May is a great time to begin spreading compost on your turf grass to improve your soil. The process will help you improve your soil and get thick healthy turf grass. You can combine this with core aeration to allow the soil to breath and get some of the compost down in the root zone. […]
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Humus style composts with special additives are being used on wildlife food plots to improve the growth of a variety of crops. One local company Nature’s Trophy Blend is selling a great Humus compost with additives to improve the soil in small plots along wooded areas. They have seen a great increase in the structure […]
The Journal of Environmental Management says turf grass is the largest crop in America about 40 million acres. This would include Lawns, Sports turf and Golf courses. There is a concern that with all this turf watering it could put a strain on our water system and environment. U.S. News & World report wrote about […]
When you bake a cake you start with a recipe and then you pull together all the ingredients, put everything together and then pop it in the oven and if you have done everything right bingo you get a great cake. Growing turf is really not all that much different. The ingredients are soil, nutrients, […]
Many times customer ask me how long can I spread compost in the fall. The real answer is until the ground freezes but I generally say until December if you live in cold climates. Obviously there are warm parts of the country where you could spread all the way from fall until May or June. […]
Many times I have customers asking me where can they find good quality compost and how much will it cost. I often tell the to do a search on the computer for “compost facilities___” and put in the blank for whatever state they live in. This will give them a list of all the compost […]
The GIE-EXPO attendance was up this year and so was the attitude of the attendees. It may be because we have a product situated in a growth market and the landscape contractors are looking for new ways increase their revenue but regardless the excitement felt good. Every year we attend the show it seems more […]
We finished our show at the Mother Earth News Fair this last weekend and had a very good number of people come by to see our product line. Many of the people coming to this show are interested in an organic approach to life. For many it was their first exposure to our line of […]
Earth & Turf will be displaying our line of attachments and providing information on our compost spreaders at the Mother Earth News Fair being held near Somerset PA at the Seven Springs Resort September 20th, 21st and 22nd. This is an exciting event with over 15,000 attendees, people that are concerned about using earth friendly […]
Between March and May is a great time to get going with an organic approach to lawn care. Begin by topdressing with a good quality compost screened to 3/8 minus and spread approximately 1/4″ thick. Core aerate the lawn using a good sized core approximately 1/2″ in diameter. The reason for topdressing first is so […]