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Pre-Fall Prep Time
I bet you’re sweating right now, thinking about how to create a little shade and protect your grass from turning crispy. But August is the last hurrah of summer, and before you know it, the nights are going to start … Continue reading
The Balancing Act
What does the 2009 landscaping budget look like? If it’s anything like mine, things are a bit tight but, like many others, I never really had a huge budget to begin with. Managing smaller budgets can be tough, but there … Continue reading
All Eyes On You
Summertime can present a unique set of obstacles for turf and playing fields. Particularly for public parks and recreational areas, summer is the time when these fields experience the most wear, use and stress. If you’ve waited until now to … Continue reading
Protecting The Great American Pastime
Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Jackie Robinson–you know their names, but do you know who maintained their fields? Personally, and I may be a bit biased, I believe that a good–and safe–baseball game requires not only athletic players, but also … Continue reading
Multi-Use Sports Field Maintenance
Field maintenance is fairly straightforward–aerate the fields, fertilize, apply extra seed or sod when necessary. Well, not so much. As you probably know from personal experience, how you use each field determines its maintenance program. But unless you run a … Continue reading