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How Often Should You Mow Your Lawn? It’s one of the most searched landscaping questions and one that homeowners have been asking as long as lawns have dotted properties – how often should you mow your lawn? In a perfect world all Colorado grasses would grow the same way at the same time, and mowing […]

Flagstone Landscaping Ideas Your property is yours to make your own. A house and property have virtually limitless remodel or retouch potential, but there are certain projects that are more popular than most – like installing flagstone landscaping. Flagstone is customizable, beautiful, and will look great on your property for years, but there’s more to

Colorado Springs Xeriscape Plants Colorado Springs is a unique environment to say the least. Colorado Springs includes multiple elevations, unexpected weather patterns, and can go from drought to drenched in a matter of a few days. If you’re searching for plants to place on your Colorado Springs property you need flowers and grasses that will

Best Plants for Colorado Springs In an ideal world you could pick out whichever plants you thought were the prettiest, toss them in the ground, and they’d provide years of beauty. Unfortunately, different plants are only suitable for different environments, so proper plant selection is the key to a lush, thriving garden or landscape. If

What is Stamped Concrete? Concrete has helped shaped the structures of our modern world but it’s not always the most beautiful building material. Concrete by itself is uniform, untextured, and won’t provide much character to a property but that’s why stamped concrete exists. If you want to add personality to long boring stretches of concrete,

Propane vs Natural Gas Fire Pits Colorado is popularly known for 300 days of sunshine, but the enjoyable cool Colorado nights don’t get as much fanfare. Though any part of Colorado can experience snow, ice, and wind, most of the time the night skies are clear and ready to be enjoyed. One of the easiest

7 Essentials to a Custom Outdoor Kitchen Colorado is blessed with some of the best weather in the country. Of course, Colorado doesn’t have even temperatures like southern California but most of the year Colorado weather is pleasant, the sun is shining, and there’s no snow on the ground. If you want to take advantage

While some lawns are flat and boring, most have natural ebbs and flows that better connect a home with its natural surroundings. Look at landscaping around your neighborhood and you’ll probably see many bumps, rounded cliffs, and other raised areas of landscaping, but what are those called? If you’re dealing with shouldered soil or small

A plain flat lot is a boring place to call home. Though flat properties have their benefits, the earth simply doesn’t allow for flat lots everywhere. The natural rolls and undulations of the ground make for a more natural setting, but different grades of property also mean you need to get those grades where they’re

What is Overseeding? Have you even been strolling around your local park in the middle of January and wondered how the grass is still green? How come one of your neighbors has a yellow lawn in March but the other neighbor is growing green grass? What can you do to beef up your own lawn?