If you've been told a slow-release fertilizer can help your yard or garden, the advice is likely solid. But it's important to know what it does and doesn't do.

With the grass so lush and green, spring seems like the prime time to give your lawn a healthy start to the year. Should you pick up a bag of fertilizer to boost your lawn's growth once you start ...

I spoke with gardening experts to find the best fertilizers to use for vegetable gardens, lawn maintenance, flower beds and ...

As March temperatures gradually rise across Illinois and Northwest Indiana, lawns are beginning the natural transition out of winter dormancy. While many yards still appear pale or thin early in the ...

Kyle Anderson, left, an Ames, Iowa, entrepreneur, and Santanu Bakshi, an Iowa State University scientist, examine a pyrolysis pilot plant at Iowa State's BioCentury Research Farm. The equipment heats ...