In our continuing rant on how people are destroying their lawns by following conventional wisdom we want to add yet another bit of trivia that you were not aware of. Most people have turned their irrigation off for obvious reasons however we have developed a way to...

There are 5 things that happen with water that you need to be aware of as they will affect your lawn and your wallet. They are: Infiltration- the water that goes into the lawn whether it be rain or irrigation, this is the water that is applied or fall son the lawn. As...

You see it everyday and you probably have a little of it going on in your lawn. Dead spots around trees and shrubs, what causes it? If it is a coniferous tree it is often blamed for the needles that falls on the grass because they are acidic but with our alkaline...

Getting a new house, one not defiled by another human being is really cool. You get to have everything (hopefully) put together the way that you want it and you don't have to buy a used home. The same holds true from a landscape. You get to build the landscape that...

We all like to know where we stand in life. We believe in this too. In the past when we were operating in the synthetic system we would judge success by how green the lawn was, regardless of the issues we were having. We never looked at the soil and ran tests to see...

I get peer pressure and I understand human nature. For some the landscape is not a place that was built for enjoyment but rather an extension of their ego which involves pride and maybe a little vanity but hey it is healthy to build something and be proud of it right?...

I have been dealing with a customer this year who is more of a friend than a customer but he is still paying for the service. The lawn was just not responding like I wanted it to. We were doing everything required but it really had not progressed in the last 4 months....

There is something to be said about action. There is no better time than now. Actually there is no other time as now. Yesterday and tomorrow do not exist and never will. Ok, so much for the deep philosophical talk, here is what I am driving at. I see this happen every...

Every year we spend hundreds if not thousands maintaining our lawns without knowing that we are wasting a lot of money. Yes, I'm going to talk about microbiology again. There are two systems that people are engaged in the synthetic one that uses inorganic chemicals to...

Can I go out on a limb and say that customer service these days sucks? How often have you went somewhere only to get received by someone who really didn't want to help you? They were rude, unengaged, dismissive or maybe even rude? This now seems to be the norm in this...

Having a great looking lawn sometimes seems lucky, exasperating or futile.  It doesn't have to be like this. You need to get to know your lawn better, particularly your soil. Once you learn the value of carbon, microbiology, pH, photosynthesis, porosity and CEC you...

Have you ever asked yourself, "Why does my lawn suck?" This is a common question as we face so many problems along the Front Range. Good news, we have the answer to your question! If you take away anything from us, take away this- Your soil is causing most of your...