by 505 Outside | May 1, 2020 | Blog, Do It Yourself (DIY), Landscape Tips, Maintenance Tips, Tree Care, Water Conservation, Watering and Irrigation, Waterwise Tips, Xeriscape
Trees are incredibly valuable and provide a wide array of benefits, from increasing home values to improving mental health. Unfortunately, Albuquerque has suffered large losses of trees in the past decade. It’s more important now than ever to take care of your...
by 505 Outside | May 1, 2020 | Blog, Do It Yourself (DIY), Lawn Care, Maintenance, Maintenance Tips, Spring, Water Conservation, Watering and Irrigation, Waterwise Tips
Do you want to walk barefoot across cool, soft grass? Especially on those hot summer days? We’d love for you to do that! We also want you to take care of your lawn in a healthy way that saves the most water. One might assume that proper lawn care begins in the spring...
by 505 Outside | Mar 1, 2020 | Spring, Water Conservation, Watering and Irrigation, Waterwise Tips
As the landscape irrigation season gets under way, inspect your irrigation system for leaks and clogged, broken or missing sprinkler heads and emitters. Use a pressure gauge to verify that sprinkler heads are operating at recommended pressures, and check and clean all...
by 505 Outside | Nov 2, 2019 | Blog, Do It Yourself (DIY), Maintenance, Water Conservation, Watering and Irrigation, Waterwise Tips, Winter
To avoid damage to your irrigation system from freezing temperatures, it is important to “winterize” it by protecting exposed outdoor fixtures. If your hose bib is left exposed or standing water is left in pipes, valves or sprinkler heads during freezing temperatures,...
by 505 Outside | Oct 1, 2019 | Blog, Do It Yourself (DIY), Fall, Maintenance, Maintenance Tips, Watering and Irrigation
505Outside sat down with local landscape expert Wes Brittenham, Farm and Landscape Manager at Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm, to chat about Fall maintenance tasks for Albuquerque gardens. At Los Poblanos, Wes oversees all growing things on their 25...
by 505 Outside | Sep 4, 2019 | Blog, Do It Yourself (DIY), Fall, Maintenance, Maintenance Tips, Water Conservation, Watering and Irrigation, Waterwise Tips, Xeriscape
Your landscape needs a lot less water in September than it did in the summertime. About 35 percent less on average. The days may still be warm, but shorter days and cooler nights in the months of September, October and November means less evaporation, which means less...
