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...

Synergy defined is the benefit of one or more things working together to achieve a greater outcome than would be experienced if they were not. I have learned a lot over the past 5 years and I have concluded that the practice of turf management by large is being...

Technology is constantly changing, improving and being adapted to better the human experience to make our lives more productive. Ironically, humans typically are resistant to change as it can challenge our comfort, our routine and our order in life. The initial...

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...

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...

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...

The benefits and results of a biological lawn are well documented as well as their costs as compared to a synthetic lawn.

Well, I’m not going to spend the time to figure out the transportation problem but I have figured out the problem as it pertains to the lawn maintenance business and that solution is AUTOMATION.

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

Most people look at a soil test and see numbers, ratios, jargon, and a whole lot of “nope.” That’s normal. Soil chemistry is complicated — until you explain it with something everyone understands: A supermarket. Yes, your lawn is basically a giant grocery store filled...

When winter rolls in, people tend to assume the lawn goes dormant, the soil goes to sleep, and all responsibilities magically disappear until March. If only it were that simple. The truth?Your lawn still needs moisture throughout the winter — and watering at the right...

Most people assume mowing is a simple chore: cut it once a week, every ten days if you’re “busy,” and call it good. The problem? Turfgrass doesn’t operate on your schedule. It operates on biology, physics, and the rules of photosynthesis—rules that don’t care about...