You can do it on your own! “Take a sample of your lawn—roots, soil, and all—into a pot and keep it watered indoors,” Valenzuela says. “If it springs back to life in 1-2 weeks ...

I have extensive areas of evergreen ground covers (English ivy, periwinkle, and pachysandra) covering areas that were formerly lawn. Now let us consider the possibility of a vegetable garden and a ...