Your Lawn Deserves a Better Operating System

Our past, our present, and the future we’re building. Over 20 years ago, I operated under a different operating system. I followed the lawn care playbook that many homeowners still follow today: fertilize, water, mow, treat the problems, and repeat. Work harder when...
A Powerful El Niño Is Developing. Is Your Property Ready?

A Powerful El Niño Is Developing. Is Your Property Ready?

What Colorado homeowners should know—and why preparing now makes sense. Updated October 26, 2026 You have probably seen the headlines: “Behemoth.” “Super El Niño.” “Off the charts.” Those descriptions get attention. But homeowners here in Colorado Springs need an...

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The Moment the Soil Report Caught Up With the Lawn

The Moment the Soil Report Caught Up With the Lawn

The Moment the Soil Report Caught Up With the Lawn Every once in a while, something happens that reminds you why you started. For me, that moment came when I opened a customer’s latest soil report. I’ve spent more than three decades working with lawns. Since shifting...

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Beware of Gnomes: The Lawn Has Security

Beware of Gnomes: The Lawn Has Security

For years, I’ve offered people a little piece of lawn-care advice that you probably won’t find in a university extension publication: If you see garden gnomes in somebody’s lawn, stay on the sidewalk. There may be a German living there, and you do not want to test his...

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Your Lawn Didn’t Get the Memo About Your Deadline

Your Lawn Didn’t Get the Memo About Your Deadline

Your Lawn Didn’t Get the Memo About Your Deadline Silver bullets, cruise missiles, and the unreasonable expectation that nature should hurry up. We have become a society that can barely tolerate a buffering video. We want overnight shipping, immediate answers, instant...

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Aiming for Mediocrity

Aiming for Mediocrity

You Want a Beautiful Lawn. Are You Willing to Build One? Most people have a picture in their mind of what a healthy lawn should look like. Perfectly green. Thick. Uniform. No weeds. No brown spots. Something that looks like the fairway at an exclusive golf course....

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A Lawn Fit for a King—Without the Royal Staff

A Lawn Fit for a King—Without the Royal Staff

We live in an extraordinary age. We can speak to someone across the world, adjust our home’s temperature from our phone, and have a machine maintain our lawn while we’re at work. Somehow, that last one still gets treated like science fiction. Think about what it...

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A Powerful El Niño Is Developing. Is Your Property Ready?

A Powerful El Niño Is Developing. Is Your Property Ready?

What Colorado homeowners should know—and why preparing now makes sense. Updated October 26, 2026 You have probably seen the headlines: “Behemoth.” “Super El Niño.” “Off the charts.” Those descriptions get attention. But homeowners here in Colorado Springs need an...

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The Moment the Soil Report Caught Up With the Lawn

The Moment the Soil Report Caught Up With the Lawn

The Moment the Soil Report Caught Up With the Lawn Every once in a while, something happens that reminds you why you started. For me, that moment came when I opened a customer’s latest soil report. I’ve spent more than three decades working with lawns. Since shifting...

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