winter is fine only when they're mulched small and you can still see half the grass. Here's the research, a simple 50% rule and a fall-to-spring timing plan.