ANSWER: October and November are good months to plant winter rye seed for stabilizing soil in areas sparsely covered by regular lawn grass or recently filled areas.

Farmers see a variety of benefits when using cover crops in their fields and home gardeners can do the same.

Farmers in the southern Red River Valley who experienced drought conditions a month ago, along with 50 mph winds, now have gotten a shot of rain. Soils that moved also moved weed seed, which can ...

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 ...

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 ...

From now until September 15, low-flying planes will be seen across parts of northern and central New Jersey, as they sow ...

I suspect that those who overseed with rye have fewer problems with winter and spring weeds, such as rattlesnake weed.

Devin Barto’s advice to plant something and see what happens was the push I needed. Rohrer Seeds in Smoketown had the crimson clover, hairy vetch, rye and Austrian winter peas on my list.

Seed lots of seven small-seeded legume species and winter oats, winter rye, and perennial ryegrass were exposed to 39 MHz electric fields of known field intensities for various time periods and tested ...