Grass Wars: Bermuda vs. Fescue

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    Are warm-weather grasses taking over our turf? On the latest edition of You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath will help you decide: Favor the fescue or succumb to the charms of Bermuda? Plus: turning abandoned lots into drive-by flower shows, and your fabulous phone calls!

    Question of the Week:

    “Is there any sure way to kill the Bermuda grass that has taken over about 70 percent of my tall fescue lawn?”
    —Dennis in Vienna, Virginia
    Who will emerge victorious? »

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