Fake grass looks good and unlike real grass, synthetic lawns don't turn brown and don't need water. But looks can be deceiving. Steven Flores said before this week, he wasn't aware that artificial ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

I love to garden, but I’m not much of a mower. It’s monotonous, and when it’s 110 degrees outside, I usually spend the time fantasizing about ripping up all the grass and planting cacti and rocks. But ...

Patti Wood, executive director of Grassroots Environmental Education, based in Port Washington, was pivotal several years ago to the rejection in a referendum in Sag Harbor of its school district’s ...

Want a perfect looking lawn no matter what time of the year it is? You may be interested in using artificial grass, or turf, as it’s commonly called, if you want a uniform, always green, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rolls of artificial turf stacked up before installation - Valerii Maksimov/Getty Images Ideally, it'd be easy to have a lush, ...

Which playing surface is safer for athletes: natural grass or artificial turf? The question is important not just in football, but also for soccer, recreational sports and high school and college ...

This story was produced in collaboration with CivicStory as part of the New Jersey Sustainability Reporting project. On a hot summer morning, a dozen residents of Scotch Plains gathered under tall ...