by Brian Beck | Oct 15, 2022 | General Information
Unless you are over the age of 125 you would not think that the use of synthetic fertilizers is abnormal as you have been using them your entire life. In our awakening a few years ago after speaking with a farmer that led us to the concept of regenerative agriculture...
by Brian Beck | Oct 15, 2022 | General Information
Whether you have a postage stamp sized lawn, a typical suburban lawn, a custom estate, a sports field, an institution, a park or a sports field you have a problem and that is a lack of productivity because you have a labor issue and you cannot find a reliable source...
by Brian Beck | Oct 13, 2022 | General Information
I want you to read this statement about five times and decide whether this is a good mentality after the last 18 months of less than ideal weather, specifically precipitation. There is a certain class of person that views their landscape as a chore, really do not...
by Brian Beck | Oct 12, 2022 | General Information
Everyone talks about cost but they hardly ever talk about costs associated with effects or better known as side effects. Everyone wants a simple fast acting solution. We see it everyday on TV, a pill promising quick results without any pain (be sure to read the fine...
by Brian Beck | Oct 11, 2022 | General Information
This year we saw a lot of lawns that were damaged. This was very predictable and expected as far back as June of 2021 when we saw the May rainfall with 70° temperatures and almost a years worth of rain five way to mid 90’s a zippo when it came to precipitation....
by Brian Beck | Oct 9, 2022 | General Information
There is a right way and a wrong way to water a lawn. There is a lot of confusion about proper watering and what it is actually intended for. The purpose is simple, water is a carrying mechanism for the flow of nutrients into the cells of the plant. It regulates plant...
by Brian Beck | Oct 8, 2022 | General Information
In the Fall of 2017 we recognized that there was a problem in how we were providing fertilization for our customers. We were heavily dependent on mechanical means to fix issues in our customers lawns and we also recognized that our customers would call us in the...
by Brian Beck | Oct 6, 2022 | General Information
See the picture of this lawn? This is our flagship lawn, not perfect but let me tell you about it because it is exactly what you want. First of all this lawn is properly hydrated but it is only watered once per week, in 90 degree heat with little variation. It turns...
by Brian Beck | Oct 3, 2022 | General Information
What does Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Bio-Diversity and Crop Rotation have in common? Well, not a lot other than Arnold’s nickname was “The Oak”, his achievements are numerous and unless you have been living under a rock for the past 40+ years you...
by Brian Beck | Oct 3, 2022 | General Information
OK, I will be the first to admit that the word “Liquid Aeration” sounds pretty hokey, and that is compounded by the practice of service providers being misinformed themselves or selling something without explaining what it does or just trying to generate...
by Brian Beck | Oct 2, 2022 | General Information
Borrowed from our friends at Rocky Mountain BioAg: Organic material is important for healthy soils. It is well known that soil with no organic component is not fertile, and needs to be heavily amended in order to build soil structure, and hold the nutrients plants...
by Brian Beck | Oct 2, 2022 | General Information
We have a LOT working against us in the lawn care industry. People want a great looking landscape and the lawn is the cornerstone of any landscape as it is the only part of a landscape that can used for multiple functions and well a great looking lawn is so cherry....
by Brian Beck | Sep 27, 2022 | General Information
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 looking up Unabhängigkeitserklärungen, they...
by Brian Beck | Sep 26, 2022 | General Information
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. Right now is when the lawn can be severely...
by Brian Beck | Sep 25, 2022 | General Information
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 (doesn’t turn brown). OK, that sounds...
by Brian Beck | Sep 21, 2022 | General Information
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 95² last week, there is no hard freeze in sight....
by Brian Beck | Sep 19, 2022 | General Information
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 have you never heard of a near 30 year old...
by Brian Beck | Sep 16, 2022 | General Information
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 waiting to happen. OK, maybe the train/tunnel...
by Brian Beck | Sep 15, 2022 | General Information
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 have in a bluegrass lawn but is often overgrown...
by Brian Beck | Sep 13, 2022 | General Information
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 were having and seeing in our customer’s...
by Brian Beck | Sep 12, 2022 | General Information
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 be the norm to about 98-99% of the American...
by Brian Beck | Sep 12, 2022 | Bio Program, General Information
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, frequent watering, heavy inputs of chemicals)...
by Brian Beck | Sep 9, 2022 | General Information
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 of synthetic fertilizers and has made the grass...
by Brian Beck | Sep 7, 2022 | General Information
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 during the growing season and the occurrence of...
