Sam Masser

Homemade weed killer will kill your grass too. Vinegar with dish soap, salt with soap, boiling water, and Epsom salt with vinegar and soap are the usual picks, and almost all...

Look at the leaf first. Wide leaves with net-like veins mean broadleaf weeds, like dandelion and clover. Narrow clumping blades mean grassy weeds, like crabgrass. A triangular stem means sedge, like...

Check the bag for your spreader setting, fill the closed hopper on a driveway, and mow first. Run a perimeter pass, then walk straight, overlapping rows at a steady pace. A...

TruGreen wins for most homeowners who want nationwide coverage, broad plans and low introductory prices. Lawn Doctor wins if you want a locally owned franchise and a more customizable, personal service....

Is your snow blower cranking but not catching, or surging and dying after summer storage? Reaching for carb cleaner snow blower fixes is a fair instinct, but it shouldn’t be your...

Plant the red maple too deep and you’ve started a slow death sentence. Bury the root flare, pile mulch on the trunk, and swing a string trimmer at the bark, and...

How do you calculate acreage? Measure the area in square feet and divide by 43,560. That’s the whole trick, and it works for a half-acre backyard or a 5-acre lot. The...

Which hoe do you grab when weeds pop up between your tomato rows? The wrong one wastes your morning. A hoe garden tool is a long-handled tool with a flat or...

Which one breaks new ground: a cultivator or a tiller? The tiller does, and the gap between them decides whether you waste $400 or not. A cultivator tiller search usually means...

Is a zoysia grass lawn worth the work? It depends on your climate and your mower. Zoysia makes a thick, soft-looking turf that crowds out weeds and handles heat and foot...