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Benefits of Organic vs. Non-Organic Fertilizers
Early in my ownership of our organic fertilizer company, Ohio Earth Food, the founder of the company told me that…
Drainage problems this year?
George Bower, in 1900, started an agricultural drainage business with his steam-engine Buckeye wheel machine in Fremont, Ohio. By 1980…
Helping golfers play a new course every day!
Most of us have walked off a green at some point and asked, “What crazy person put the pin there?”…
The Art of Golf Course Tee Box Design
Tees The oldest joke in the golf course design business is you have to show the golf course architect to…
The Politics of Aeration
Nothing stirs controversy on a golf course quite like disrupting perfect putting surfaces in the name of plant health. We…
Going to the Dogs
Of the 300 or so dogs that we have fostered, we have identified maybe 20 to 30 that have the…
Chris Tritabaugh, Man of the Hour!
Why a golf course superintendent? A lot of people say: “I like being outside.” Honestly, I hate being outside, I…
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Pythium Blight
Pythium blight outbreaks are especially damaging to creeping bentgrass, annual bluegrass, rough bluegrass, and perennial ryegrass. The Pythium fungus can…
Combined golf range and golf course
Here is a brief description and diagram using the same area as a golf range and course. Such a combination…
Greens Design A brief History
The goal of every golf course designer is to create interest, intrigue, and even test slopes within the contours of…