The “101” on Organic Lawn Care in Denver
October 31, 2024
  • Changing the status quo of lawn care
  • First steps
  • Correcting you soil
  • Weeding

The “101” on Organic Lawn Care in Denver

(This article has all the info you need to have the best lawn on the block)

Safe, environmentally sustainable, lush green lawns. That’s what we do and we’re going to show you how to do it yourself!



We have been doing this for over 7 years now and to more than 1000 lawns in the Denver and Belcaro neighborhoods. With a 4.8 star google rating, we know this works!

Section Guide:

This is how you spread the mindset!

Real quick, I want this to be short. Organic to us means the way mother earth was intended to be worked. The idea is to enhance what mother earth already does and to steward the land your borrowing.


Organic lawns will get weeds. The goal is to have less weeds over time while having a lush, soft lawn you can walk on and kids and pets can play on safely. Bees, butterflies, worms, and other creatures should not have to suffer for our artistic pleasure. We also don’t want dog waste to kill spots in our lawns… That’s right! A healthy lawn will not die in spots dogs go number 1 or 2 on. 

Changing the status quo of lawn care

This is the sauce!

First Step

Numero uno (Hope I spelt that right, don’t cancel me.)

You have to make sure your current lawn is healthy or you’ll have to spend A LOT of money. We don’t want that so follow along.


You need to be sure your grass will have strength to root well so make sure you have proper water, the right grass type for you micro climate (sun, shade, trafficked, etc), and a maintenance routine such as mowing weekly. 

All these step can only help your lawn grow beautifully. If you over do these steps besides overseeding, it will only benefit you more. It just might take a little extra time. Do a scalp, dethatch, scarify, overseed, and compost in one day and BAM! Your already ahead of 90% of all lawns out there. 

 

Highly recommend reading this post if you finish this and want details on this list of 6.

Correcting Your Soil

Organic is simple.

Literally, just add compost to your lawn twice a year at roughly 1/4th inch depth. The rent compost rollers at some homedepos if you don’t want to fork out a couple hundred to buy one. But over the year you’ll wish you had one.

That’s it!


Adding a good compost will correct the ph issue (in scientific terms it is actually just helping the bioavailability of beneficial molecules through a wider ph range). Sorry… I go there sometimes.



Just know that doing this every year will reduce fertilizer cost (to zero), Reduce your watering (I’ve seen lush lawns go 2 weeks in summer without a watering), and will allow ammonia to be washed deep into the soil so its dilutes and actually fertilizes the lawn. 

Weeding Is Optional

Speeds up the process.

You can hand pull large weeds from the lawn. Remember to get the root. The weeds will naturally go away if you follow the “6 things to boost your lawn” I linked to above. Weeds will not be able to compete with the lawn. Also, the weeds you will have will be dainty things that blend right in after a mow.

That All Folks

If you follow these 4 sections and if done right, I promise this will blow you back on quality while being all natural and great for the environments creatures. Take care.


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By AOS Team October 31, 2024
Details: The top one inch of soil should get fairly dry before waterings and you should water enough so that it can sink deep into the soil but not runoff onto hardscapes.  Deeper dive (more detailed): Watering usually 2-3 days a week produce the nicest lawns in Denver but it depends mostly on sun exposure whether too water less than that. A great practice is to set your watering times to go off twice a day on days you water. This will allow the water to soak into the ground better with less runoff. If you have good, even coverage from your irrigation system, standard fan sprayers usually run between 7-12 minutes for a once a day watering or 2 times at 3-5 minutes each time. If you have upgraded Roto nozzles (not rotary heads, different beast) you can run them continuously for roughly 18-30 min. Once you see run off, you should stop watering.
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