NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - A dear friend of our family, Mark, loves to mow and care for his lawn. This past week, he sent me pictures of yellowing patches in various areas of his lawn. He said they are not necessarily in circles, but the tops turned yellow. When he rakes the area, the blades of grass come up as though they are rotten while the roots remain intact.

Is this normal? It can be and, oddly enough, is more common in pampered lawns rather than in those who are not.

Fall weather patters of cooling temperatures and heavy dews find many East Texas homeowners noticing irregular patches of yellow or brown grass that seem to expand overnight. At this time of year, fungal diseases are often the culprit, and two in particular — brown patch and take-all root rot — cause the most concern

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