Why no plugs?

It is vital that air, water and nutrients have an easy path to get to the roots and that roots have an easy time moving through the soil to obtain these assets and grow. For most people this is achieved by mechanical means which is core aeration. Core aeration is...
How Much of that Water Are You Keeping?

How Much of that Water Are You Keeping?

So, it's been raining a LOT this year in Colorado, enough to force the water authorities to pipe down for a while. It's pretty hard to preach drought when you are getting a years worth of rain in 6 weeks. The water is still flowing in streams that are normally dry...

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Operation September

Operation September

Every year I see people fall into the same tar trap. It is short term thinking and lack of follow through at it's best, let me elaborate. People turn off their irrigation around mid October because their irrigation system will freeze this time of year (we have a...

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When are you going to get here?

When are you going to get here?

One thing that I noticed during the recent storms was that we did not receive one single call from our customers who had robotic mowers. You know why? It is because the mowers

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Momentum of the Soil

Momentum of the Soil

If you have been reading my blogs you will sense an undertow of frustration. That frustration is the result of the self destructive cycle that most lawns are on. Let me paint a picture. You wake up one day in late April and decide that it is "time to get the lawn...

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3% Organic Matter and Overseeding

3% Organic Matter and Overseeding

We have been discussing the roller coaster ride that most people are on, hurry up and green the lawn up, spend a lot on water, suffer summer heat, exhaustion, blowing out the irrigation, suffering winter kill and beginning the entire process all over again the...

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It Looks Like a Cooler Year

It Looks Like a Cooler Year

I have a picture of my lawn last year that I took on April 1st. It was solid green, an  effect of the biology in my soil. I have another picture that I too this year on the same day. It took more than a week for the lawn to get to the same color where it was last...

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I used to be a drug dealer

I used to be a drug dealer

"Hey Brian, this sounds a little out of character of you", I'm sure I will hear. Hold on until I finish the rest of the story because there is more to it. I'm actually an All-American kid, played football, Eagle Scout, served in the Air Force and on foreign soil...

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How Much of that Water Are You Keeping?

How Much of that Water Are You Keeping?

So, it's been raining a LOT this year in Colorado, enough to force the water authorities to pipe down for a while. It's pretty hard to preach drought when you are getting a years worth of rain in 6 weeks. The water is still flowing in streams that are normally dry...

read more
Operation September

Operation September

Every year I see people fall into the same tar trap. It is short term thinking and lack of follow through at it's best, let me elaborate. People turn off their irrigation around mid October because their irrigation system will freeze this time of year (we have a...

read more