Soil Test

• Every job starts with a soil test.
• Soil tests determine pH, mineral, and nutrient levels.
• Soil tests also help determine bioactivity.

Organic Products Application

• Feeding the soil food web ensures long term health of soil and lawn.
• Compost and/or compost tea may be applied to inoculate depleted soils.
• Increases organic matter; which is the home and food of soil biology.

Cultural Techniques

• Mulch Mowing: reduces the need for Nitrogen fertilizer.
• Mowing High: increases photo synthesis and root depth, thus creating a drought and disease resistant lawn.
• Smart Watering: increases root depth, further encouraging a drought and disease resistant lawn.
• Aeration: air makes up 25% of the soil in our region. Lawn and the soil food web need proper circulation of air to regulate healthfully.

Pest Control

• Pest damage is a sign of a distressed lawn.
• The most effective pest control is a healthy lawn.
  • Deep rooted grass can withstand some pest pressure.
  • Complex soil biology predates and out-competes most pests.
• Severe pest damage is addressed using organic applications

Weed Control

• Weeds are are usually indicators of soil decencies
• The best defense against weeds is a healthy lawn growing in optimum conditions.
• Weed control can include organic herbicides.