Weeds that invade gravel and patios come in a wide variety of species. There are grassy weeds such as henbit and purslane, alongside woody varieties like broadleaf or dandelions — all of which have ...

Back towards the end of winter, before the first glimmer of spring, before your grass even dreamed of the roar of the mower did you notice odd sprigs of green appearing in your yard? Around the ...

One of the many areas of life I feel somewhat inadequate in is gardening and yard care. Even though my first job was lawn care, I really only learned the basics of mowing and weed eating. Much of my ...

What are the patches of pinkish-purple flowers I see in weedy lawns and flower beds? Given the season and their preference for disturbed environments, the two likely candidates are purple deadnettle ...

Is it spring, summer, winter? Honestly, in Oklahoma it’s sometimes hard to tell. And if we’re confused, imagine how confusing it is for our plants. Will the cold snap of early last week affect our ...

If you read my previous post on the Nutritional Benefits of Henbit, you already know this humble “weed” is anything but ordinary. Now let’s take it one step further and turn it into one of my favorite ...

Yards, idle gardens, fields, roadsides and all manner of greening spaces are filling up with purple stuff. But how can these areas be turning green and purple at the same time? It’s the result of two ...

It starts as a harmless-looking patch of green when everything else in your yard is brown and sleepy. A few weeks later, those patches explode into a mat of leafy stems topped with tiny purple flowers ...

Today we’re going to talk about two plants most people refer to as a weed, but what is a weed other than a plant that exists somewhere we don’t want it to exist? There are fancier definitions, but ...