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...

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.

Drive through almost any neighborhood in America and you’ll see it: lawns so green they look digitally enhanced. Uniform stripes. No weeds. No “imperfections.” And you’re supposed to believe that means health. That belief is the foundation of the modern lawn care...

A couple of decades ago, I ran into someone I hadn’t seen in years at a high school reunion. We did the usual small talk — family, life, time passing faster than any of us expected. Then, mid-conversation, she asked me a question that completely caught me off guard:...

For most of modern American history, the lawn has been the great green handshake. It’s the first thing your neighbor sees. It’s where your kids learn to run. It’s where you throw a football, grill on a Friday night, and feel—however briefly—like you’ve got your life...