This week marks the dates for the 3rd ETS Conference where turfgrass professionals from around Europe (and also the United States) gather to talk about the latest issues in turfgrass management. This year’s conference takes place in Kristiansand, Norway.

We headed to Twin Doves Golf Club where I had my opportunity to see a wall-to-wall Seashore paspalum (Platinum TE variety) golf course. While the course looked great from a distance, it was clear that the grass selection presented its own challenges. While Micah can talk more about this from his experience, it was evident that the grass was

Today we used the new Google Hangouts “with Extras” to showcase some of the features of Google. As mentioned previously, Google has a host of services and features that can increase business and personal efficiency and while there is a

In Episode 5 we discussed the issues surround the term “sustainability” in golf course management operations. There was a lot of good discussion about what exactly that means and ways to become more sustainable. It is likely that this will become an in-depth topic for a future #turfchat. Many thanks to those who participated in [...]

A group of us decided that we would try to utilize the features in Google Plus to host weekly “hangouts” coined #turfchat that are streamed live over the internet. Let me break this down for those of you who think I’ve gone mad. Here is some terminology of from

One of the things that I try to impress upon my students at Penn State is the importance of communications in the profession of turfgrass management. They will often hear me saying “growing grass accounts for about 10 to 15% of what your job will entail once you’re in charge. The rest of your time [...]