Bob and Bill: Two Neighbors, Two Very Different Lawns
Bob and Bill: Two Neighbors, Two Very Different Lawns Meet Bob and Bill. They have lived next door to each other for 15 years. Their homes are similar. Their lawns are roughly the same size. They experience the same Colorado weather, receive the same scorching summer...
A Better Community Can Begin With Your Own Front Yard
Area of influence Quality landscaping communicates Poor landscaping communicates Human psychology Calm, relief, optimism, and emotional stability Stress, fatigue, pessimism, and a sense of disorder Property values Investment, desirability, and neighborhood...
The Trinity: A New Standard for Lawn Care
After more than 30 years in the lawn and landscape industry, I have come to a simple conclusion: The traditional lawn-care system is outdated. That conclusion did not come from a textbook, a sales presentation, or the latest industry trend. It came from decades of...
“Because That’s How We’ve Always Done It” Is Not a Lawn-Care Strategy
Many of the worst practices in lawn care survive for one simple reason: People keep repeating them. Someone learned a particular way of caring for a lawn from a parent, neighbor, friend, fertilizer company, or lawn-care professional. That information was passed along...
Apples, Oranges, and the Biological Engine Beneath Your Lawn
You have probably heard the phrase, “You’re comparing apples to oranges.” That is exactly what happens when people compare a conventional synthetic lawn-care program with a biological soil program. Both may produce green grass, but they do it in fundamentally...
The New Colossus of the Lawn
Give us your tired, your frustrated, Your water-weary masses longing to be free— Free from the endless watering, The mounting bills, The fertilizer that promises everything Yet somehow delivers another problem. Send us the lawns scorched by summer, The soil compacted...
Soil pH: The Traffic Cop Beneath Your Lawn
Most homeowners never think about soil pH. They think about fertilizer, water, weeds, insects, disease and why one section of the lawn always looks worse than the rest. But underneath all those visible problems is something quietly directing traffic—and occasionally...
The Lawn-Care Labor Crisis Is Coming—Automation Is the Answer
For decades, the lawn-maintenance industry has depended on the same basic system: Load several workers and thousands of pounds of equipment onto a truck, drive from property to property, unload everything, mow the lawn, load everything again, and repeat the process...
Want to Save Water on Your Lawn Start With How You Water
Colorado homeowners hear a lot about saving water. Usually, the advice is familiar: replace the lawn, let it turn brown, install artificial turf, or spend thousands of dollars changing the landscape. Those are not the only choices. Before removing the lawn, homeowners...
Congratulations, Your Lawn Is Green. Is It Healthy?
Congratulations, Your Lawn Is Green. Is It Healthy? We live in a remarkable age. Dinner arrives before we get hungry. A package ordered at midnight appears on the porch tomorrow. And if a lawn looks tired on Tuesday, we expect someone to make it bright green by...
The Two Water Magic Tricks: Getting It Into the Soil and Keeping It There
The Two Water Magic Tricks: Getting It Into the Soil and Keeping It There For much of my career, I’ve thought about two water problems as magic tricks: getting water into the soil and keeping it there. They sound simple. Turn on the sprinklers, water the lawn, and let...
Spring Lawns Are Built in the Fall
Spring Lawns Are Built in the Fall Every spring, something predictable happens. The weather begins to warm, homeowners step outside, and suddenly everyone becomes enthusiastic about their lawn again. Fertilizer is purchased. Sprinklers are turned on. Mowers are pulled...