Skip the hardware store near your home and purchase grass seed online. Why? Because the volume of options you can explore for grass seed is innumerable online, and it is quite finite at a hardware store, garden shop, or home improvement retail store. Sure, a handful or two of options will be accessible for purchase at these shops, and they ideally will be the types of grass that work perfectly in yards wherever in the country you may live, but you may be paying more for it in a shop. By purchasing grass seed online, you truly can save on costs. Many sellers drop or significantly decrease shipping costs at particular times of year, some offer regular sales (especially for first-time buyers), and most offer better deals than any shop can simply because they cater to the entire world and not just one slice of it.