Top-dressing a lawn is a fancy term for amending the soil without disturbing the sod. Golfers might be familiar with the practice because this technique was first performed on golf courses in Scotland ...

QUESTION: Every few years I add about a half-inch of builder’s sand to my St. Augustine lawn. The treatment appears to increase the turf’s vigor, and I get lots of new growth. This year I was told to ...

Routinely applying a layer of soil or sand to a lawn can cause more damage than good. This practice is sometimes referred to as topdressing. You can introduce weed seeds, nematodes and even diseases ...

Q. I see some folks putting a layer of lawn dressing (usually sand) on their lawns in the spring. What’s the purpose for this and is it a good practice? A. Routinely applying a layer of soil or sand ...

In our own climate we are not generally overwhelmed with leaves. They usually don’t pile up 6 to 8 inches deep, and if they pile up at all, they will decompose quickly. The decomposed leaves add ...

A GREEN-FINGERED homeowner has revealed the gardening trick that luxury golf courses use for a perfect lawn. They raved that the tip gives the grass an “amazing” dark green color. A Redditor shared ...