A&R Open Land Mowing Blog | Landscaping Tips & Insights for Colorado Properties

A&R Open Land Mowing's professional snow removal equipment clearing Colorado Springs commercial property to prevent liability and pavement damage

Rob Nov 5, 2025

The ROI of Professional Snow Removal for Colorado Springs Businesses

Professional commercial snow removal protects Colorado Springs businesses from liability risks & costly repairs. Get expert snow plowing ROI insights.

Discover why fall field mowing is essential for Colorado properties. Professional mowing creates defensible space and protects your acreage from wildfire threats this season

Rob Oct 3, 2025

Fall Field Mowing: Why Now is the Time to Mow Your Native Grass

Fall field mowing is critical for fire mitigation in Colorado Springs. Learn why mowing native grasses now protects your property from wildfire risk.

Rob Oct 7, 2020

Winter Watering Benefits

Every year, folks starting their first landscaping projects forget or decide not to water their plants during winter. When spring rolls around, they’re devastated when some plants don’t bloom and others don’t recover from winter hibernation. To avoid these and other side effects, you should always try to water your plants throughout winter. This guide will explain why winter watering is beneficial and how you should go about it.

Rob Jul 9, 2020

Conserve Water with Landscaping

One of the big joys of landscaping is finding creative ways to maximize your space or improve your property through strategically using your plants, trees, and so on. But you can also conserve water with clever landscaping tricks, which helps you maintain that beautiful yard you worked so hard to cultivate and lowers your energy bill. Not to mention it's great for the environment, too!

Rob Jun 1, 2020

Why You Should Aerate Your Lawn

Aeration is something that far too few homeowners and amateur landscapers know about or practice. When done correctly, aeration can really improve the nutritional quality of your lawn's soil. To that end, let's break down aeration and explain why you might want to aerate your lawn starting today.

Rob Apr 9, 2020

Benefits of Native Mowing

If you live in the Coloradan plains and grasslands, or if you have any property with substantial native grasses, you might wonder whether it’s worthwhile to field mow that native vegetation as you do with your regular yard grass. In fact, there are plenty of benefits to native mowing – let’s break each of them down below.