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...
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...
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...
Social Shaming on Water, a New Low
I'm sure that you have seen it recently, the articles in the media encouraging neighbors to rat on their neighbors for wasting water. I hate to use the word rat as they are pretty cool animals, so I will not depict them in a negative light but you get the meaning so I...
So, it’s going to be a wet year…a.k.a. everything you will need to know about water this year
It's been raining a lot lately. I think I am pushing over 8 inches at my house this month already. This will have implications moving forward. The immediate good news is that we get a lot of free water, devoid of chlorine and full of nitrogen (when it is lightning)....
The ABC’s of the Biological Method (What you need to know about how you are getting screwed by your lawn)
I continuously seek ways to help people understand the Biological method. Doing so, I would like to break this down a little bit more, so listen up! Unlike a Synthetic fertility program that only provides inorganic nutrients, Our Regenerative Biological Fertility...
“I Don’t Like That Natural Stuff”
I wanted to address a comment I recently received, not from a customer but from one of my own neighbors. One of my neighbors that lives down the street a few days ago stopped by while I was sprawled out on my lawn working on one of my new robotic mowers that I just...
If You Want To Destroy a Lawn and Spend a LOT of Money Doing It, Do This…
If you want a really hard time with your lawn, be sure to do the following. No, you probably will not experience total failure but you will set your lawn up for a lot of stress with areas that will give you problems along the way. Most of your defeat will come in the...
The Three Pronged Approach with Biological
The critical difference between the synthetic and the biological approaches are that in the synthetic approach the grass plant is only receives a few of the many elements that it requires all while killing off the soil biology. In the biological method, the soil is...
Guerilla Lawncare aka Robotic Mowing
One of the most effective military tactics in history is Guerilla Warfare. This asymmetrical style of combat allows a smaller force to engage, harass, disrupt, confuse, wear down and defeat a stronger military unit. It is characterized by unconventional soldiers that...
Water With A Purpose
It was about 65° out today in Colorado Springs today, awesome weather, I wish it would stay like this all year long. Personally I find it very pleasurable. I want to bring attention to a cycle that I have been able to identify and articulate recently. This is the...
6 BIG Motivations for Automation
As we transition away from gas powered equipment into battery powered lawn equipment we need to be aware of the lateral step sideways to battery powered traditional equipment and automated assets that enable you to leverage your time. One path is a major investment...