In this 2007 photo from The Times-Picayune archive, longtime season ticket holder Edgar Cretin, 80, of Covington trims the giant fleur de lis in his front yard that he planted from winter rye grass ...

As your vegetable garden winds down for the season, it can be tempting to simply let it rest until spring. But what if you ...

Q. My problem is the lawn boys aerated, limed and then, in spite of my directions to use a good fescue to seed, used a winter rye. What can I do? I’m thinking of buying some appropriate grass seed and ...

You’d think that seven or eight months of mowing the yard would be about all any of us should have to bear. So why do so many Gulf Coasters prolong the agony by oversowing their warm-season grasses ...

A new appreciation has developed for rye, a winter-hardy grain that develops a deep root system. Growing rye is seen as beneficial to soil health, is a strong competitor to weeds, and helps reduce ...

Fall-seeded rye, terminated with glyphosate in early May 2021, 10 days prior to planting soybeans in mid-May, did its job of protecting soil from blowing, but soil, waterhemp weed seeds and pathogens ...

No-till planting of sweet corn into a killed winter rye cover crop has the potential to provide soil health benefits such as reduced compaction, improved soil water holding capacity, reduced ...