by 505 Outside | Apr 2, 2025 | Blog, Home Page, Maintenance Tips
Grass lawns in the greater Albuquerque area need supplemental irrigation to survive our high desert climate. Most residential landscapes are watered by pop-up spray heads that include a sprinkler nozzle set into a spray sprinkler body. We recommend switching out your...
by 505 Outside | Apr 2, 2025 | Blog, Home Page
Nationally, food waste contributes to 58% of methane fugitive emissions from landfills c/o the EPA. Composting this food waste at your home and in your community helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions while building local healthy soils. Compost is defined in the...
by 505 Outside | Mar 13, 2025 | Blog, Uncategorized
All good things start with a solid plan. Developing a landscape plan saves you not only time and money, but it is more likely to result in a beautiful yard. A few generous local landscape architects donated their time and put together some landscape design templates...
by 505 Outside | Mar 13, 2025 | Blog, Waterwise Tips
The Water Authority’s desert friendly xeriscape conversion incentive rebate has been around since the early ’90s and is still going strong. Millions of square feet of thirsty lawns have been converted to healthy xeriscapes that save billions of gallons of water....
by 505 Outside | Feb 8, 2025 | Blog, Uncategorized
Inspiration for your yard can come from a multitude of places — neighbors’ yards, books, magazines or visits to plant nurseries and botanic gardens — but it can also come from experiencing nature. The greater Albuquerque area is surrounded by beautiful open space...
by 505 Outside | Feb 8, 2025 | Blog, Uncategorized
A popular question we get at 505Outside is “Where should I go to get plants for my yard?” We’re highlighting our local nurseries and the uniqueness of each of them. Every yard has its own unique environment that includes things like sun and wind exposure, soils,...
