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Farewell to input Armageddon Posted on 15 Feb 2018 in the Columns categories.

Throughout my career as a head greenkeeper, I slayed phosphorus to drive roots and applied potassium, hoping to suppress the gnarliest turfgrass pest of all time, anthracnose. And you better Read more»

Regretting the chainsaw Posted on 26 Jan 2018 in the Columns categories.

It seems greenkeepers everywhere are keeping their chainsaws fine tuned in a readiness to mow down trees like that villainous wizard, Saruman the White… “The roots are strong ma’ Lord.” Read more»

A column about a lousy title Posted on 09 Nov 2017 in the Columns categories.

A little over a decade ago, I was out with friends on a Friday evening unwinding from a hell week of keeping greens. It began innocently enough with just a Read more»

Roots: Does size matter? Posted on 11 Sep 2017 in the Columns categories.

I have been a head greenkeeper for nearly 11 seasons, and I used to have a mad obsession with roots. I longed for dense, gloriously white entrails that delved to Read more»