by Brian Beck | Sep 27, 2022 | General Information
Last Updated on August 29, 2023 by ILGM Ninjas Leave it to the Germans (me being one of them) to come up with really long hard to pronounce words with very simple meanings. Unabhängigkeit, is the German word for Freedom or Independence. Now you know some German (Try...
by Brian Beck | Sep 26, 2022 | General Information
Last Updated on August 29, 2023 by ILGM Ninjas Right now is where people set the stage for the upcoming spring. All of the work to get the lawn hopefully into a better shape will lead to an even better one next spring IF you don’t stop right now. Let me explain....
by Brian Beck | Sep 25, 2022 | General Information
Last Updated on August 29, 2023 by ILGM Ninjas This is what we are after, a beautiful, healthy, resilient lawn that you can enjoy. That uses water efficiently (less), eliminates toxic chemicals, greens up earlier (without help) and stays greener longer into the winter...
by Brian Beck | Sep 21, 2022 | General Information
Last Updated on August 29, 2023 by ILGM Ninjas I was driving around today and I saw something I didn’t want to see, a truck towing an air compressor. The air compressor was for blowing out irrigation lines. I am hoping that it was just for show. With it being...
by Brian Beck | Sep 19, 2022 | General Information
Last Updated on August 29, 2023 by ILGM Ninjas Change is certainly in the air. Modern technology such as AI & 4G connectivity, coupled with battery capability and older technologies such as GPS and well, uh, mechanical mower have brought us robotic mowing. But why...
by Brian Beck | Sep 16, 2022 | General Information
Last Updated on August 29, 2023 by ILGM Ninjas Do you feel like having a great looking lawn is futile? Do you feel like It is just too expensive? You are not alone. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. See it? No it is not that light. That is a train wreck...
by Brian Beck | Sep 15, 2022 | General Information
Last Updated on August 29, 2023 by ILGM Ninjas Thatch, that grossly misunderstood part of your lawn that causes so many issues that is supposed to be there but not really, let’s dig in. Thatch simply defined is the dead root growth of the lawn. It is normal to...
by Brian Beck | Sep 13, 2022 | General Information
Last Updated on August 29, 2023 by ILGM Ninjas In 2017 I hit a wall, so to speak. We had been operating under a system that was status quo and while I was able to excel under this paradigm, it was problematic as I could never seemingly really fix the problems that we...
by Brian Beck | Sep 12, 2022 | General Information
Last Updated on August 29, 2023 by ILGM Ninjas Lord have Mercy, the machines are coming to take away our jobs and then kill us! Well, hold on now, we are getting way ahead of ourselves. First of all, have you ever heard of Robotic Mowing? Probably not, and that would...
by Brian Beck | Sep 12, 2022 | Bio Program, General Information
Last Updated on August 29, 2023 by ILGM Ninjas There are two paths for our turf lawns: The synthetic path and the biological path. As we have discussed previously most of the problems that we face that are considered normal operating factors (compaction, thick thatch,...
by Brian Beck | Sep 9, 2022 | General Information
Last Updated on August 29, 2023 by ILGM Ninjas Plants and soil should be viewed as one, not separate components. There should be a relationship between the root of a plant and the soil via the microbiology in the soil. This relationship has been destroyed by the use...
by Brian Beck | Sep 7, 2022 | General Information
Last Updated on August 29, 2023 by ILGM Ninjas In our quest to continue innovating, we have recognized a rather troubling event that we started noticing a few years ago and it is getting worse. We have noticed a trend that is affecting you, your watering schedule...
by Brian Beck | Sep 7, 2022 | General Information
Last Updated on August 29, 2023 by ILGM Ninjas Three things that you need to ponder, Carbon helps the soil save and store water. You can grab Nitrogen out of the sky and use it for free fertilizer. Automated (Robotic) mowing reduces stress and saves water. Now that I...
by Brian Beck | Sep 5, 2022 | General Information
Last Updated on August 29, 2023 by ILGM Ninjas The purpose of water is to move nutrients through the plant to grow and repair, period. Getting it there (to the roots) can be a challenge but experiencing stress can take a while to overcome and the longer you are in it...
by Brian Beck | Sep 4, 2022 | General Information
Last Updated on August 29, 2023 by ILGM Ninjas For the past 23 years we have seen the good, the bad and the ugly but more importantly we have discovered the true way to make lawns sing. For too long we tried to put up with the status quo and in the Fall of 2017 we...
by Brian Beck | Sep 2, 2022 | General Information
Last Updated on August 29, 2023 by ILGM Ninjas Ever see that commercial about the oil filter that had the tag line, “You can pay me now or you can pay me later”? The traditional means of managing turf sometimes have people at odds with their lawn,...
