Well the topdressing season is going strong and people are aerating and topdressing as well as reseeding to improve their lawns. We need to say a prayer for Texas with all the drought and fires this is really hurting the lawns and sports turf since there is little water to irrigate with. We know that […]
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Schools, Universities, Sports field managers, Landscape contractors and home owners are all getting ready for the fall topdressing season. Many will be in the process of going over their equipment and checking to see if the need new aerator tines for their aerators and new belts or chains for their topdressers. It is very important […]
Well, Spring has sprung and we are already seeing the grass start to green up in some parts of the country and soon it will all be green and we will be getting our mowers out to cut grass. Before we get to that point we should be considering how to start or continue an […]
Now is the time to begin planning for fall topdressing and aeration. Depending on where you live in the country you may have already begun the process. This year had widely varying moisture conditions across the country. Some areas were very dry while others had more than enough moisture. The people in the dry areas […]
I was just reading an article in Irrigation and Green Industry online magazine about St.Johns County Florida putting restrictions on irrigation and fertilizer applications due to excessive nutrients moving into bodies of water in the area. It seems as though they would begin looking at aerating and topdressing lawns with compost which would solve two […]
I just read an article which you can find at the following link: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100615/NEWS01/6150330/1002/NEWS about the Department of Environmental Conservation in New York encouraging a more organic approach to lawn care. This is a trend that has been moving south from Canada through New England and now into New York. It seems folks are waking […]
As spring approaches we begin to see the early flowers poking their pretty heads up and it makes us realize that yard work is in order. We usually begin about now in Pennsylvania cleaning out the beds and putting on some Organic Fertilizer. Next is getting the lawn ready. As it warms up we will […]
I read an article that came out of a New Zealand paper “Otago Daily Times” on the renonvations they did years ago to a club and racetrack. I love the way they write here it is; “The re-turfing and topdressing of the lawn has been rewarded by the appearance of a generous growth of grass, […]
Earth & Turf Products LLC has been developing Compost Spreaders since 1997. The main mission of Earth & Turf is to improve our soils to ensure not only healthier lawns and stronger turf but also to reduce run off and conserve water. We believe spreading compost helps achieve those goals in addition to aiding in […]
I just read in the Kiplinger Letter a clip about efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. They say there will be regulations put in place in 2010. One of the issues is pollutants from ground water run off. Earth & Turf Products has been talking about this for some time now. The building contractors […]