It’s time again to check out how some of gardening’s new and/or timely products fared under real-life testing in the PennLive Horticultural Trial Laboratory (also known as My Back Yard). The pitch: ...

Submitted photo The weed nutsedge after it has been treated. It is very difficut to eliminate from lawns and flower beds. Heat and humidity, which are normally expected in July, have abruptly arrived.

Even though August is generally the month when weeds flourish, they seem to have an edge this summer with excessive rain and humidity. There is one particular grass-like weed — yellow nutsedge — that ...