Turf Mowing Articles & Analysis
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Purchasing a lawn mower is an investment in your lawn’s health and overall curb appeal. But how much should you actually spend to get a reliable, high-quality mower? With so many options available, ranging from budget-friendly manual push mowers to high-tech robotic mowers, it’s crucial to understand how lawn mowing cost factors into your decision. This guide breaks down typical price ranges, key ...
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Hydroseeding is a quick and effective way to grow a new lawn that looks great and stands up to the test of time, especially with good care and maintenance. Hydroseed can be applied to the average yard (around 6,000 square feet) in a matter of hours and with relatively few people. It takes about 3-4 weeks after application for a hydroseeded lawn to be ready to walk on, use, and mow. With ...
Hydroseeding has quickly become a popular method to establish a lush, vibrant lawn or landscape since it offers a cost-effective and efficient way to achieve great-looking grass. However, as with any landscaping project, there are some common mistakes that can lead to hydroseeding failure if not addressed. In this article, we outline the common hydroseeding mistakes everyone from DIY-ers ...
Did you realise that your septic tank system contains a living, breathing community of helpful organisms? All too often we see our process of waste disposal – flushing things down the sink or toilet, as being a straightforward process that simply sends things we don’t want around any more down a drain to some far away place where it will be dealt with. The reality is quite ...
Name: Chris Brossia Office: Loveland, CO Practice Area: Health and Safety Areas of Expertise: Industrial hygiene, ergonomics About me in 140 characters I am passionate about environmental health, safety and sustainability. I enjoy volunteer work, fly fishing, ice hockey and spending time with my family. What area(s) of health and safety are you most interested in? Why? Most of all, I ...
Are those inexpensive iPad sound measurement apps any good? Are they as accurate as a properly calibrated $2,000 type 2 sound level meter? Let's review three separate studies, and an article: Study #1 In early 2014, NIOSH reviewed 192 sound measurement apps. NIOSH concluded, "a total of 130 iOS apps theyre examined and downloaded from the iTunes store*, of those, 10 apps met our selection ...
The environmental impacts of the establishment and maintenance of lawn, including the production and use of various substrates, were analyzed by life cycle assessment (LCA). The project focused on comparing substrates with different peat and compost contents using pilot substrates and developed a calculation tool to optimize landscaping from an ecological perspective. The impact categories ...
Our objective was to compare velvet bentgrass (Agrostis canina L.) and creeping bentgrass (A. stolonifera L.) cultivars for putting green turf as affected by mowing height and N rate. Field plots were established on a sand-based root zone using a strip-split plot, randomized block design with four replications. Main plots were cultivars (‘Vesper’ and ‘SR7200’ ...
Long considered the 'ugly duckling' of the safety footwear business, the safety toe overshoe developed from the venerable galosh has a new lease on life. To be fair, there have been some pretty ugly ones and even some that were downright dangerous. However, the ‘gumshoe’ has come a long way since African-American inventor Alvin Longo Rickman first patented an overshoe in 1898. Over the last 109 ...