A response to the grass clipping question We have written this informative letter to address and answer the question, where does all of the grass go? Your service quote has within it a provision designed into the cost of the program to handle the problem...

Aeration is the process of using a machine which pushes a tine into the ground 2”- 3” to extract a core or a “plug”, creating a small hole in the surface of the sod. Why do we do this do you ask? There are several reasons, but the predominate reason is...

I hope that you will read this as it may save you a ton of money in the future but that is your call. I have come a long way in the past year in understanding the elements of the soil and how they affect the turf and ultimately how it affects your pocket book. I used...

Watering in Colorado Springs can be a challenge as we live in a high plains desert. We receive on average approximately 17” inches of precipitation per year, a far cry from the 40” to 50” necessary to grow some of the things we want to thrive,...

Every spring and fall, homeowners are reminded — often by utilities or lawn services — that aeration is a must. The process of pulling plugs from the lawn to reduce compaction and allow water and nutrients to penetrate deeper into the root zone is, at first glance, a...

For decades, the lawn care industry has preached a simple formula: apply fertilizer, get a greener lawn. Bags of synthetic nitrogen line the shelves every spring, promising instant results. And while those quick surges of growth may look impressive at first, the truth...

When most people think of soil, they picture plain brown dirt—just a medium to hold plants in place. But soil is a living engine. It’s a dynamic, biological, chemical, and physical system, and when it’s “balanced,” that engine hums with efficiency. Balanced soil isn’t...