Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NY State IPM Program at Cornell University/Flickr/CC BY 2.0 Even if you didn't know its quirky name, you have likely seen ...

FARGO — Quackgrass and crabgrass have done quite well for themselves, as weeds go. Neither existed in North America until they were imported by well-intentioned people, and now the weedy grasses have ...

Q: I have several questions about seed harvesting. Can most seeds from flowers and vegetables be saved and planted? Or is there a special treatment that is applied to some varieties that makes it ...

Quackgrass (Elytrigia repens) is a rhizomatous perennial that spreads by seeds and rhizomes. Quackgrass is a highly competitive agricultural weed which can significantly reduce crop yields and reduce ...

My last column elicited several requests for more detailed information on controlling quackgrass. Following is the question from one reader and response. If you have tree, shrub or lawn questions, you ...

My faithful readers—all five of them—have likely noticed that the last three articles have discussed weed control in vegetable gardens. I’m going to continue along that same theme discussing another ...

I saw your article in the paper about dethatching, and I power rake my lawn every year. It looks great after power raking, and I thought that was the same as dethatching. Should I not be doing that? — ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Few garden tasks are as gratifying as ripping out my nemesis, quackgrass, an aggressive perennial grass that spreads by seed and by rhizomes. In the past, ...