A person wearing gloves throws granular fertilizer on a lawn in their backyard. - Mima88/Getty Images Most people rush to spread fertilizer on their lawn the moment the weather starts getting warmer.

Q: I know we are supposed to fertilize the lawn in the fall, but we have some leftover lawn food that says "spring feed" on the bag. Two questions: How long is fertilizer good for, and will it hurt my ...

Spring arrives with bright sunshine, chirping birds, and a sudden urge to sprinkle fertilizer everywhere. It seems natural: your lawn wakes up, perennials peek through, and you think, “A little ...

Q: Last week we planted several fruit trees and have established trees as well. Would you recommend applying fertilizer around these trees now? Spikes or granular type of fertilizer? A: Fertilizers ...

A healthy green lawn invites picnics, lawn games, and backyard barbecues. If your spring lawn looks thin, weedy, and yellow, it needs nutrients ASAP. Fertilizer gives your lawn the nitrogen, ...

This time of year, it’s so nice outside you’re probably looking for early spring chores to do outside, from pruning to cleaning up garden tools. Is fertilizing your lawn one of those things? It turns ...

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Too much of a good thing can be detrimental.

Iowa farmers last year continued to apply more fertilizer in the fall than in the spring — likely because of volatile weather — but experts say it’s a bad trend for water quality. “Farmers have been ...