When Does It All End?
I heard someone today pose the question, "How long do you keep your lawn going?" This is a similar mentality to the mindset that exists and asks, "when do we get the lawn going this year?" It's a seemingly reasonable request and quite common to hear but when you know...
Mowing Once per Week
Mowing once per week is not the best for your lawn... OK, that to some people is a crazy statement. Do you mean like I need to mow my lawn twice per week??? Most people can hardly get it done once per week but there is a reason for this blog. Where and why did we get...
Soil Testing, An End To Guessing
Do you want to know what is wrong with your lawn? Read on... Most of what is causing your frustration is in your soil, or more specifically is not in your soil. Let me explain. Back in 2017 I had what I refer to as a Troy Aikman moment. I had to ask after witnessing...
What is Fertility?
What is fertility? The dictionary defines fertility as being fertile; productiveness. Well that helps us out a lot doesn't it? All is well right? Not really, not until we understand what is happening to our grass when we rip open a bag of fertilizer and spread it on...
What is Holding Your Lawn Back
I have been trying to find a way to express to people how hopeless it is to stay in the synthetic system of fertility. There are some hurdles to overcome that are hard because they are unseen and the ease that comes with synthetics is hard to argue against until you...
Less is More, More is Less. aka. Let’s stop doing things the less intelligent, more expensive way…
2017 I had an awakening after witnessing people struggle with their lawns for the better part of 20 years. I saw people giving up on their lawns because they could not get solutions and answers. I was a part of the problem because I subscribed to conventional wisdom....
Power Raking…Why???
Power raking or dethatching to some are the same exact thing. It is a mechanical means of raking or combing the lawn with a high speed, rotating series of metal bars that reach down past the surface of the lawn, grab and pull out thatch. Thatch can be defined by the...
We Can Save Any Lawn, Not Sure If We Can Save You…
For the past few years, since 2018 I have been searching for a better way to help our customers get out of a very big lawn rut. What I discovered was the the combination of our climate combined with very poor soils, utilization of synthetics and the very high price of...
Break the Dehydration Cycle-Weather Bender Redux
I wrote a blog back in 2022 about breaking the dehydration cycle that everyone experiences every spring. It is costing everyone a lot of money and grief. Let me explain. Every Spring every that has a lawn plays catch-up with their moisture level in the soil. This is...
A Great Lawn Isn’t a Race Against Your Neighbor
It’s a race against time, biology, and the chemistry under your feet. The wrong race Most lawn programs are built on competition and convenience: keeping up with the neighbor, keeping up with a calendar, keeping up with the idea that “more” equals “better.”But soil...
Trinity: The Modern Lawn System That Fixes the Process—Not Just the Symptoms
Most lawn care is still stuck in an old loop: mow once a week (or miss a week) blow clippings away push quick nitrogen to “green it up” chase weeds and thin spots all season…and somehow pay more every year for a lawn that never really gets ahead. Trinity is the system...
Dog Pee “Greens Up the Lawn”… Right? Let’s Fix That Myth.
If you’ve owned a dog (or lived next to one), you’ve seen it: a random dark-green patch, sometimes with a crispy brown center, like your lawn got hit with a tiny, targeted “fertilizer shot.” Most people repeat the same explanation: “Dog urine greens the lawn because...