Colorado Yard Care
Helping you create a more beautiful, functional and sustainable yard along Colorado's Front Range
Warm weather is on the horizon. Despite the occasional dustings of snow, the birds are singing in the morning, signaling that spring is right around the corner. It’s time to get busy in the yard! Although there is a lot of work to accomplish after a long winter, my advice is to focus on the […]
With a beautiful weekend at hand, how can you make the best use of the time you have available spend on your yard? By mowing, fertilizing, and watering your lawn. Mow, but mow high. It used to be common practice to mow a lawn shorter at the end of the season. Don’t do this. The […]
I am so pleased with the way my lawn looks. If you’re worried about your lawn because it doesn’t look so great right now, bear with me for a moment. You can have beautiful grass, too. My goal is to help you create a great-looking landscape. You may have noticed some of the lawns in […]
Now that water restrictions are in effect for many of us living on the Front Range, it’s a good idea to be proactive with your yard care this spring. One thing you can do is start to water consistently now. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not promoting overwatering. I realize we’re in a drought and […]
Today was the big day. For most Front Range cities, it marked the first day of mandatory outdoor watering restrictions. The City of Fort Collins, Denver Water, Colorado Springs Utilities, The City of Aurora and The City of Thornton, among others, have limited outdoor watering this summer to two days per week. Why are we […]
Since we had that great snow, it seems like there should be enough moisture in the soil, right? Good question. The only real way to know is to pull some soil cores with a soil probe. On Sunday, March 3, I sampled several places in my front and back yards. The results can be so […]
All the advice about winter watering can be so confusing. Okay, it makes sense that in order to help landscape plants survive the dry winter, you need to water them. But how often? Once per month? Once every two weeks? Once a week? And didn’t that recent big snow help? In order to understand how […]