One of the reasons I might get some hate mail for devoting late March garden column space to the lowly lawn is that gardeners ...

If you want a fantastic lawn, but don’t want the expense of buying turf, try creating it from seed. Grass seed is best sown from late summer to mid-autumn; there is less competition from weeds ...

Coated seed is common for legume species such as alfalfa and clover. Coatings contain rhizobia bacteria and often a fungicide to inoculate roots and to help protect seedlings.