Blackwelder column: Fescue maintenance the key to a good lawn

Published 12:00 am Friday, August 24, 2012

SALISBURY — Fall is the best time to renovate or plant cool season fescue or fescue blend lawns. For many, it seems to an annual event, especially with unseasonable summer heat. Granted, there’s not much we can do about the weather, but many lawn failures are a result of a few mistakes. There is too much information to put in one article. This begins a series of articles in the next few weeks in renovating and lawn establishment.
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