Turf specialist provides tips for summer lawn care

For most homeowners, mowing the lawn is a necessary chore. It is the most frequent landscape maintenance activity, and if done incorrectly, the area where homeowners make the most frequent mistakes. Mike Goatley, turf specialist for Virginia Cooperative Extension and associate professor of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences in Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, offers simple tips for homeowners to manage their lawns this summer.