by Brian Beck | Feb 25, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 25, 2025 by Brian Beck Your lawn has become hungry. Water has gone up in cost, your thatch is thick, your soil is hard as a rock and the water rolls off after 10 minutes. The weeds are having babies right in your lawn and you think you may...
by Brian Beck | Feb 25, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 25, 2025 by Brian Beck Last year was a very significant year. In our ongoing effort to solve the dysfunctional soil problem we have here and further our biological program we made a very important discovery. We have had several events in our...
by Brian Beck | Feb 22, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 24, 2025 by Brian Beck There you are, it’s mid-June and there are multiple brown spots in several areas of the lawn and the weeds, oh my. You lawn bluntly has gone to Hell and everyone from your spouse, the neighborhood Karen, your...
by Brian Beck | Feb 20, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 20, 2025 by Brian Beck When I first started my business back in 2000 there was a lot more grass per capita in Colorado Springs. The installation of turf and the maintenance of it has declined for several reasons, economical, environmental,...
by Brian Beck | Feb 20, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 20, 2025 by Brian Beck Colorado has a lot of problems when it comes to water. Colorado has 158 named rivers and all of those but two originate from within the state. We have a lot of water but do not keep but a little over a third of it. So...
by Brian Beck | Feb 19, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 20, 2025 by Brian Beck Unless you have been living under a rock for the past few years you will have noticed a few things that are changing such as, AI, automation and a lack of qualified labor to perform work that we need accomplished. This...
by Brian Beck | Feb 19, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 19, 2025 by Brian Beck Every one wants a green lawn without problems. That isn’t too much to ask is it? Do you want to hear the truth or are you willing to fall victim to tradition, bad habit, bro-science, conventional wisdom, myth and...
by Brian Beck | Feb 16, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 16, 2025 by Brian Beck The following letter was in response to a customer that sought out my advice on transitioning a Bluegrass lawn to a Buffalo Grass lawn for the sake of saving water. I decided to share it here as a blog. This was my...
by Brian Beck | Feb 15, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 15, 2025 by Brian Beck 2025 is upon us and the growing season and the battle for your lawn will once again begin, but does it have to be the same war? While there will be the typical struggles with the usual things like aeration, weed control,...
by Brian Beck | Feb 13, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 13, 2025 by Brian Beck Dog urine can kill grass due to several factors: 1. **High Nitrogen Content**: Dog urine is rich in nitrogen, particularly in the form of urea. Nitrogen is a key nutrient for plant growth, but when concentrated, as it is...
by Brian Beck | Feb 12, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 12, 2025 by Brian Beck Walking on your lawn you feel like you are walking on a mattress. Spongy is the word that comes to mind. Your lawn takes a lot of water to stay alive during the summer, often resulting in lakes of water. You have lawn...
by Brian Beck | Feb 11, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 11, 2025 by Brian Beck Humic acid is a complex organic compound that plays a vital role in enhancing soil fertility and promoting healthy plant growth. Derived from decomposed organic matter, it forms a significant part of humus, the organic...
by Brian Beck | Feb 10, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 11, 2025 by Brian Beck We do not and cannot see the future and eliminate every potential problem but we can prepare and be proactive. This involves being early to act and not waiting until the last minute as it pertains to lawn care. It also...
by Brian Beck | Feb 10, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 10, 2025 by Brian Beck Have you ever seen a lawn green up the last week of March/first week of April? Without having applied any nutrients on it? Chances are you have not, ever. What is the significance of this happening and how does it...
by Brian Beck | Feb 9, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 9, 2025 by Brian Beck If you were not aware, this year marks 30 years since the first robotic mower it the market. Why am I just now hearing about this you ask? Well that is a very loaded question that revolves around cheap energy,...
by Brian Beck | Feb 6, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 6, 2025 by Brian Beck Do you want to unlock the right way to manage a lawn successfully? It is real simple, adopt an organic biological system. What will this do? It will replace the traditional system that uses synthetic fertilizers that...
by Brian Beck | Feb 5, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 6, 2025 by Brian Beck Who can you trust these days? To quote a line form one of my favorite movies, “The Big Short”, Dr. Michael Burry, the guy who shorted the housing market prior to the 2008 financial crises, portrayed by...
by Brian Beck | Feb 3, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 4, 2025 by Brian Beck This year is a good year to get ahead with your lawn. You know that thing you love to hate but should be a joy and thrill to own? Why does it has to be like that? Well that is a function of three major things: very poor...
by Brian Beck | Feb 1, 2025 | General Information
Last Updated on February 1, 2025 by Brian Beck Anyone who was alive and breathing in 1983 will remember the Styx hit song, Mr. Roboto, off of the album, Kilroy was here. The song was a satirical look of futuristic robotic life, as it tells the story of a robot...
