No matter how well you care for your lawn mower, rust always seems to creep in. You wipe the blade down, store it out of the rain, maybe even use a rust spray, and still, after a few weeks or a long ...

Here at the UI Extension office, we use many techniques to look for signs of plant diseases. We poke and prod, magnify and macerate. We place speckled leaves in a moist chamber (plastic bag with a ...

“I recently noticed a couple of sections of my lawn that were off-color and very stunted in growth. When I walked through these areas, my shoes got covered with what appeared to be an orange powder.

What you are describing sounds very much like the lawn of a friend I visited last week. I noticed that his front lawn showed stunted growth and thin areas along with a yellowish appearance. Even from ...

CAPED crusaders, the “grounds guys” have revealed their solution for unsightly “lawn rust.” Their best tips could help combat this ugly infection and restore your lawn to its former glory. It couldn’t ...

Q. My lawn needs serious help. It has large orange patches and two areas that show bare soil. What can I do to make my lawn look better? A. It sounds like you might have a fungal disease called rust ...

This is not the same kind of rust you might get on patio furniture or an old car, instead this type of rust is a fungus that grows on grass. The rust appears as small brown or orange flecks on the ...

Q: We have discovered "rust" in our 1-acre lawn. What can we do to control this problem? We also have a 1-year old and a 3-year-old and are concerned of any health problems. I hope you can help. A: ...

Your lawn is one of the first things people see when visiting. After spending so much time and effort tending to it, you want your yard to be picture-perfect. However, even when you do everything ...

Address the root cause and you can avoid this ugly disease CAPED crusaders, the “grounds guys” have revealed their solution for unsightly “lawn rust.” Their best tips could help combat this ugly ...