The Silver Bullet Does NOT Exist.
I wrote a blog a few years ago about this subject matter but it deserves to be revisited as I was just asked the same question. It always goes something like this, "What can I put on my lawn to solve all of my problems?" Well, as you may guess the question is flawed...
A Proactive Stance
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...
Smart Lawns for Smart People
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...
Quantum Supercharge
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...
Fixing Crappy Lawns
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...
Before You Go to the Darkside
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,...
VooDoo Lawn Care
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...
A Different World…
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,...
Let’s Talk About Lawn Failure
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 First Green: When Your Lawn Wakes Up Before Everyone Else
Every year, right about the time most lawns are still wearing that dull winter face, mine starts changing. Not a little. Not “maybe it’s kind of waking up.” I’m talking noticeably green—often a full month before the neighborhood catches up, and sometimes the gap is...
Relief Is a Strategy, Not a Feeling
We’re living in a season where everything feels loud. Prices move. Weather swings. Water gets restricted. Time disappears. And somehow… the lawn is still out there demanding attention like it didn’t get the memo that the world is in chaos. Most people aren’t failing...
Stop Selling Hope. Start Selling Efficiency.
A challenge to DIY lawn owners — and the pros who serve themBrian Beck Let me challenge you right out of the gate: If your “lawn care program” only works when the lawn keeps breaking… that’s not a program.That’s a treadmill. And treadmills are good for one thing:...