by 505 Outside | Sep 2, 2025 | Blog
Maybe you recently moved into a house that has never been updated — think avocado tile in the bathroom and shag carpet in the sunken living room. You look outside and the theme continues — a sea of gravel and railroad ties. As with interiors, home exterior fashions...
by 505 Outside | Sep 1, 2025 | Blog, Uncategorized
If you have a meter equipped with AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) as shown in the photo above, you can log into your Water Authority account and see your hour-by-hour usage. This may help you locate any issues in your house or yard, such as a continuous water...
by 505 Outside | Jul 30, 2025 | Blog
Growing winter veggies is a fun and valuable effort more people should experiment with in our area. In many ways, winter gardening is a lot easier than trying to garden in the summer — there are fewer pests, cooler temperatures require less watering and common winter...
by 505 Outside | Jul 30, 2025 | Grasses, Ornamental Grasses
Type: Deciduous Exposure: Full Sun Water Use: Low Mature Size: 2’ x 2’ Alkali sacaton is an extremely drought tolerant warm season grass that adapts to most soils in our area, growing in sun or shade. It grows up to 2’ high and wide in tough clumps, putting out grey...
by 505 Outside | Jul 30, 2025 | Blog
If you have heard of Bermuda grass or live in one of the older areas of Albuquerque, just the name might make you flinch or grimace. The reason it gets a bad rap is because it is dormant in winter, it spreads like crazy into garden beds and can magically appear out of...
