Q: After reading about your success with St. Augustine grass in your own yard, I decided to gamble and sod my yard with Palmetto St. Augustine last June. By August, I had the most beautiful grass in ...

A: Spear grass (Nassella leucotricha) is a Texas native plant. I’m a longtime native Texas who grew up playing war games with spear grass seeds just like any other young boy. I also know it’s nothing ...

Q: About a month ago, our lawn maintenance company mowed our grass. I noticed a spot that almost immediately appeared beneath our red oak. It was about 4 by 4 feet, and it looked like it had tire ...

Q: My St. Augustine grass has a problem. Large areas are drying out, but water does not help. Do you think I am going to need to replace the brown areas? — Joao Geraldini, Conroe, Texas A: I think you ...

Dear Neil: We have property in the Brownsville area, and we have had significant dying-out of the St. Augustine in our yard. I've checked for grub worms, and I have applied a fertilizer and fungicide, ...