A beautiful lawn with artificial grass and a strip of gravel along the right side of the yard along the driveway - christopher babcock/Shutterstock With the labor involved in caring for a lush lawn, ...

For some people, the battle for grass isn't worth it. Fertilizing four times a year, fighting off bare and brown spots, weeds, burrs, the weekly mowing dragging into December: "A lawn is the highest ...

With the labor involved in caring for a lush lawn, along with health concerns surrounding the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, homeowners are seeking other ways to have the yard of their ...