Most people make having a lawn way too much work. This is the result of passivity, a lack of knowledge, bad timing and unnecessary work. It is not just an act but a sequence of events that causes lawn difficulty and lawn failure. Let me give you a glimpse into what I...

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 have created a few new species. The yard dries out...

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 development, the initial conversation with the...

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 brother-in-law, and the HOA  are all seemingly lawn experts...

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, climate controversy, water price and availability,...

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 where does all the water go? Through Federal laws...

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 is no different in the landscaping industry,...

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 sometimes superstition? I will give you a little break,...

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 response: The first and foremost thing that should be...

Most lawn owners don’t realize they’re caught in the same trap as people who think ascorbic acid equals real vitamin C.On paper, it sounds right. It looks right. The bottle says “Vitamin C.”But anyone who understands nutrition knows the truth: Ascorbic acid is only...

When it comes to new technologies, especially something as transformative as robotic mowers, acceptance doesn’t happen overnight. In fact, it often moves through three pretty predictable stages: ridicule, opposition, and then finally self-evident acceptance. And to...

Every lawn owner eventually hits that moment — the moment of frustration, confusion, or outright despair.The lawn is thirsty. Or yellow. Or patchy. Or full of weeds. Or drowning in thatch. Or stressed to the point where it just… gives up. And when that moment hits,...