To keep your Portland lawn healthy in summer, mow properly, use sharp blades, water correctly, fertilize, and reseed.
Best Grass Types for Lawns in Portland, OR
The best grasses for Portland, Oregon, lawns are Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, and fine fescue, offering year-round growth.
How to Dormant Seed Your Lawn
Dormant seeding is easy. Sow seeds in late fall, just before the ground freezes. Then, relax and wait until the seeds sprout in early spring.
How to Keep Grass Green in Winter
Proper year-round lawn care is the best way to keep grass green in the winter. Our fall and winter lawn care tips help your lawn look lush.
Ways to Protect Your Lawn From Salt Damage
Learn how to protect your lawn from salt damage with tips like creating barriers, flushing soil, and planting salt-tolerant grass this winter.
What is Snow Mold?
Snow molds are cold-weather diseases caused by fungi in humid, snow-covered lawns that have not been properly winterized.
How to Prevent Snow Mold
To prevent snow mold, improve soil drainage, go easy on the nitrogen, remove fallen leaves, mow the lawn, and disperse snow piles.
Fighting Food Waste: 2025’s Best Cities for Composting + U.S. Survey
How many people in the U.S. compost their food scraps and grass clippings? Read our 2025 Composting Survey and discover 2025’s Best Cities for Composting.
The Dirt on Big Apple Composting: 2025 NYC Survey
With organic trash separation now mandatory in NYC, what do New Yorkers think about composting? Read LawnStarter’s 2025 NYC Composting Survey.
Deck the Halls and Yard: 2024 Holiday Decor Survey
When is it too early to start putting up Christmas decorations? Find out what others think in our 2024 Holiday Decor Trends Survey.