Seeding, feeding and mowing, compared.

• No. 1 · 2026-10-29Seeding windows: cool-season vs warm-season grass, as extension pages give themExtension pages put cool-season seeding in late summer and fall and warm-season seeding in late spring. Here is what each state's page actually says.Read →
• No. 2 · 2026-10-29Why your state's lawn calendar differs from the next state'sState lawn calendars differ by grass, by region within a state and by what triggers a task, with examples from Georgia, Texas and Pennsylvania.Read →
• No. 3 · 2026-10-29Crabgrass preventer timing in seven statesSpring preemergent windows from Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio and South Carolina extension pages, with each one's cautions.Read →
• No. 4 · 2026-10-29Mowing height: why the numbers differTall fescue, bermudagrass and St. Augustinegrass mowing heights from five states' extension sources, and where they overlap or disagree.Read →
• No. 5 · 2026-10-29Fall feeding for cool-season lawns, and where the sources stopFive states put the main nitrogen feeding of a cool-season lawn in fall, while warm-season sources say to stop in the same months.Read →

How we read the sources: where a post sets states or grasses side by side, the comparison is ours, made by reading the extension pages next to each other. Every number comes from the page named.