Arnold, Forest Diversity and Crop Rotation
What does Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Bio-Diversity and Crop Rotation have in common? Well, not a lot other than Arnold's nickname was "The Oak", his achievements are numerous and unless you have been living under a rock for the past 40+ years you will know why. So...
Liquid Aeration, Snake Oil or Good Science
OK, I will be the first to admit that the word "Liquid Aeration" sounds pretty hokey, and that is compounded by the practice of service providers being misinformed themselves or selling something without explaining what it does or just trying to generate money without...
Humic Substances/Important Molecules for Soil Health
Borrowed from our friends at Rocky Mountain BioAg: Organic material is important for healthy soils. It is well known that soil with no organic component is not fertile, and needs to be heavily amended in order to build soil structure, and hold the nutrients plants...
What is Wrong with the Lawn Care Industry (And How You Can Avoid It!)
We have a LOT working against us in the lawn care industry. People want a great looking landscape and the lawn is the cornerstone of any landscape as it is the only part of a landscape that can used for multiple functions and well a great looking lawn is so cherry....
Unabhängigkeit (Free Yourself)
Leave it to the Germans (me being one of them) to come up with really long hard to pronounce words with very simple meanings. Unabhängigkeit, is the German word for Freedom or Independence. Now you know some German (Try looking up Unabhängigkeitserklärungen, they...
A Good Fall Strategy
Right now is where people set the stage for the upcoming spring. All of the work to get the lawn hopefully into a better shape will lead to an even better one next spring IF you don't stop right now. Let me explain. Right now is when the lawn can be severely damaged...
This is what we are after…
This is what we are after, a beautiful, healthy, resilient lawn that you can enjoy. That uses water efficiently (less), eliminates toxic chemicals, greens up earlier (without help) and stays greener longer into the winter (doesn't turn brown). OK, that sounds great...
Don’t Do That! Proceed at your Own Peril!
I was driving around today and I saw something I didn't want to see, a truck towing an air compressor. The air compressor was for blowing out irrigation lines. I am hoping that it was just for show. With it being 95² last week, there is no hard freeze in sight. More...
The Case for Automation (Robotic Mowing)
Change is certainly in the air. Modern technology such as AI & 4G connectivity, coupled with battery capability and older technologies such as GPS and well, uh, mechanical mower have brought us robotic mowing. But why have you never heard of a near 30-year-old...
When Synthetic Fertilizers Go Bad: What Really Happens in an Anaerobic Lawn
Most people think fertilizer is just “plant food.”Spread it on the lawn, water it in, and everything gets greener… right? Not exactly.When your soil becomes anaerobic—meaning it runs out of oxygen—synthetic fertilizers don’t just stop working.They actually break down...
The Trinity System: The Lawn Revolution Most People Aren’t Ready For — But You Might Be
If you’re tired of spending way too much money on a lawn that still struggles, then what you’re about to read is going to feel like discovering the cheat code everyone else is missing. Because starting in 2026, we’re offering something no one in the lawn industry has...
Embracing Automation: From Tractors to Robotic Mowers
The Power of a Single Innovation Imagine being a farmer in the early 1900s, planting one acre of crops by hand — 40 hours of labor per acre. Then along came the tractor. In one fell swoop, that job dropped to less than an hour. The landscape of agriculture changed...