See This?
See the picture of this lawn? This is our flagship lawn, not perfect but let me tell you about it because it is exactly what you want. First of all this lawn is properly hydrated but it is only watered once per week, in 90 degree heat with little variation. It turns...
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...
Synthetics and Soil Structure: “Use It or Lose It” for Your Lawn’s Underground Muscle
If you want a lawn that’s easy to own, not just “green for a minute,” you have to understand one uncomfortable truth: Synthetic, salt-based fertility can create short-term visual results while quietly training your soil to become weak and dependent. Not because...
EFFECTIVE vs. EFFICIENT: Why Your Diesel Bat-Wing Mower Is Basically a Gym Membership You Never Asked For
Some people love the smell of diesel in the morning.They say it “smells like productivity.” Sure it does — in the same way lighting your money on fire “smells like heating your home.” Welcome to the great comedy of effectiveness versus efficiency in lawn care. Let’s...
Stop Blaming the Lawn
You don’t have a “bad lawn.”You have a broken system. And the solution is not to rip it all out, start over, or double down on the same old bag-of-fertilizer routine that’s already failed you. This blog is about a fork in the road: Keep doing what the traditional...